For next weeks debate, his super pac has advised him to take a hammer to Vivek Ramaswamy but defend trump if trump is attacked by chris christie. Here was some reaction after Fulton County d. A. Fani willis indicted trump and 18 codefendants for state rico violations. South carolina senator tim scott said this. We see the legal system being weaponized against political opponents. That is unamerican and unacceptable. Vivek ramaswamy said that should he become president , he would pardon trump. The reality is this, these are politicized persecutions through prosecution. Trumps former Vice President mike pence, who has criticized trump for putting himself above the constitution, says he prefers that trumps fate be decided, quote, by voters, not criminal courts. Ron desantis said i think its an example of the criminalization of politics. I dont think this is good for the country. Even chris christie, who has been consistently critical of trumps underlying conduct told cnn, he thought that
The grand jury handling Donald Trumps Election Subversion Case is meeting right now, with indictment number 4 possible in the coming days. Why this case in georgia could create some of his most complicated legal problems yet. The death toll on maui keeps climbing. 96 confirmed fatalities now, with that number sadly expected to rise as Search And Rescue forge ahead. And the power companys now facing a lawsuit for not cutting electricity when forecasters were warning about powerful wind gusts. And almost two years after the chaotic u. S. Exit from afghanistan allies who fled the taliban and were promised a home in the United States say theyre now being sent back. We are following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. Potential indictment number 4 of former President Donald Trump could be days if not hours away. Today a grand jury in atlanta is hearing the culmination of a yearslong probe into efforts to overturn georgias 2020 election
Hard questions on maui. How did this wildfire start . How did it grow so fast . Destroy lives all with so little warning . Now a top official in charge of the response to that crisis has quit even as he stands up for how his agency handled the disaster. Plus a historic hurricane. Hilary is now a huge category four storm. It could be the first storm of its kind to hit california in some 84 years. Some areas could get a years worth of rain in just one day. And justice deferred. Donald trumps legal team trying to push one trial years into the future. While the former president backtracks his plans to hold an explosive News Conference monday. Were following these developing stories and more right here all coming in to cnn news central. The origin and the response to the deadly maui wildfires are both under growing scrutiny. Just a couple of hours, residents of the devastated town of lahaina are set to hold a News Conference to address how officials responded to the disaster. It comes after
Hes now proposing his own date that just happens to be three years away. Plus the fbi involved the in a new investigation. The grand jurors who indicted the former president in georgia are being threatened and having their personal information exposed. And new warnings tonight for hawaii for victims of the wildfires, beware of scams. As if they werent dealing with enough, this new warning after so many have lost everything already. Im Kaitlan Collins and this is the source. Tonight. Donald trumps Delay Tactics seem to have gone into overdrive. His new ask, for an extraordinary delay. They now want the judge to set a trial date for the special counsels Election Interference case nearly three years from when he was indicted just a few weeks ago. They are looking for april 2026. That is nearly a year and a half after the 2024 election. It is obviously long past january 2024, which is when jack smiths team wants that trial to start. And papers that were filed just a few moments ago, trumps
Criminal conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election. A senior Law Enforcement official tells me former President Donald Trump is expected to turn himself in at the end of next week. Trumps surrender and arraignment are likely to look different from those in his previous three criminal cases. The Fulton County sheriff has suggested he wants to treat trump and the others similar to any other defendant. That could mean they would have mugshots taken and be fingerprinted. All of this will happen just a day or two after the first republican debate. We have a lot more to come on all that. Plus, we have a brandnew up date from the National Hurricane center on hurricane hillary. The storm could dump over a years worth of rain on the southwest, including the los angeles area. Stay tuned for that. Gentlemen, thanks for staying up late. Let me start with you, john. Trump is set to surrender for the fourth time late next week. This time, the world could get a mug shot of the former president. You wo