Were live in atlanta where an indictment against former President Trump and others could come at any time. Plus in hawaii, a new lawsuit blaming the Power Company for those catastrophic wildfires on maui, but officials have not said what caused them. The humanitarian crisis now growing along with the death toll. The fire now the deadliest in the United States in over 100 years. Tense moments in the black sea as russia fires warning shots at a cargo ship, then sends armed soldiers aboard. Were following those developing stories and more coming in to cnn news central. A fourth donald Trump Indictment could be on the way, and even as soon as today as the grand jury in the trump election subversion case in georgia is rapidly approaching the finish line. Today jurors are hearing from witnesses as Fulton County District Attorney fani willis presents her case. Things appear to be moving faster than expected. Two witnesses set to testify tomorrow got bumped up to today. Trump has tried to coun
begin with this story because that could put her in the spotlight next year. now to our special report, for all the prosecutions that have come out of the january 6th insurrection from trespassers to those who blatantly attacked police, no trump aide has been put on trial for actions to steal the election either that day or in the weeks leading up to that day. d.a. fani willis has brought to rico case against trump and 18 others, people just starting to learn about this prosecutor. i think it s a choice between integrity and corruption, good and bad. that was willis but not talking about this case. there she was discussing what she called the choice during her campaign for this post and we will get to that in a few moments. it s pretty interesting. on this case she previewed upcoming arguments by outlining the legal theory that trump and the co-defendants formed a legal gang or racketeering enterprise, which existed to overthrow biden s lawful win in georgia. rather tha
criminal defense attorney joey jackson and cai von shroff, who had was a digital organizer for hillary clinton. gentlemen thank you very much for being here. it s been described doug as a split screen day. so first we saw something we ve never seen before. in this country, a former u. s president being arrested and arraigned in a criminal court in manhattan and the hero. here s the split screen. basically, donald trump. in court. there are only still photos because that s all the judge allowed, but he looked deflated. frankly um, he looked sort of hunched. his facial expression was not kind of bright or, you know, ready to fight. um he said, in his own words not guilty, and that s all, he said. but he walked in very slowly to the courthouse, and then he was back in his element on the right side of the screen back at mar-a-lago and back to basically playing the hits. of his grievances and all the ways that he s been wronged. are republicans happy today or nervous today? they r
I wanted to confirm a Point Of Order is the rules of decorum. I dont believe the gentleman from florida meant to violate them and i give him the benefit of the doubt. More than once he referred to a new york lawyer. If he could explain what he meant i withdraw my Point Of Order. Thats not a recognizable Point Of Order. Mr. Chairman, Point Of Order regarding the schedule. There is no Point Of Order regarding the schedule. In this case, there is. Will you answer my question . The gentleman will suspend. There is no recognizable Point Of Order regarding the future schedule. Will you recognize that . No. Mrs. Mcbath is recognized. Thank you, mr. Chairman. I want to follow up on one part of President Trumps conduct. I asked our constitutional scholars about last week. The Investigative Committees found evidence President Trump
intimidated, threatened and tampered with prospective and actual witnesses in the Impeachment Inquiry, correct . Yes. It is a federal crime to intimidate or seek to i
overturn biden s 2020 win. this involves potential violations of state law. let s break it down. charges that could include election fraud, making false statements to state and local officials and even racketeering which willis previously used to prosecute gangs and even public school officials who oversaw a cheating scheme. here are some of the key players in all of this. of course, d.a. fani willis, the judge overseeing the grand jury, robert mcbernie. he s defended willis, but then blocked her from pursuing meantime you have secretary of state fred raffensperger who is on that call.