Overnight former President Trump was indicted accused of trying to turn over the 2020 president ial elections. Not only trump, but 18 others are indicted. Each defendant is facing racketeering. In the indictment, he tried to convince one to change the election. Former President Trump calls is a witch hunt and trying to derail his campaign. Trump facing a charges of 91 charges in georgia, florida, new york and washington d. C. We have a ton to get to. Cnn this morning starts right now. If youre just waking up, this is significant. Donald trump and 18 codefendants are facing a slew of charges. They include Rico Racketeering charges that were meant to take down mob basses bosses and gangs. They say that he created fake electors and Ellie Breeching voting systems to try and find evidence of voter fraud. We have Team Coverage all morning. Well start live outside the Fulton County courthouse. Trump has been ordered to surrendered by next friday. Reporter Fani Willis Giving donald trump, jr.
mar-a-lago. it s information so sensitive that many national security officials don t have access to it. also ahead, we have got new surveillance video that appears to show evidence of interference in the 2020 election as a fake elector is seen escorting several people into a county elections office in georgia. plus, there are urgent calls for action in ukraine to prevent a nuclear meltdown at europe s largest power plant. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, september 7th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we ll begin with that new reporting from the washington post. people familiar with the matter tell the newspaper that a document describing a foreign government s nuclear secrets was among the top secret items seized from mar-a-lago a month ago. the post did not identify which government but there are only eight other countries with nuclear capabilities. the paper sources also didn t specify where inside the
republican officials that played a reel here. is it the local political people that you would know so well. explain who matters and why. the names that jump out to us, of course, are david sheaffer, who is the sitting republican party chairman during the time for the state of georgia and also shawn still is a sitting member of the georgia general assembly. there is kathy l lathe m were in a way private citizens. these are not headline making names. you may know them in the grocery store. but these are not famous people here in georgia. these are people s neighbors
holding open door for members of sul venn strik ler, a data security firm hired by trump attorney sidney powell the day after the insurrection. additional video taken outside the county elections office shows cyber ninja ceo doug logan and cyber security consultant jeff linberg also visiting that same office a few times later in january 2021. this is all part of a criminal investigation into the breach of voter data. lathe m is also under criminal investigation for posing as a fake elector, signing paperwork falsely claiming trump won the election. nbc news reached out to lathem for comment but has yet to hear back. the data forensic firm referred nbc news to their lawyers and declined to comment. former secretary of state hillary clinton is speaking out against what she calls donald trump s seditious conspiracy against the u.s. government. in an interview for cbs news, which aired last night, the 2016