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Co-conspirators show up as indicted defendants in the georgia case. >> and that is what our reporting is indicated is likely to happen. before i let you go, if you could help everyone kind of understand, there are -- this is the fourth indictment, so just trying to keep them straight. but as you mentioned, there is a federal case about overturning -- trying to over turn the election that the former president has been indicted in. this would be a state case as weve said. what is the difference th...

This is a state case and wont involve federal charges. last hour when i was talking to election attorney ben ginsberg, he reminded us that state cases, if trump were to be re-elected, he would be unable to pardon himself. what else is significant about the types of charges the fulton county prosecutor is considering? >> a few things. not only would he not be able to pardon himself, but the pardon process in georgia means that governor kemp would not be able to pardon him either. theres a pardon ...

Actual charges are brought before the grand jury. it is an indictment that comes next if the grand jury agrees with that, and grand juries generally do agree with prosecutors who bring charges like this and ask for indictments. the georgia case is significant for two reasons. number one, it is a state case. so that even if donald trump were being elected president, he cant pardon himself for a state prosecution. so in terms of the january 6th cases, georgia stands alone. of course, the second pa...

Trumps team to deal with. >> it is. it is absolutely historic. and you make a great point to remind everyone, this is a state case that does make it different, especially when it comes to potential pardons that he could, you know, try to give to himself. before you go, i do want to is ask you about the fact that there potentially could be other people, including trump, that are indicted in this as the d.a. goes after charges of conspiracy and racketeering. thats a bit of a different case. we hav...

This investigation to reach a conclusion. all signs, of course, pointed on trump indictment. we are expecting. yes im not expecting within the next few days, but really within the next two weeks. the dea has said herself, on the record, that we will have a decision before labor day, before september 1st. >> greg, is there any sense of trepidation about the overlap between the federal case in the state case here? because there is certainly a lot of witnesses in common. traditionally the federal c...

Will try one, get convicted, then plead for the others, or a plea for all of them. clearly thats not gonna happen in this case. >> so right, if someone goes up and down the east coast assaulting people, or killing them, or something like that. >> or through new york in different counties in new york. >> and different counties. sure. generally the way that plays out is, one of those goes first, and theres a trial. >> usually the most serious. one >> the most serious one. >> or the federal one. >>...

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In michigan, the michigan attorney general nestle, she has brought charges, but there were fake electors in arizona, georgia, michigan, pennsylvania, like why havent we seen the attorneys generals in those states doing the same thing? although fannie willis in georgia may well do so in her atlanta legislation. >> i would stress the words as of now. >> right. >> we are beginning to hear that other investigations have picked up. weve heard that in arizona the attorney general there has now started...

Thing? although fani willis in georgia may well do so in her atlanta investigation. >> i would stress the words, as of now. we are beginning to hear that other investigations have picked up and we have heard that in arizona the attorney general has started an investigation. so those can be very important because if there are charges from donald trump in the state, if you can connect to trump, anti becomes president again, he cannot pardon himself if he is convicted in a state case, as opposed to...

Trying to remove the federal court, if he did that wouldnt remove it into jack smiths jurisdiction? >> >> just to be clear she stays with the case. youre not buying yourself a different group of people. its not gonna be jacksons case. remember he tried this with the alvin raab case, that was rejected. it was resoundingly done by the federal judge and sent back to state court. and under the rule, it didnt even delay in any way that state case. it was honestly one of the things that donald trump i...