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Happening now, a federal judge is imposing the Prison Sentence for the former proud Boys Chairman who was convicted of Seditious Conspiracy due to his role in the january 6th violent attack on the u. S. Capitol. He faces a steep sentence. Prosecutors are asking for 33 years behind bars. Cnns evan perez joins me now from outside the Federal Courthouse. So prosecutors asking for 33 years. Of course, it is up to the judge within guidelines. But what do we expect here . Well, jim, the judge, timmy kelly, has given far under what prosecutors have been asking for. This is the fifth member of the proud boys. Hes one of four of them who have been convicted of Seditious Conspiracy. He wasnt actually at the capitol on that date. He had been arrested just before january 6th, before the crowd gathered that day. In part because he had weapons on him and he was involved in a previous altercation, stealing a sign at a church right here in the district of columbia. So for that reason, he wasnt here. But prosecutors say he was in touch with members of the group, who were here on the ground and who formed, really, the point of the spear to get the crowd, the mob, into the capitol that day, breaking windows and so on. Right now, the judge is gaveling the hearing to start. And so were waiting to see what he decides here. As you pointed out, you know, members of the proud boys, there is four of them who have already been sentenced in the last few days. Ethan got 18 years. Joseph bigs got 17 years. Zachary real 15 years. And a lowerlevel member of the group, dominic g. Got 10 years. Were expecting tario, because of his leadership role, to get a lot more than that. Now, prosecutors are making the point, jim, that what the proud boys did that day was not just called violence. They also stole from americans the peaceful transfer of power, something the judge has already emphasized in a number of the sentencings. So the hearing is about to get underway in court and well see what he decides. Understood. So the prosecutors are asking for 33 years. Is there a range for Seditious Conspiracy that the judge uses as a guard here or has to decide within that range, or does he have flexibility . He has a lot of flexibility. And one of the big one of the reasons why we have seen such a variation and a variance, really, from what prosecutors have been asking for is that the judge, timmy kelly, has declined to use the terrorism enhancement, which is something prosecutors have been asking for. What hes saying is, look, what happened that day is very, very serious. Hes not detracting from any of that, but he does not believe it rises to the level of terrorism. Thats one of the reasons why you have seen sentences come in well below what prosecutors have been asking for. Understood. Mitigating or aggravating circumstances. Well see what the ultimate decision is. Thank you so much. A key trump ally just pleaded not guilty. Mark meadows entered his plea today in Fulton County, georgia. Hes still trying to get those State Charges moved to Federal Court, though. Thats a ruling that could be imminent. Last hour, the final remaining plea from a codefendant was filed. That means that all 19, trump included, have pleaded not guilty. Cnns sara murray is tracking all of it for us. We know were waiting this decision by a judge On Whether Meadows can move to Federal Court, but he does file a plea of not guilty. Yeah, thats right. It is a little bit of housekeeping for all of these 19 defendants who have now formally entered their pleas of not guilty. They waived their arraignments. It looks like it would be a big day in court on wednesday with all of these folks parading in and appearing before a judge and also appearing before cameras. Now it is not going to happen since they waived their arraignments. They will no longer have to show up in Fulton County Superior Court in person. This gets us to the next fades of whats about to happen. For mark meadows, thats an open question of whether this will proceed in state court or in Federal Court. As you pointed out, hes been arguing everything he did he did as his role as white house chief of staff. Were waiting to see what a judge has to say about it. The other people that are waiting to see what happens is the trump team. We expect them to move Donald Trumps case to Federal Court, but they may be biding their team to see how this plays out for mark meadows. If it succeeds for mark meadows, we could be other motions coming. Since there is not going to be this huge arraignment tomorrow, does it mean that their cases will then move faster . I think what were going to see are some organizational moves by the judge to try to determine who exactly wants to move ahead under this speedy trial, you know, rule where ken is moving ahead to trial in 2023. Sydney powell wants to be on a speedy trial schedule, but they dont want to be on trial together, so the judge will have to sort out how he wants to deal with that. And then sift through the people that said they dont want to go to trial in october of this year. That includes former president donald trump. And if he will move forward with trying them altogether at a later date. So there is a lot for this judge to sort through as he tries to herd these 19 defendants toward a potential trial date. Herding is the right word to use for 19 codefendants. Sara murray, thank you so much. Now to the federal election interference case. This is a cnn exclusive. The Special Counsel is now focussing on how trump allies used bogus Election Fraud claims to raise money and whether that money funded breaches of Voting Equipment in multiple battleground states. Former trump lawyer could be at the heart of all of this saying sources of jack smiths team are asking questions about her role now. And is a codefendant in the Sweeping Georgia case. Cnns Zachary Cohen helped break this story. What did you find . Yeah. Were getting indications this investigation is expanding and expanding in a way that maybe means that some of these unindicted coconspirators mentioned in the indictment of donald trump could face legal jeopardy here. One in particular, Sydney Powell, my colleague and i Paul Lay Reed and i, through our sources know, at least two witnesses have been interviewed by the Special Counsel since the indictment of trump. Its been a couple weeks. They have been asked specifically about defending the republic. They want to know the money raised by Sydney Powell and this group and then was ultimately spent to find evidence of voter fraud, including by breaching these Voting Systems in multiple states. Invoices show that the republican funded these. So, look, jack smith is looking into a new line of inquiry here. Even though trump is already indicted, we are now seeing other individuals who were key players potentially getting looked at more closely. So a reminder here, right, were seeing these people connected to Sydney Powell who have been charged in michigan and georgia so far. Theyre also connected to other efforts we have seen to breach Voting Efforts in other states. People forget about this part of the scheme. I wonder will jack smith and how far down is he going to go, do you think . It is interesting because until this point we havent gotten an indication that authorities were aggressively investigating these Voting System breaches. Even now it looks like they are looking at the breaches of the context of the money behind them. Who was funding them and who was paying for them. But at the state level, we have seen these same individuals pop up time and time again in arizona and michigan. So do a few others that have come up in georgia. So were seeing the same names and we have seen some of these folks get invited. Stephanie lam bert was indicted in michigan. Now her name is popping up in pennsylvania. So it is unclear how jack smith is fitting this in to the broader context of his investigation. But it is interesting hes looking at the money trial. It reminds me of that game you play when you are little when you are connecting words, but you are seeing over and over these people getting connected to different states. Great reporting by you and paula. Thank you so much. I want to bring in bradley moss, a partner in the law office of mark zade. Sydney powell was not indicted by jack smith, but she is unindicted coconspirator 3. And this grand jury runs until september 15th. Of course it could be extended. Do you think we see her becoming an indicted coconspirator . From the looks of it, yeah. I think there is going to be another indictment brought by jack smith. Possibly also john eastman, jeffrey clark, the ones we have been expecting and other unindicted coconcoconspirator. This is going to be about mailin fire fraud tied to Election Systems not just in georgia but multiple states that she and her organization were tied to. We know shes facing several lawsuits and obviously facing potential speedy trial in georgia. She has a lot of incentive if indicted in the federal case to try to find a way to turn on those she was conspireing with, according with the authorities. She has a lot of reasons to try and strike a deal if she is faced with the federal indictment on top of the rest of this . What happens . There are state level charges concerning Voting Breaches in michigan and then this large rico case in georgia. How does this interact with the federal case . Could those help or hinder a federal case . Yeah. So this is where it will get messy and complicated because there are all these cases going on. There is an investigation in arizona thats ongoing. We know there is the indictments out of michigan. People will start facing a point. Sydney powell is not the only one, where they start to introduce evidence to defend themselves or make deals to get themselves out of this because eventually they will either start facing convictions in one case that will hurt them in others or they will have to start addressing this on the stand if they try to defend themselves and increment themselves on a state level or a federal level. This is where it get messy and a wild 12 months or so toward the election. There will be a lot of these players that either get convicted or strike plea deals as we get closer to Donald Trumps trial. What about Sydney Powell . When you think back to her testimony, shes such a True Believers or she certainly was still even then even as people had had a Change Of Heart or had felt in a way that they were used in the process of all of this. She was a true believer there. Do you think there is any possibility that she could flip . I certainly think so if there is a means to try to minimize any criminal penalty. Mind you, her legal career is already in serious jeopardy. Shes facing serious lawsuits. She already has that problem from a civil and financial standpoint. But shes got georgia. Now she will face federal charges. She doesnt want to spend her glory years sitting in a prison whether state or federal level. She will start looking at it as how do i save myself here . What kind of deal can i make . And what kind of testimony can i provide that would be of use to Law Enforcement authorities, not just against her codefendants but obviously donald trump in particular. Well have to see if thats what happens. Bradley moss, thank you so much. Boris . So weve got some new cnn polling to share with you. It shows donald trump is Holding Strong among his supporters, even gaining ground despite his fourth indictment, but that may not be the case with the general elec electorate. Heres David To Walk us through the numbers. His support is getting stronger. Donald trump is in a dominant position in this race. It is basically a oneman race right now. This is a national snapshot, obviously. 52 of republican or republicanleaning independents support trump. Thats a majority. Ron desantis is down to 18 . Everyone else is in Single Digits here. Obviously you could add up the whole field not named trump and trump would still win the contest there if the election were today. It doesnt make up that enormous gap. What does the polling say about republicans concerns over his indictments . This is such an interesting finding in the poll, boris. So this is just among the republican and republicanleaning independents, but we split them here for reaction whether they are Trump Supporters or they are supporting someone else in the race. We said, hey, might the charges against trump negatively affect his ability to win in 2024 . A third of Trump Supporters say, yes, it might. But a majority of the republicansupporting candidates not named trump are concerned that impacts the electability. Only 15 of Trump Supporters believe that will impact negatively, but a majority of those supporting elsewhere. Same thing here. 16 say the ability to serve a full term will be negatively impacted. 46 supporting other candidates say it will have that. So heres the thing. There is real concern if you are a republican not supporting trump. Yet, his republicans arent making the case on the indictments. We asked whether any of these charges should disqualify trump from the presidency. This is overall. This is the overall u. S. Population, right . 51 say she should be disqualified on the january 6th charges. 58 on overturning the charges. But on that 2020, when you look at just republicans, you see what a different place were in. Only 13 of republicans think the charges in the 2020 election case are disqualifying. That compares to 48 overall. So lets look at the general electorate then. How are these affecting them there . In terms of u. S. Adults overall, we checked in on trumps favorability. Since june, you see he has a slight uptick in his favorables with republicans. Hes at 75 favorable. Even with independents since june. And democrats roughly the same. He is still largely popular with republicans. Unpopular with independents and obviously democrats. Really stunning, though. There is improvement at every level. Yeah. 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