Here. She is not an expert in . And refused to answer the questions. Reporter yeah, trace, beginning very early this morning, our team has been here outside of the courthouse alongside numerous other members of the media and everyone was basically anticipating or awaiting for a potential indictment against the former president today and much earlier today All Of A Sudden there was this post or information circulating that he had been indicted and that reuters had published basically a screenshot of the indictment. We are talking about earlier today. Around lunchtime hour it. Not that generated a lot of buzz. All of a sudden, the Fulton County . Office said, those are not correct documents. They are not legitimate. They are fictitious. There is no indictment. Now fast forward six to 12 hours, here we are midnight and the indictment finally came down tonight. It is remarkably similar if not identical to the document that surfaced earlier today on the County Website that was supposed to be fictitious. So it really generated a lot of questions, how did i get up there . Such a critical sensitive document, how was that posted on a Government Website . So tonight, when the District Attorney was asked about it, she said she had no comment. She is not an expert in clerical or administrative duties. But as our anchor bret baier pointed out, she is probably very intimately aware of how the Fulton County website works. So im sure theres going to be much more interest and may be more questions that need to be answered regarding how that fictitious indictment landed on the Fulton County website much earlier today. Tonight, the Fulton CountyDistrict Attorney, the fani willis says 19 people were charged including 41 Felony Counts. Of course, against the former president , donald trump, and many of his associates, normal notable including Rudy Giuliani and mark meadows. Every Single Person who was charged with one count with the rico act here in georgia, that is the Racketeering Charge and the District Attorney said tonight that there is a minimum sentence attached to those charges. It is not something that you can get probation for. Among the name also, fun fact here, kanye west, former publicist. Among those indicted tonight. The four county d. A. Called this a criminal enterprise that had the legal goal of allowing donald trump to see the office on january 20, 2021. The Fulton CountyDistrict Attorney basically saying that these 19 people created this criminal enterprise that not only have been here in georgia but elsewhere outside of this state. The d. A. Wants a trial within six months. She said she does not want to be the first or the last to charge or to take donald trump to her trial regarding his other endeavors. But she wants her trial to happen in the next six months and she is asking for all 19 people listed in the indictment tonight to turn themselves in by next friday. Trace . Trace Matt Finn Life for us outside the courthouse. Thank you so much. To work to bring in Jason Chaffetz because of the political aspect of this and you have been watching this all along and i know you have got to be fascinated especially the apartment that we were talk about with matt where you had the d. A. Come out and she literally has asked the question about this document that came out earlier that was fictitious and they did not say the website had been hacked. They just send the document was fictitious. It was produced prior to the grand jury voting and then we have the soundbite. Lets play it. Lets listen to this. I will get your take. District attorney willis i cant tell you anything of what you referred to. I can tell you we had a grand jury here in Fulton County. They deliberated until almost 8 00 if not right after the clock and an indictment was returned and you have an indictment. I am not an expert on clerks duties or even administrative duties. I would not know how to record that system. Trace close to are corresponded. You know it is going to come up again and again. It is not like you can just sneak away from this thing, oops, you said it was a phony document and it turns out to look an awful like those awful lot like the real thing. Reporter what are they doing to prosecute . Is that not a crime to go out and put a fictitious document out on a public website and to do it and it ends up being the same document or at least very similar to that, was prior to the grand jury actually voting. Boy, fani willis is off to a good start. Remember a few days ago, she posted new information, had a fundraising email going out to in a, trying to raise money because she is involved and engaged in election. She has more than 2 1 2 years to pursue this. Just happens to come that it tease up under her time went so that she can prosecute somebody, you know, and bring it, you know, right in the middle of the primary season. She is going after kanye wests pozzy . Seriously . That is where the people that is indicted along with donald trump . Are you kidding me . Where is why are they not pursuing any of the democrats that challenged an election . Stacey abrams. She never admitted that she wrote after the whole system said it was vague. That camp had made this thing. I did not hear anyone barking at Stacey Abrams. She still did not admit that she did not win the election. Trace aand you say that and the d. A. Was actually saying that according to this is not but she said fairly close here that the president , the former president did not abide by georgias process for disputing elections. He broke the law and one wonders if Stacey Abrams actually abided by saying this whole thing was legitimate that Stacey Abrams abide by the Georgia Process for disputing elections, jason. Do you give up your First Amendment right . And remember what is going on in real time, things are slowing. There are a lot of people that had serious questions, why cant you ask the question . Why cant you do that . Why cant you get a legal team to get you an opinion . That is what she is going to prosecute here . The whole thing with the four different indictments and the timing against donald trump, it just seems farcical. And i just still cant get over the idea that kanye west publicist is on that list. I can get by that. Trace im sure he cant either. I want to leslie and i will let you go. It is you go. It is good that you stay with stay up with us. We have seen this again and i bought this up with alvin bragg and we saw some of the other t. A. S give their case before the media, after the indictment is unsealed. And it just seems to me like it tends to fall flat. You expect the d. A. To go up there and not only give you the charges, including the treasures. To give you the context and their perspective and the reason why you should be so infuriated at the behavior and instead, all you tend to get is kind of a running list of the indictment itself and no reason, no, you know, Intestinal Fortitude reason why we should feel that the Justice Department, the Justice System is above board. And you are exactly right, trace, because that is what gives you the feeling, the impression, if they had a smoking gun on donald trump, dont you think they would lead with that . Wouldnt they create a case and go out there and say, see this document . See this recording . See this . We cant ignore this, folks. This is what we are prosecuting. But they dont have it. They would lead with it. Instead, they tried to scare people. 41 indictments and all this hoopla about how many there are. Theres no content there. We saw this before. This has been the story since donald trump decided on that escalator. They just keep throwing stuff at him but when you go in and you look and you try to see it, you dont see anything. That is the problem. Trace yeah. Jason chaffetz, stand by if you would or let me know if you want to take a break. I want to you mentioned the numbers, jason. Here they are. 19 individuals charged in the indictment. It is 97 pages long, and i know it because i have it right in front of me here at the prosecutor, of course, spoke to the media. It was very brief. I want to bring in kevin corke because this is the fourth of four indictments former coast for the former president and kevin corke is live in dc to give us some contacts and a rundown of the other three indictments. Kevin, good evening. Kevin good evening, trace. The entire country watches this unfold in real time. This latest prosecution of the former president is already extending the legal jeopardy for the gop frontrunner supporters. This is to say nothing of the mounting legal bills hitting trump coffers. This is something that kind of keeps on going. To become the fourth venue to recharge the 45th president and a case that could well impact the 2020 election. Now you mentioned this briefly in new york, he is also facing 34 Felony Counts of allegedly violating new york law on corporate recordkeeping. Stormy daniels a situation. In florida, 37 Felony Counts were initially taking classified and highly Sensitive National security documents with him when he left the white house as the then former president. In dc, he has also been charged with at least four crimes. That investigation, by the way, including two in which prosecutors alleged that he somehow had relation to this disruption of congress certification of the electoral vote on january the sixth. In georgia, a grand jury returned at least 10 indictments today. A voluminous document, more than 96, 97 pages, i almost said 98. This is all accusing the former president and his allies of attempting to overturn the 2020 election. However, tonight, the Trump Campaign remains defiant, trace, writing in a statement posted on his website, truth social, the legal Double Standard Set against President Donald Trump must end. These activities by Democratic Leaders constitute a grave threat to american democracy and are a direct attempt to defraud the American People the Parental Choice to cast their vote for president. And as he has in the three previous circumstances, the former president is expected to plead not guilty to all the charges in the state of georgia. I think this is going to play out in a very interesting way, trace. You heard the legal experts say this could certainly be broken up, again, based on the in my experience, i would say that this could easily extend beyond simply in the Appeals Process, beyond the election. But i think that is the idea here. It seems that fani willis wants to get this wrap up somehow. Or certainly in the hands of the court before then. We will see if the will happen spectrum one and just for the record, you and i apparently have the same clerical team because mine is also 98 pages. The last page only has a couple Witness Names on them. 97point something something. But we are close. Kevin corke back to you. As kevin was talking about, i want to been in jeff paul. He has new information because everyone is trying to saturnino. Everyone is trying to get their case in and the Appeals Process and you have fani willis saying, im going to have all 19 of these people tried. The judge sets the trial theyd make. She wants to push for less than six months and they are trying to get this on the agenda. Reporter the original date was set for may 2024 and i think as of now, that could get delayed. They are bringing on a new codefendant. It just just to remind our viewers in florida, they are accusing the Property Manager of maralago Of Helping Trump tried to delete some of the Surveillance Footage that was subpoenaed and then you have trumps embodiment, according to investigators at the guidance of trump was moving boxes and so this is one case in florida. It is very complicated. Serious charges there. And we will see if it gets pushed back because i was a trumps defense Team Definitely has grounds to delay the trial with new codefendants and new charges and that is just one of these environments. We have got three others that tthey have got to deal with. Trace and you got all these legal chess pieces. You have moving in new jersey and moving in georgia and the nations capitol. Is one of those things where if you are trying to run for the presidency, you have to be able to carve out some time. Is great to be this theory where you theory where you gotta do with this person carve out some time so that there is not Election Interference. Reporter right. And i think one of the other things that trip and his legal team are going to have to worry about moving forward or the other people named in these indictments and we spoke with Kendall Coffman who is a former u. S. Attorney in the Southern District of florida and he basically said the more people that get added on to these indictments the more trouble it could spell for not only to Legal Process but being also for trump himself. And with this indictment, so many people named, who knows how people are going to play this off . Trace yeah, nobody can keep up. You hear the people in florida, that was a first one. We are trying to figure this out. You see if you can get them jeff paul, thank you. I want to bring in jackie ibanez. She has a political reaction to what happened in georgia. We have heard some angry politicians. Jackie, what are learning . Reporter republicans and supporters of the president Accusing Democrats and the Biden Administration of what they consider to be a weaponization of the Justice Department. Texas senator ted cruz not holding back tonight. Listen. This is disgraceful. Our country is over 200 years old. We never once indicted a former president or a candidate and a leading candidate for president. Reporter they are also raising questions as of the timing of the indictment. Suggestion each time there is bad news including for President Reagan and his son hunter, the former president faces an indictment. Meanwhile. In the paths former attorney Hillary Clinton says she does not take any satisfaction in the indictments but that it is evidence of equal justice under the law. Regarding the fictitious document released before the indictment was handed down, the tweeted this advice for the former president. Since the four persecutions are using novel and untested legal theories, it is fair game for him to do the same in defense immediately following a motion to dismiss for a constitutional due process violation or publication an attorney before the grand jury had actually signed one. Here is Hillary Clinton. Listen to the is. This is a terrible moment for our country, to have a former president accused of these terribly important crimes. The only satisfaction may be that the system is working. Reporter and Senate Majority looter Chuck Schumer and House Minority leader Hakeem Jeffries weighing in on the Breaking News is saying the indictment of donald trump just like the portrays a repeated pattern of Criminal Activity by the former president. That said, the former president is not appear to be taking any political hits. At least among republicans where he continues to hold a widely over his challengers. Trace jackie ibanez, thank you. Lets bring in Kaylee Mcghee white. I do know, but when Hillary Clinton comes out, calling them corrupt, just seems like it is very rich. Taking the hammers, to the servers and flitting all the emails and she is coming out and calling you names. I think maybe that is not the best guess for guest for msnbc. I disagree. Who better than the expert on election the nihilism and Hillary Clinton . You have a long list of democrats who have been they could be charged with the exact same crimes that trump is being charged with. You have Stacey Abrams in georgia and representatives, who is a georgia democrat who was arrested in 2018 for obstructing The State Capital Proceedings when they were voting on the election results. And guess what. Fulton county prosecutors chose not to pursue those charges against her. This is what we are talking about when we mean that theres a Double Standard and theres a twotiered system of justice. One side is being very clearly treated differently and the other. And the American People are working up to taxact. I thi