Bond agreements & mugshots, first GOP debate imminent, Elon Musk’s influence
Laura Coates Live
CNN
4.2 • 2.5K Ratings
🗓️ 23 August 2023
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
Dozens of co-defendants reach bond agreements two days before Trump is expected to surrender in the George election interference case, as the first two mugshots are released. That as, former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows files an emergency order to avoid arrest in Fulton County. Plus, what to expect out of tomorrow’s GOP debate as frontrunner Trump’s rivals face off without him. And, why Elon Musk’s influence is raising questions at a Governmental level. Also tonight, a virtually unknown right-winger singer tops the billboard 100.
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| 0:00.0 | Good evening, everyone. I'm Laura Coates. I see you, Abby. Munchads have now been released |
| 0:11.3 | tonight for the first two of the former president's co-defendants to surrender in the Georgia |
| 0:16.0 | election case, John Eastman, and also Scott Hall. Here they are right there. And we are |
| 0:21.7 | now just two days away from Donald Trump's expected surrender at the Fulton County jail. |
| 0:27.5 | Another course being criminally charged allegedly trying to overturn Joe Biden's election |
| 0:31.8 | victory in the state of Georgia. Meanwhile, Mark Meadows, you know who that is, of course. |
| 0:38.5 | He is trying a now last ditch illegal maneuver to try to avoid his own surrender by, of course, |
| 0:44.3 | that Friday, noon deadline. And you got a dozen defendants, including the former president. |
| 0:49.7 | They've all struck bond deals that have been signed by a judge. A dozen, of course, is |
| 0:53.7 | not yet 19. We've also learned that tonight, Julie Giuliani, is set to meet with the Fulton |
| 0:58.9 | County DA's office tomorrow to talk about a possible bond agreement. I want to turn |
| 1:04.1 | right now to CNN correspondent Tom Forman. He's at the Magic Wall breaking it down for |
| 1:08.9 | us all on what's happening right now. We also see an illegal senior law enforcement analyst |
| 1:13.3 | at former FBI director Andrew McCabe is with us today, former Trump White House deputy |
| 1:17.7 | press secretary Sarah Matthews and former federal prosecutor Jean Rossi. But back to |
| 1:22.2 | you, Tom Forman, in terms of what is going on right now, break it down. How are we going |
| 1:27.5 | to unpack all of this? Well, we'll start with the two people you named |
| 1:30.8 | to begin with. John Eastman, this is the Trump lawyer who led the charge on the plan whereby |
| 1:38.0 | Mike Pence would not certify the votes. And they would kick it to the House of Representatives |
| 1:43.0 | and or to governor, uh, uh, GOP control legislatures around the country where they would simply |
| 1:48.9 | declare Trump to be the winner. He gave us another impassioned speech today as he turned |
| 1:55.1 | himself in saying, uh, look, I'm just a lawyer representing the president. If you make |
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