Good morning, I'm Dana Taylor, and this is five things you need to know.

For Tuesday, August 1, 2023, Donald Trump's push to block a Georgia investigation was rejected

by a judge, a witness claims that Joe Biden greeted Hunter Biden's associates and clients

on the phone, and in Ukraine, Russia savages Zelensky's hometown.

A judge in Georgia rejected former president Donald Trump's push to block an investigation

over his alleged efforts to overturn the state's 2020 presidential election result, according

to a nine-page ruling filed Monday.

His legal team filed a motion in March to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney

Fanny Willis from investigating or prosecuting Trump.

They also sought to quash a report from a special grand jury that investigated him in the

case and blocked any state prosecuting agency from using evidence gathered by the jury.

Judge Robert McBernie wrote that Trump couldn't mount such a challenge.

Fulton County District Attorney Fanny Willis has called for FBI security as Atlanta praises

for possible indictments.

The request comes after former president Trump singled out prosecutors and encouraged

protests during a recent rally.

GOP leaders are tying a push to impeach President Biden to former president Trump's indictments.

Here to help me dig into the politics of this is White House correspondent Francesca Chambers.

Francesca, thanks for joining me.

Thank you so much.

So what's the evidence that GOP leaders are trying to tie a possible Biden impeachment

with Trump's indictments?

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