Escaped killer sighted, Trump fights charges, R.I.C.O. case strategy

Laura Coates Live

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🗓️ 12 September 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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BREAKING NEWS: Escaped killer Danelo Cavalcante is sighted tonight, possibly with a weapon, according to a Chester County 911 alert. CNN’s Brian Todd reports live on the ground. Plus, Trump's team is battling the criminal charges against him on multiple fronts. In Washington, he wants Judge Tanya Chutkan to recuse herself from the federal 2020 election subversion case, and he's also asking the court to dismiss several criminal charges against him the Georgia election interference case ahead of tomorrow’s deadline for the Fulton County D.A. to explain how all 19 cases could be tried together. And, what is the strategy of those 19 defendants who are facing R.I.C.O. charges? Former Assistant Special Watergate prosecutor Nick Ackerman joins to discuss.

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0:00.0	Everyone, good evening. I'm Laura Coates and welcome to CNN Tonight. Breaking news tonight,
0:11.8	Pennsylvania State Police say they have confirmed now a sighting on this very night of the escape
0:17.4	killer Dinello Calvacante. A trooper telling CNN, quote, there has been a confirmed sighting
0:22.8	tonight and that is still being investigated further. We've got a live report coming up.
0:28.2	Plus, the legal challenge is coming fast and furious tonight at Dinello Trump's team
0:32.4	is battling the criminal charges against him on multiple fronts. In Washington,
0:37.2	he wants the federal judge, when Tonya Chetkin, to recuse herself from the 2020 elections
0:42.8	of version case, the one that's brought, of course, by special counsel Jack Smith.
0:46.8	And he's arguing the public will not accept the outcome of the case if she doesn't recuse herself.
0:54.1	Meanwhile in Georgia, he's also asking a court to dismiss several criminal charges
0:58.1	against him in that election interference case. And let's not forget, tomorrow is the
1:03.6	deadline for one funny willess to explain how all 19 cases there would possibly or could possibly
1:10.7	be tried together. That's tomorrow's news tonight. Plus, what is the strategy of those 19
1:17.0	defendants behind the scenes in the Georgia Rico case? And are they getting a little bit of a
1:21.7	preview of the government's case? We'll tell you all about it. And listen to what Georgia
1:26.4	Secretary of State Brad Rapinsberger told Anderson Cooper tonight.
1:34.3	We've got much more to come, everyone, on all of that. But I want to begin with all the fast
1:39.2	moving developments tonight in their criminal cases. Again, Donald Trump, joining me now,
1:43.3	former Trump White House lawyer, James Schultz, and former Georgia prosecutor Chris Timmons.
1:48.2	Glad to see you both here, gentlemen. We have a view here, Jim, because Trump's lawyers are honing
1:53.9	on this comment that was made by Judge Schultkin in a case of a rioter from January 6. Does that
2:00.9	argument, stand up, listen to the, the filing says this, the people who mob that capital were there
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