Georgia DA: “Ready to go”, strategist slams DeSantis, GOP voters on Trump

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🗓️ 1 August 2023

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The Fulton County District attorney who is investigating the attempts to overturn Joe Biden's 2020 victory, says she will announce a trial date by September 1st. Plus, Ed Rollins is a veteran GOP strategist. He tells Alisyn Camerota why he quit Ron DeSantis’ PAC, and why he thinks the Florida Governor is a flawed presidential candidate. And, are Trump's legal troubles putting a dent in his support? Republican voters join to discuss whether the former president being the middle of a trial, or even being convicted during the 2024 election, would affect which way they would vote. Also tonight: President Biden acknowledges his seventh grandchild for the first time, a radio host is fired for ‘Barbie’ comments about a reporter, and San Francisco neighbors complain about the Twitter “X” sign above the company’s office.

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0:00.0	Good evening, everyone. I'm Allison Kamerata. Welcome to CNN Tonight. Lots of news on the legal
0:15.2	cases against former President Trump. In Georgia, Fulton County District Attorney, Fanny Willis,
0:20.9	who's investigating Trump's efforts to overturn Joe Biden's victory, says she is ready to make
0:26.2	a charging decision. And in Florida, the Mar-a-Lago property manager, making his first appearance in a
0:31.8	Miami courtroom today, this has connected two efforts to conceal hundreds of classified documents.
0:37.5	He's charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice and making false statements to the FBI.
0:43.3	As for the rest of the GOP field, tonight I'll talk to a Republican strategist who says
0:47.9	Ron DeSantis' campaign is in trouble because DeSantis is a quote, very flawed candidate.
0:53.9	And then the latest Biden family news, President Biden acknowledging his seventh-grandchild
0:59.5	for the first time. I have seven grandkids, four or more, five and more,
1:07.6	enough to talk on the phone. You know, every day I either text them or call them.
1:13.8	We will find out if Biden will suffer any political repercussions for the delay in
1:18.1	acknowledging country's four-year-old daughter. And are Donald Trump's legal troubles putting
1:22.7	a dent in his support? I'm going to sit down with a group of Republican voters to find out.
1:29.4	If he is in the middle of a trial, at the time that the election, the general election comes up in
1:36.8	2024, or if let's just say somehow he's already been convicted, would you still vote for him?
1:45.4	There are answers in a moment. But let's begin with a 2024 race. Donald Trump is
1:52.3	Donald Trump is crushing his competition in the polls despite his legal problems.
1:57.3	The latest New York Times, Sianna Poll, of likely Republican voters has Trump at 54 percent.
2:03.2	His closest challenger, Ron DeSantis, is a distant 17 percent.
2:07.7	So why is Governor DeSantis struggling to make a dent in Trump's lead? In a moment,
2:12.4	I'll ask the Republican strategist who was heading up to Santa's political action committee,
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