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MSNBC Rachel Maddow (video)

MSNBC Rachel Maddow (video) - 08-30-2023-225459

MSNBC Rachel Maddow (video)

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4.412.2K Ratings

🗓️ 30 August 2023

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Through her unique approach to storytelling, Rachel Maddow provides in-depth reporting to illuminate the current state of political affairs and reveals the importance of transparency and accountability from our leaders. Maddow works with unmatched rigor and resolve to explain our complex world and deliver news in a way that's illuminating and dynamic, connecting the dots to make sense of complex issues. Maddow also conducts thoughtful interviews with individuals at the center of current news stories to provide important perspective.

Transcript

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0:00.0

We've got new developments in that Georgia case involving Donald Trump's alleged efforts

0:04.0

to overturn the election.

0:05.6

Today, as Chris was talking about, the former Trump lawyer, Sidney Powell, this woman asked

0:09.4

the court to separate her case from the 19 other defendants in the trial.

0:14.2

Her lawyers claim that Sidney Powell, quote, has no substantive connection with any other

0:18.7

defendant regarding the charges in the indictment, end quote, and therefore should be tried

0:23.8

alone.

0:24.8

Now, that is to put it mildly, a difficult case to make.

0:28.4

Powell, seen here standing alongside Rudy Giuliani in front of a campaign sign for the

0:32.5

co-defendant, Donald Trump, has many substantive connections to the other defendants.

0:36.8

She attended a meeting with several of her co-defendants at the White House, where they discussed

0:40.4

ways to overturn the election.

0:42.6

At that meeting, they considered making Sidney Powell a special counsel so that she could investigate

0:50.1

the election.

0:51.1

But now, her lawyer says she doesn't really know any of those folks, and she's not alone

0:54.8

in that.

0:55.8

The co-defendant in the Georgia case, this man Kenneth Cheesebroke, has also filed a

0:59.9

motion to sever his case from the others.

1:02.6

Mr. Cheesebroke would also like the court to release the names of 30 unindicted co-conspirators

1:07.9

in the indictment.

1:08.9

There are 30 of them who were not named.

1:12.2

Those motions come as Fulton County District Attorney Fahney Willis told the court that she

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