Trump, 18 others charged in GA election probe

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 15 August 2023

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Donald Trump now faces a cumulative 91 criminal charges after being indicted in Fulton County, Georgia in his fourth criminal indictment since leaving office. He’s one of 19 people charged in Georgia for their attempts to overturn the 2020 election results in that state. Plus, one week after the evacuations in Hawaii, new questions emerge about the warning systems. Did the wildfires make them inoperable, or did no one ever sound the alarm? To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	One former president, four indictments, 91 criminal charges.
0:07.9	The lead starts right now.
0:10.4	Donald Trump lashing out today after the latest indictment against him, this one in
0:14.5	Fulton County, Georgia, why this case could be so consequential.
0:19.0	Plus, the actions of Trump's former chief of staff, Mark Meadows, charged for the first
0:23.3	time in one of these cases, achieved Trump critic in 2024.
0:26.7	The rival is here, Governor Chris Christie.
0:29.0	Why he, a former federal prosecutor himself, says he's uncomfortable with how the Georgia
0:34.1	indictment went down, and one week after the first evacuations in Hawaii, new questions
0:40.4	about warning systems, did the wildfire make them inoperable or did no one ever sound
0:46.4	the alarm?
0:49.4	Welcome to the lead on Jake Tapper, and we start today with our law and justice lead.
0:56.6	91 charges.
0:57.6	That's what Donald Trump is now facing after he was indicted in Fulton County, Georgia
1:02.2	late last night.
1:03.2	This is the fourth time he has been indicted since leaving office.
1:06.2	The former president is one of 19 people charged in Georgia for his and their attempts to overturn
1:12.5	the 2020 election results in that state.
1:14.9	Trump joined by his former attorneys, John Eastman and Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell
1:19.6	and Jenna Ellis, as well as former White House chief of staff, Mark Meadows.
1:23.6	All of them have been given until noon next Friday to turn themselves in.
1:27.8	One major difference in this case is the racketeering charge that Trump and his co-conspirators
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