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Laura Coates Live

Trump indicted in Georgia election subversion case

Laura Coates Live

CNN

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4.22.5K Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2023

⏱️ 100 minutes

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BREAKING NEWS: former President Trump and others, including Rudy Giuliani and Mark Meadows, are charged in a 41-count indictment in the Georgia 2020 election subversion case. Prosecutors allege Trump and 18 other defendants participated in “a criminal enterprise”, in a multi-state conspiracy with 30 unindicted co-conspirators. Our panel analyzes the stunning 98-page indictment, in which all defendants face racketeering charges.

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0:00.0

And our special breaking news coverage continues now of the grand jury indictment of Donald

0:14.4

Trump and others in Fulton County, Georgia.

0:17.2

I'm Caitlin Collins.

0:18.3

The indictment 98 pages and what it contains is stunning.

0:22.9

Forty-fifth president of the United States indicted on state charges stemming from his

0:27.9

and others efforts to overturn Joe Biden's election win in the state of Georgia.

0:33.5

Prosecutors alleging tonight that Trump and others joined in a conspiracy to unlawfully

0:37.7

change the outcome of the 2020 election.

0:41.2

18 other defendants are named in this indictment, including Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani, Mark

0:46.7

Meadows, John Eastman, Kenneth Chisbro, Jeffrey Clark, and Jenna Ellis, just to name a few.

0:53.0

All 19 are facing racketeering charges and prosecutors alleged that they participated

0:58.0

in a criminal enterprise with 30 unindicted co-conspirators.

1:01.8

Let's begin tonight's coverage with CNN's Paula Reed, who is outside the courthouse

1:05.4

there in Atlanta.

1:06.4

I mean, Paula reading through these 98 pages, but what's remarkable is that we just heard

1:10.6

from the district attorney, Fannie Willis, and she was saying that she is going to try

1:15.4

all of these 19 defendants together, she says.

1:20.0

Yeah, that was really surprising that that is how she would want to proceed on this case.

1:24.1

You can do it, but as one of our colleagues said earlier, it's sort of like trying an

1:27.9

entire football team at one time.

1:30.6

Now in the immediate future, she has given all of those defendants until next Friday at

1:34.8

noon to surrender, and she wouldn't commit to exactly when she wants to bring this case,

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