Tuesday, August 15, 2023

The 7

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🗓️ 15 August 2023

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Tuesday briefing: Georgia charges Donald Trump; Montana climate ruling; Maui fires; affirmative action; World Cup; and more

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0:00.0	Donald Trump was charged again, this time in a 2020 election
0:07.6	investigation in Georgia.
0:10.1	That's where we're starting the seven from the Washington Post.
0:12.8	I'm Jeff Pierre.
0:14.0	It's Tuesday, August 15th.
0:16.4	Let's get you caught up with today's seven stories.
0:18.8	A grand jury in Georgia indicted the former president and 18 others yesterday.
0:27.0	It was in connection with efforts to overturn Joe Biden's victory in the state of Georgia.
0:32.0	This follows a two and a half year investigation
0:35.3	by Fulton County District Attorney Fanny Willis. She spoke about the charges
0:40.0	last night. The indictment alleges that rather than abide by Georgia's legal
0:46.8	process for election challenges, the defendants engaged in a criminal
0:52.0	racketeering enterprise to overturn Georgia's presidential election result.
1:00.0	Trump faces 13 counts including including violating George's Rathetering Act.
1:06.0	Some other names you might recognize, Rudy Giuliani, who was Trump's personal attorney after the election,
1:12.0	he was also charged.
1:13.6	So is Trump's former White House Chief of Staff, Mark Meadows.
1:17.2	Trump is running for president again,
1:19.0	and he now faces a total of 91 criminal charges
1:22.4	across four indictments.
1:24.0	Number two, a judge in Montana ruled in favor of young climate activists yesterday.
1:34.0	This is the first ruling of its kind in the country.
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