>> jimmy: oh, hey, welcome back. i want to thank courteney cox. courteney, i have to say, what a gamer she was. unfortunately, she didn't prevail in the end. who did win that game? you were the guy. >> i believe the winner was you, jimmy. >> jimmy: oh, thank you very much for mentioning that, ike. ike barinholtz. watch his show "history of the world part 2." it premieres monday on hulu. thanks to nelson franklin for performing as george santos so beautifully. apologies to matt damon, we did run out of time for him, he will be rescheduled in the future. "nightline" is next. thanks for watching, good night!

♪ this is "nightline." >> juju: tonight, the republican debate. eight presidential candidates facing off for the first milwau milwau milwaukee. >> do you want a superpac puppet or a patriot who speaks the truth? >> we don't need to bring in a rookie, we don't need people without experience. >> i've had enough already tonight of a guy who sounds like chatgpt stand up here -- >> this is exactly why margaret thatcher said, if you want something said, ask a man. if you want something done, ask a woman. >> with the front-runner, former president trump, skipping the gop showdown and sitting down with tucker carlson instead. as more trump codefendants, including rudy giuliani, turn themselves in in georgia. with trump expected to surrender tomorrow. plus, fit for trial? from "the real housewives of beverly hills" to federal court.

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♪ >> juju: thanks for joining us. sparks were flying tonight at the first presidential debate of the 2024 election cycle. eight republican candidates sparring with each other, each hoping to gain ground on the gop front-runner who wasn't on stage. but former president trump's shadow was still looming. abc's rachel scott is in milwaukee, rachel? >> reporter: the first debate is considered the unofficial kickoff to the republican primary, and these candidates came out swinging. not on the stage tonight, the front-runner in this race, former president donald trump. but this was hardly a debate about the former president. in fact, it took roughly an hour for the moderators to turn to the former president and the multiple investigations he is facing. this was really a debate over policy, over substance.

while florida governor ron desantis was bracing for an onslaught of attacks, he was center stage, he was not the center of the attacks. it was the candidate next to him, vivek ramaswamy, the 33-year-old entrepreneur who has risen to the polls in the last several weeks. he was sparring with candidates on everything from foreign policy to domestic policy. in the end, with such a crowded debate stage, you still had very many candidates that still struggled to break through. trump's hold on the party still very clear with a 40-point lead in most polls, juju. >> juju: rachel, thank you. which candidates threw punches? what issues did they tackle? it was a night of pointed attacks in milwaukee, wisconsin, a critical swing state in a fiery debate hosted by the fox news channel as the 2024 presidential race heats up. >> now is not the time for on-the-job training. we don't need to bring in a rookie. we don't need to bring in people without experience. >> the real choice we face in this primary is this.

do you want a superpac puppet? or do you want a patriot who speaks the truth? >> juju: as the eight republican presidential candidates who made the cut took the de bait stage for the first time -- >> i've had enough already tonight of a guy who sounds like chatgpt stand up here -- >> this is exactly why margaret thatcher said, if you want something said, ask a man. if you want something done, ask a woman. >> juju: the candidates sparring over hot-button issues like climate change -- >> the climate change agenda is a hoax -- >> whoa, whoa -- >> the climate change agenda is a hoax. >> is climate change real? yes, it is. but if you want to change the environment, we need to start telling china and india thief this lower their emissions. that's where our problem is. >> juju: and abortion. >> we must have a president of the united states who will advocate and fight for at the minimum a 15-week limit. i am 100% pro-life conservative. >> let's treat this like a

respective issue that it is and humanize the situation and stop demonizing the situation. >> juju: doug burg ram saying he would not support a federal abortion van. >> it's simple, it's the 10th amendment in the constitution. the constitution which the states created the federal government, not the other way around. >> juju: florida governor ron desantis attacking the current president. >> we need to send joe biden back to his basement and reverse american decline. it starts with understanding, we must reverse bidenomics so middle class families have a chance to succeed again. >> juju: 38-year-old biotech entrepreneur vivek ramaswamy earning the spotlight based on polling. >> my parents came to this country with no money 40 years ago. i have gone on to found multibillion-dollar companies. i did it while marrying my wife, raising our two sons, following our faith in god. that is the american dream.

>> juju: south carolina senator tim scott saying he, too, represents the american dream. >> i came to the conclusion that america can do for anyone what she's done for me if we focus on restoring hope, creating opportunities, and protecting america. >> juju: one of the most theatrical moments was addressing the candidate who wasn't there, former president donald trump. >> we are going to take a brief moment and talk about the elephant not in the room. you all signed a pledge to support the eventual republican nominee. if former president trump is convicted in a court of law, would you still support him as your party's choice? please raise your hand if you would. [ cheers and applause ] >> juju: former new jersey governor chris christie, who once prepped trump for debates, pitching himself a little the candidate most willing to take on the former president, who's mired in legal troubles. >> someone's got to stop normalizing this conduct.

okay? [ cheers and applause ] [ bos ] now, whether or not -- whether or not you believe that the criminal charges are right or wrong, the conduct is beneath the office of president of the united states. [ cheers and applause ] >> juju: former arkansas governor asa hutchinson agreeing. >> over a year ago, i said that donald trump was morally disqualified from being president again as a result of what happened on january 6th. >> juju: veteran politician, former governor, former u.n. ambassador in the trump administration, nikki haley, going on the attack against her former boss. >> trump is the most disliked politician in america. we can't win a general election that way. >> juju: on stage, a candidate who was once one of trump's greatest allies also separating himself. his former vice president, mike pence. >> the american people deserve to know that the president asked

me in his request that i reject or return votes unilaterally, power that no vice president in american history had ever exercised or taken -- he asked me to put him over the constitution. and i chose the constitution. and i always will. >> juju: rather than taking the stage, trump counter programming in a prerecorded interview with tucker carlson, released just minutes before the debate began. it appeared on x, formerly known as twitter. >> them saying, do i sit there for an hour, two hours, whatever it's going to be? get harassed by people that shouldn't even be running for president? >> he is the front-runner. he doesn't need to sit through all these attacks. more importantly, he's been getting plenty of attention. the four indictments, the surrendering himself to various jurisdictions, he has blanketed airwaves this summer. >> juju: in less than 24 hours, the former president is set to surrender himself to the fulton county jail in georgia for the fourth indictment.

in total, he faces 91 charges, maintaining his innocence on all counts. today his lawyer and longtime friend, rudy giuliani, the man once known as america's mayor, now indicted as an alleged coconspirator, surrendering himself and released on $150,000 bond. >> this indictment is a travesty. it's an attack on not just me, not just president trump, not just the people in this indictment, some of whom i know very well -- this is an attack on the american people. this could happen to me, who is probably the most prolific prosecutor maybe in american history -- and the most effective mayor for sure -- it can happen to you. >> juju: with 14 months to go to the election, the political calendar is filling run. so too are trump's court dates with at least six trials set to take place in the next year. it could be anybody's race. >> next november is a long way away. and there are a lot of known

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a husband to a glamorous real housewife now charged with stealing millions from his clients. but is he mentally fit to stand trial? tom girardi, the one-time husband of bravo's erika jayne, arriving at an l.a. courthouse today trailed by cameras for all the wrong reasons. a stunning fall from grace for the once-powerful trial attorney who often popped up on "the real housewives of beverly hills." >> i love you, thank you for meeting me. >> instead of having lunch with a bunch of garly insurance people, i got you. >> juju: disbarred and bankrupt, accused of swindling $18 million from his clients. >> not only are we seeing a staggering legal scandal, we're also seeing it play out on reality television. it is a very unusual pairing. >> juju: attorneys from both sides debating whether girardi is fit to stand trial at a

competency hearing today. his attorneys arguing the 84-year-old is suffering from dementia and is not competent. >> we're talking about somebody who was known for being sharply dressed, could command a courtroom, had a real presence. he walked in with, you know, oversized jacket, mismatched clothes, no necktie, and bedroom slippers. >> juju: prosecutors firing back saying girardi's claims are just another cunning move by the disgraced attorney, who made his fortune suing big companies on behalf of wronged clients. >> the whole day was dedicated to the testimony of two witnesses who wrote reports, submitted to the girardi, while potentially having some sort of decrease in his cognition, it wouldn't be anything more than typically what an older person would suffer from. certainly nothing that would prohibit him from being able to participate in a trial. >> the prosecution in this case through their experts and court filings is saying that girardi

is malingering, faking all this. >> juju: earlier this year he was arraigned on two federal wire fraud documents. one in chicago for allegedly misappropriating over $3 million in settlement funds intended for victims of the lion air 610 crash, a boeing air max that went down in indonesia in 2018, killing everyone on board. >> this man is corrupt, and this man is doing everything that is -- that possibly you should not do. >> juju: the second indictment in l.a. for allegedly embezzling over $15 million over a 10-year period from clients who suffered horrific injuries and loss. >> our investigation has revealed that in fact, mr. girardi was robbing and stealing from those people who he claimed to be championing. >> juju: he's plead not guilty. some of the alleged victims showing up at today's hearing. >> it's been so many years of turmoil. we need to see justice done once

and for all. this guy is the ringleader, pretty much. >> juju: josie hernandes hired girardi to represent her in a lawsuit against a medical manufacturer. >> i had a medical procedure for a mesh bladder sling. and basically my whole body was shutting down. so then i go and hire mr. girardi, because he's this amazing lawyer. and who fightses for justice. i totally trusted in him. ♪ >> juju: girardi's power chronicles in "the housewife and the hustler" currently streaming on hulu. >> tom girardi was l.a. law, mr. lawyer. >> superstar. >> icon. >> bad-ass trial lawyer. >> we're talking about $15 million. >> juju: girardi, who owned girardi keys law firm, famously won the real-life erin brock invest case. >> they let innocent people drink water laced with chromium

day in, day out. >> juju: hernandes settled for $135,000 but says she never saw a dime at the time. >> i know it's very frustrating to wait so long for the settlement, and then to be delayed further. but i'm in your corner. >> yeah, which he's -- unbelievably cruel, doing that, knowing he already had my money. >> juju: in 2020, hernandes filed a complaint with the california bar association, who confirmed girardi received the payment. she later did receive some funds but the damage was done. >> i'm just -- flabbergasted that this man is just -- not in jail. >> juju: girardi's soon to be ex-wife, erika jayne, met with hernandes and other alleged victims earlier this summer.

>> my perception of erika was not that great. i thought, how nice it must be to move on with your life, to still have beautiful clothes and makeup and all that, while the rest of us are suffering. but she said, you know, she's willing to do whatever she can to help us restore our lives. so -- i'm hoping she keeps her word. >> juju: for years, jayne has faced criticism for how she's handled the scandal, something that's played out on "the real housewives of beverly hills." >> welcome to my home. >> juju: in her six seasons on the show, her and jury lawyerdy's lavish lifestyle on full display. >> i'm an enigma wrapped in a riddle and cash. >> juju: flaunting her health in her music with songs like "expensive." ♪ ♪ it's expensive to be me ♪ >> juju: while not named in either of her esstranged husband's federal cases, jayne has been embroiled in legal

scrutiny while maintaining her innocence. >> erika is facing numerous civil lawsuits from past clients and from past co-counsel law firms alleging that she was a coconspirator of tom girardi. so erika is not out of the woods on any of this yet. >> juju: we reached out to representatives for erika jayne and did not hear back. last year, a judge dismissed a fraud lawsuit filed against her by two of girardi's former colleagues. her attorneys telling the "l.a. times" at the time, "we expect that other aiding and abetting lawsuits against erika will fail for the same reason, they are contrary to the truth and based on no real evidence." in november 2020, she filed for divorce from girardi. her estranged husband now under a conservatorship controlled by his brother and staying in an assisted living facility. in court filings, his defense team says he has a major neuro cognitive disorder and is unaware of his case, disbarment, and bankruptcy. the filings say he has

persistent belief he is running his defunct law firm from his secured memory ward. his attorneys say a car accident contributed to his cognitive decline. on "the real housewives -- >> he was unconscious for 12 hours. >> he was? >> i know because i found him. >> juju: prosecutors allege his claims of legal incompetence are exaggerated. >> the prosecution is arguing that he should be held to stand trial because having dementia and understanding the proceedings against you can both exist at the same time. >> juju: as the legal saga continues to unfold, erika jayne's career is on the rebound. her las vegas residency debuting this friday. the hearings over girardi's mental competency expected to continue on a later date. for those who say they've been wronged by girardi, they hope today's hearing is one step closer to justice. >> the only way i'll be completely at peace is for every

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