that's a man generally named as john floyd. have you heard tell of john floyd? is he a known character in georgiaow law? and what can you tell us about his skills in terms of rico and painting that narrative going to be so essential to her making the case at least in the court of public opinion? >> i p know john. he's a good friend. i think he's a good lawyer, certainly a competent lawyer with a very good firm, and i'm not surprised to seher bring him in and s use him in this way in her investigation. she's used him before in a rico case, and he is known for being sort of a scholar when it comes to rico charges especially when usedal maybe a bit creatively b prosecutors. she's put together a good team, a strong team, and we're just now sort of trying the team out on thef field, i guess. and we'll see how things play out once an indictment comes down, which now i think basically is a forgone conclusion. either that or we've got a lot of traffic delays and disruptions around the courthouse because of security. certainly involving several defendants rollout fairly

reuters reported at the time that john floyd was hired recently to provide help as needed on mattersring, including the trump investigation and other cases. fani willis has also openly said that she is a fan of rico. >> i am a fan of rico, i've told people that. the reason why i am a fan of rico is that jurors are very, very intelligent. they want to know the whole story, they want to know what happened, they want to make an accurate decision about someone 's life and so rico is a tool that allows a prosecutor's office in law enforcement to tell the whole story. >> rico charges could allow prosecutors to charge trump's allies with breaching voting machines in georgia. the guardian is reporting that fani willis now has enough evidence to charge trump's allies with computer trespass felonies according to two people briefed on the matter. joining us now is amite lee copeland, she is a criminal defense attorney and former georgia federal prosecutor. amy lee, thank you for being here. how does georgia's racketeering statute applied to the trump case? >> thank you, jonathan, for having me

is a person who knows what she's doing and she brought on a special assistant district attorney john floyd specifically for his expertise in georgia rico prosecutions, while it seems daunting to us and, well it seems daunting to the defendants right now i'm sure, seems the prosecutor set up this way on purpose. >> the last thing i would add here and i completely agree with that, is that the big difference between this and the federal case aside from the reality of georgia rico law is the presence of the indicted coconspirators as opposed to unindicted coconspirators even though some significant overlap. and in the federal case that was done quite intentionally as everyone has said to build the case for speed. one defendant, get it forward, it's important that this get earring, that this man be convicted or clear, and the public had that information by early next year. fani willis, clearly she's operating in a totally different sphere of jurisdiction and frankly a timetable, so she did enough to do that, and now these people they've got a lawyer. rudy giuliani just caught her rico charge. t

the author of this georgia indictment, john floyd, also authored that first rico indictment of yoursenge is actually explaining to a jury what the rico law is, and how it works. and that floyd, he did a really good job at that. how strong is this rico case in your opinion? >> this case is incredibly strong. when we read through the 97-page indictment, you understand in context how each of these individuals one way or the other participated in a scheme to overthrow the 2020 election. and this is what this indictment outlines a very clearly, the jury will be read at the indictment before they even begin the case. and so they will have an understanding of what the case is about. and mr. floyd is an incredible craftsman when it comes to drafting rico indictments. the first time he ever did it for a prosecutor was in our case 20 years ago. but he's had a lot of experience in the last 20 years. >> you also think rudy giuliani faces the biggest legal exposure. why is that? >> because one, he's going to be in front of a fulton county jury. it's going to be a lot different than -- i think the

he's a phenomenal writer, john floyd. he has made it easy for us to understand. he will make it easy for a jury to understand. if they follow this indictment, those 160 overt acts, piece by piece, it will paint a picture that will be very hard to get around. also want to bring up something we talked about at 6:00, and that is there will be cameras looking at each one of these 19 defendants. and i would assume that some of them, and their families will be telling them, find a way out of this. >> yeah. you mentioned mr. floyd, who works for d.a. willis now. when is the last time you spoke with him? >> i spoke with him right when he decided he would take this -- he is a private attorney and he does this pro bono to help prosecutors. >> so when was that? before he re-entered the practice? >> that was when he agreed he would help ms. willis. i said, john, you had a lot of practice at this. we were the first case 20 years ago. and since then, he's helped many prosecutors throughout the country. >> it's fascinating you mentioned that. just on that point since you raised

his name is john floyd. i was mostly in federal court but i have been in civil -- i have been in fulton county superior court. i don't see this case going to trial anytime soon if it never goes to trial. it is going to be an absolute circus. fanni willis is trying to get this thing free trial date. i think she is talking about early next year. she is trying to case now, a gang case. it has taken months to pick a jury. there is no way this is going to get tried before the presidential election. if trump wins, it will be on hold as he serves his second term. if not, it will eventually get to trial. he did switch attorneys today, from true family to an attorney whom i also know as a very experienced and very aggressive attorney. it is strange i know one person under pressure kherson side. i know people serving as defense in this case and some of the defendants, too. it is a little unusual. there is a lot to say about this indictment. john y: one question occurred to me. you mentioned georgia rico. we are talkin

we know that john floyd, one of the renowned rico experts on as it relates to georgia law as part of her team, she also has a gentleman, mike carlson, who with his father wrote the book on georgia evidence. so i think she's been very deliberate about who she is selecting to be a part of this effort. and it demonstrates to me that she's got a team that really is comprised of the best prosecutors within the state, evaluating these facts and the law. >> let's talk a little bit about rico charges in the state of georgia. racketeering, influence, and corruption organizations act, it was founded in 1970, but apparently, georgia's rico laws are a bit broader than usual. take us through what rico is like in this particular state and how it may differ as far as the kinds of charges trump could be indicted on. >> i'll let joyce speak to the federal rico statute, but the georgia statute is one of the broadest in the country. in that it lists about 43 different predicate crimes or the types of acts that would make up this pattern of racketeering activity that would be vioilative of the statute.

the attorney that wrote our indictment, john floyd, wrote the indictment involving mr.nd these other 18 defendants. the georgia rico statute is very broad. it allows the prosecutor to put in more evidence of more crimes than the federal statute. it's a powerful tool used by prosecutors across the country to go after corrupt organizations and people who participate in corrupt organizations. this case is a perfect example for the use of rico. >> j. tom morgan, glad you could be with us. thanks so much. >> thank you. >>> be sure to tune in for election 2024, the campaign and the courtroom tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern right here on cnn. >>> still ahead, maui county says that power companies' inaction led to the loss of life in the catastrophic wildfires. the companies are fighting those claims. the latest as residents and officials search for answers next. their team of independent tax attorneys will work with your cpa a to determine if your company is eligiblele. [whip sound] take the first step to s see if your smallll business qualifie. rks hard at hour one and twice as

and so i think what you are seeing in this document is really the expertise of john floyd, a member of fani willis team, along with her investigators, and obviously herself, they have broken this down into as you said, 161 different acts, as well as additional 40 or so different counts. so the document is organized very well. while it may take us a while to read through it, we can see how each little brick blaze into building that bigger story. and again, those of us prosecuted in front of jury, you know, every piece of evidence relates to that theme in some way, shape, or for. each of these acts will have behind it various piece of evidence that the dea and her team will be putting forth at some point in the future to be able to convince the jury that these folks should be held accountable for these grants grimes. the other thing to point out about this rico statute, as lengthy or as broad as this document is, any prosecutor only needs to establish to predicate acts. she does not have to prove all 161. that pattern of racketeering activity is established by meeting the elements of onl

in fact, the attorney who wrote that indictment john floyd is the nation's heading expert on rico in this country. >> all right. so glenn, we know that rudy giuliani was named in this indictment more than 50 times, more than anyone except trump, is that the kind of person you would try to flip if you were prosecuting this case or is that the kind of person you want to say, he should be prosecuted? >> yeah, you know, chris, there are times when even if a coconspirator or a defendant, we can now refer to giuliani as a defendant because he has been indicted in georgia, there are times when prosecutors would desperately like to acquire the information and the evidence they have against others, but there are some people that we can't clean up sufficiently, i mean that figuratively to put them before a jury and urge that jury to believe their testimony and use it to convict others. you know, the most important data point to me was when i sat giuliani sad for a proffer session in june, a proffer session is sort of the last step. prosecutors will meet with a coconspirator, perhaps soon to be

she is working with a lawyer named john floyd who is literally written the book, r.i.c.o.her you like r.i.c.o. or not, or think that it's appropriate, here, it is absolutely appropriate. it's going to bring in everybody who actually was a part of and did something in furtherance of this conspiracy. >> it's extraordinary, though, for those who grew up in a new york, watching rudy giuliani prosecute mob cases with r.i.c.o.. for him, now, to be at the epicenter of this massive r.i.c.o. case. >> how far he's fall in. >> he says he hasn't changed at all. well [laughs] >> that's a problem, right? >> he was terrible before and nobody knew because he's terrible now. that is, i think, part of the big irony here. you had an american hero, america's mayor, some of us didn't like everything he was doing when he was mayor of newark, but he was a respected guy. he somehow, now, is crawling around, begging for money so he could have a lawyer to help him get out of trouble, that he cost for himself when he started lying about an election outcome. he is a central character in this. you can

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meadows, john --, jeffrey clark, jenna ellis, ray stallings smith the 3rd, robert david shealy, michael roman, david james schaefer, sean steel, stephen cliffguard lee, harrison william prescott floyd, --, sydney catherine, kathleen austin latham. scott hall and miss hampton, also known as emily "misty" ha yes. everyone in this indictment is charged with one count of violating georgia's racketeer influenced and corrupt organizations which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] --[indiscernible] for participation to accomplish the illegal goal of allowing donald trump to seize the presidential term of office on january 20, 2021. specifically the participants in association took various actions in georgia and elsewhere to block the counting of the vote of the presidential electors who were certified as the winners of georgia's 2020 general elections treated as you examine the indictment you will see acts that are identified as overt acts and those identified as predicate acts, sometimes called acts of racketeering activity. overt acts are not necessarily crime under georgia law in isolation, but are alleged to be acts taken in furtherance of the conspi

meadows, john --, jeffrey clark, jenna lynn ellis, ray stallings smith the third, robert cheeley, michael roman, david j shaper, sean michael steele, stephen clif bar lee, harris and prescott floyd, tracy on -- sydney catherine powell, kathleen austin latham, scott graham hall and misty hampton, also known as emily misty hayes. every individual charged in the indictment is charged with one count of violating georgia's racketeer influenced and corrupt organizations act. participation in a criminal enterprise in fulton county, georgia and elsewhere to accomplish the legal goal of allowing donald j. trump to seize the presidential term of office, beginning on january 20, 2021. host: more of that press conference later, but we also want to hear from you this morning, getting your reaction. this is the reaction from the former president and his campaign yesterday, putting out a statement saying, radical -- a medical partisan is campgning on a platform. pping a page from crooked joe biden's playbook, trying to interfere with the 2024 presidential race and damage the dominant trump campaign. all attempts will fail. that is the statement yesterday. first from the huffington post, the he

shuffled because of george floyd, an african american man, whose death in police custody received worldwide attention in 2020. among the council books is a work by nobel prize winner john steinbeck of my son. man. it's been removed from the reading list, but the author being accused of using racist and derogatory terms that were formerly used to for black people in the era of slavery. the book shares a unique perspective on lives, hardships, and is considered a timeless class to it can do to it's popularity. another book chosen for the top is annabel pictures and my sister lives on the mantel piece. branford bowes, award recipient. the book narrates the story of a boy struggling with the trauma of his sisters to us and a terrorist attack. it's removal of damage from concerns that the book promotes. inaccurate images of muslims initiative is said to be aimed at addressing systemic racism and has received financial support from some local authorities in the u. k. we discussed the issue with our guests, who shared their opinions on the matter. a trifle hiding is not a solution. drive i didn't get off on the curriculum is not the solution, the nations as from their own mis

shuffled because of george floyd, an african american man whose death in police custody received world wide attention in 2020. among the council books is a work by nobel prize winner john steinbeck titled of mice and men. it has been removed from the reading list, but the author being accused of using races, the end of derogatory terms that were formerly used for people in slavery. the books here is a unique perspective on life, hardships, and has been considered a timeless classic due to its popularity. well, another book chosen for exclusion from the curriculum is anabel pictures. my sister lives on the mantel piece. branford bows award recipient. the book narrates the story of a little boy struggling with the trauma of his sister's death and a terrorist attack. its removal, stamps from concerns that the book promotes, inaccurate images of muslim characters initiative is said to be aimed at addressing systemic racism and has received financial support from some local authorities in england. all right, for more on the story, let's cross live now to my panel. of guess my hush around, peggy, from the african times and commentator, i rent them a carriage, him a hutch. uh

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encapsulated nine minutes in which the late george floyd was handcuffed and one minute of which he in fact lost consciousness while chauvin had his foot on his neck. john elder, the minneapolis police department director of public information who wrote the press release, said later that he got his information from sergeants who worked in the area where floyd was kill and the computer log of communications between officers and dispatchers. he said if he had had information that later became visible on video, he obviously would not have disseminated such a press release. and thus as i said, stories do unfold other time but it's imperative we get all our sources on the record so to speak. another story i found fascinating was that of the vrana scandal. where elizabeth holmes said she could take a pinprick of blood and do numerous tests for various diseases from that one drop of blood and got away with this between 2014 and about 2020 when ultimately she was convicted and then sentenced, i think in 2021, or perhaps later, i'm not too sure of the date in. any event she sold herself to very influential people in silicon valley as this budding genius who drop

encapsulated nine minutes in which the late george floyd was handcuffed and one minute of which he in fact lost consciousness while chauvin had his foot on his neck. johnlder, the minneapolis police department director of public information who wrote the press release, said later that he got his information from sergeants who worked in the area where floyd was kill and the computer log of communications between officers and dispatchers. he said if he had had information that later became visible on video, he obviously would not have disseminated such a press release. and thus as i said, stories do unfold other time but it's imperative we get all our sources on the record so to speak. another story i found fascinating was that of the vrana scandal. where elizabeth holmes said she could take a pinprick of blood and do numerous tests for various diseases from that one drop of blood and got away with this between 2014 and about 2020 when ultimately she was convicted and then sentenced, i think in 2021, or perhaps later, i'm not too sure of the date in. any event she sold herself to very influential people in silicon valley as this budding genius who droppe

in the bond process, harris and floyd said he couldn't afford a lawyer, but wasn't able to get a public defender. >> this is an important point. john, there are, in this particular case in georgia, the trump apparatus if you will. i don't know where the money is coming from. but the trump apparatus has declined to provide cover in the form of payment for lawyers to the folks in a case that many legal folks are arguing could be quite threatening and damaging to the former president. what is trump world saying about this particular piece? >> they are paying some legal fees, but not all. we've seen from the campaign accounts that they spent about $30 million out of the one political organization paying for lawyers, they took in about 15 million, she can do the math on that. they are hemorrhaging cash to pay for lawyers. they have done some of that, but there are other cases where they obviously are not providing counsel. with these cases where you have 18 or 19 people indicted. in florida, you have a couple of people indicted, there may be more indicted later in d. c.. they all have potentially separate interests, but to former presid

floyd case. the one thing that scared me tonight was -- saying that it's up to chief justice john roberts.chief justice john roberts can make the decision of whether this cases televised, in this trial is televised. joe martin banks did add later that the statutes say the federal judge in this case can make that decision. they can allow cameras in the courtroom. i dearly hope that we have a televised trial, because a simple and straightforward as these facts are, i think they need to be believed at least by a substantial portion of the american public, because this is an unprecedented case. we've never had a president tried to remain in power by force and by armed robbery. i think we need to see this trial happen on television. >> and that alone, that question of how much public access to allow to the proceedings is yet another test for the judicial system, a test for the legal system that is -- you just hope they will be able to rise to meet the challenge. it's not necessarily that one answer is always definitely right and one answer is wrong, but you would hope that they would recognize

john, back to the case. we know at least one of trump's co-defendants is inside that fulton county jail. harrison floydthe leader of a group called black voices for trump. he did not negotiate bond prior to turning himself in. could fulton county be liable if something happens to him? >> well, the system that they've been using is a little unusual. it's that you go to the courthouse, you know, where the district attorney's office is and you negotiate your bond ahead of time. so that's what mark meadows did. that's what donald trump did. that's what rudy giuliani did. then to a bondsman if necessary to secure that money. and then you go to the jail with that package. apparently he showed up in the jail without that package, which means the process reverses which is he has to get processed there on the warrant and then show up in court and have the bail set by a magistrate. so the question is how long is it going to be before he can get in front of a judge there? >> mr. floyd could have his first court appearance in the next 24 hours. what happens once he gets in front of a judge? >> well, then they work

floyd case. the one thing that scared me tonight was neal katyal saying that it's up to chief justice john roberts chief justice john roberts can make the decision of whether this cases televised, in this trial is televised. joe martin banks did add later that the statutes say the federal judge in this case can make that decision. they can allow cameras in the courtroom. i dearly hope that we have a televised trial, because a simple and straightforward as these facts are, i think they need to be believed at least by a substantial portion of the american public, because this is an unprecedented case. we've never had a president try to remain in power by force and by armed robbery. i think we need to see this trial happen on television. >> and that alone, that question of how much public access to allow to the proceedings is yet another test for the judicial system, a test for the legal system that is -- you just hope they will be able to rise to meet the challenge. it's not necessarily that one answer is always definitely right and one answer is wrong, but you would hope that they would recognize t

full indeed special counsel floyd recognize these issues before deciding who, if anyone, to charge. what do you make of that? >> well, i'm not shocked by that approach. johneastman has made similar arguments in his state bar proceeding, hey i'm just giving legal advice. but when you look at this, as lisa mentioned, when you look at these documents together in a sequence of events, it's very clear that what went from back in november, and idea that we should have contingent electors, backing up for the viewers a little bit, the idea was december 14th electors need to meet. and the hard and fast deadline under the. while law and hey, we've got all these court challenges, and what if we win one of those after december 14th? we need to have been protected. that sort of notion in this november memo, but then by the december six memo that you're talking about that was reported on by the new york times yesterday, it sort of, all bets are off. it doesn't matter if they've won the challenges or whether, as long as there is a litigation pending, at least points out, that was one of the conditions. that's where the strategy pivoted, that we're going to use these ele

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john, thank you for that. we have developing news in the north the vallejo police officers shot and killed a man. >> during the george floyd protests could be getting his job back. this is detective jarrett tonn. he was fired after he shot sean monterrosa outside of a walgreens in the early morning hours of june. second, 2020, this was all during the george floyd protests, tom and 2 other officers responded to reports of looting. body camera footage shows tied in the back seat of a vehicle stick a rifle between the 2 officers and fired 5 times through that windshield and monterrosa as the police vehicle approach that store. well, police claim tom mistook a hammer in monterrosa's pocket for a gun when he opened fire after being placed on administrative leave. then chief shawny williams fired him back in 2021. after he says he determined monterrosa was on his knees with his hands raised when he was shot. now an attorney for the vallejo police union says tom's firing since been overturned in court, calling this the right decision. meantime, of civil rights attorney john burris, who is at one time representing the monterrosa f

fewer than four hours, john, from the deadline for everybody to turn themselves in there are two people outstanding. one spent the night inside the jail and that's harrison floyd is the leader of black voices for trump. why is he still there? >> he may be spending more than the night. he has got two problems. a little one and a big one. the small problem is apparently he didn't go to the courthouse with his attorneys ahead of time to arrange bond and then go to the jail simply to be processed. he showed up as someone that the district attorney had a warrant for in this case, who had not arranged bond. once you are in the jail without that prearranged, that means you are going to have to wait until you can go before a judge and make that bail application and arrange bond and so on. that's the little problem. the big problem is he popped for a warrant. when they run the prints at the jail, he is wanted by federal authorities for not appearing in a case in maryland where few fbi agents working in the jack smith probe, not the fulton county probe, served him with a grand jury subpoena and he allegedly assaulted one of them. he says they didn't identify themselves,

john cheeseborough, jeffrey clark, jenna lyn ellis, ray stallings smith the third, robert david shelley, michael a roman, david james schaffer, sean micah treasure steel, stephen cliff guardedly, harrison william prescott floyd, treveyon c kuti, sydney kathrin powell, kathleen austin latham, scott graham hole, and misty hampton, also known as emily's steven mays. every individual charged in the indictment is charged with one count of violating georgia's racketeer influenced and corrupt organizations act through participation in a criminal enterprise in folding county georgia and elsewhere to accomplish the illegal goal of allowing donald j trump to seize the presidential term of office beginning on january 20th, 21. >> and former president on trump has reacted to the in diet against, and calling it politically inspired. let's discuss this further now with areva martin, an attorney and legal affairs commentator. areva, it's good to have you with us. >> i rosemary. >> so, in a historic, move former u.s. president donald trump has been indicted for a fourth time. trump, rudy giuliani, mark meadows, and 16 others are criminally charged on 41 counts in connection with efforts to overturn trump's defeat in the geo

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john chesebro, jeffrey bossert clark, jenna lynn ellis, race smith the third, robert david chidi, michael a roman, david james schaffer, sean still, stephen lifeguard lee, harrison william, prescott floyd, sydney kathryn powell, kathleen alston latham, scott graham hall, misty hampton aka emily misty hayes. it is a 40 count felony indictment. >> and, rachel, should we touched on some of the crimes listed? >> yes. >> it begins with the rico act. that is the big one and it is broad in the state of georgia. so you have the alleged violation of the georgia racketeering influencing the current practices act. we have something that you discussed moments ago, solicitation a violation of oath of office, that is we believe is connected to donald trump's personal involvement and recorded calls to state officials. we have several false statement charges that echo something we've seen in other cases. we've seen a lot of evidence from that here coming out of georgia. we have solicitation of violation of oath of a public officer, again, those are the kind of state crimes in regard to state officials. so this is related to trump's wider reference to overthrow a federal election. but the theory of the

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meadows, john --, jeffrey clark, jenna lynn ellis, ray stallings smith the third, robert cheeley, michael roman, david j shaper, sean michael steele, stephen clif bar lee, harris and prescott floyd, tracy on -- sydney catherine powell, kathleen austin latham, scott graham hall and misty hampton, also known as emily misty hayes. every individual charged in the indictment is charged with one count of violating georgia's racketeer influenced and corrupt organizations act. participation in a criminal enterprise in fulton county, georgia and elsewhere to accomplish the legal goal of allowing donald j. trump to seize the presidential term of office, beginning on january 20, 2021. host: more of that press conference later, but we also want to hear from you this morning, getting your reaction. this is the reaction from the former president and his campaign yesterday, putting out a statent saying, radical -- a medical partisan is campaigning on a platform. ripping a page from crooked joe biden's playbook, trying to interfere with the 2024 presidential race and damage the dominant trump campaign. all attempts will fail. that is the statement yesterday. first from the huffington post, the