Rudy Giuliani surrenders at Fulton County Jail for Georgia RICO charges
Rudy Giuliani was accompanied by former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik.
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Rudy Giuliani was accompanied by former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik.
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani turned himself in to Georgia authorities on Wednesday. He is one of 19 people accused of trying to overturn the 2020 election. Former President Trump plans to turn himself in on Thursday.
Some of the 19 people indicted in Georgia on charges of trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election have turned themselves in to authorities, including attorney John Eastman, who worked with then-President Trump, and is accused of trying to stop the electoral ballot counting. Former President Trump himself will be heading to the Fulton County Jail on Thursday to surrender on the conspiracy charges.
According to the charges, she emailed the headmaster of a school in Palm Beach County, Florida, in May and June, threatening to kill the former president and his son.
A Plainfield woman has been charged with sending emails threatening to shoot former President Donald Trump and his 17-year-old son, Barron, "straight in the face at any opportunity that I get."
A Plainfield woman has been charged with sending emails threatening to shoot former President Donald Trump and his 17-year-old son, Barron, "straight in the face at any opportunity that I get."
The first Republican presidential debate is set for Wednesday, but you won't see former President Trump there. The GOP frontrunner said he won't attend. Instead, he plans to release a recorded interview.
Amid mounting legal troubles, former President Donald Trump is hitting the campaign trail Thursday night, headlining a fundraiser in Nashville, while his Republican opponents are struggling to get their messages heard over all the media coverage of Trump's indictments.
"In the 1980s, if you said that Rudy Giuliani had been indicted on RICO charges, someone would've thought it was a bad 'Saturday Night Live' skit," said a colleague from his days as a prosecutor.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis said that the 19 defendants have until noon on Aug. 25 to turn themselves in.
Unlike in his past three arraignments, Trump as well as the 18 people indicted as co-conspirators were given about 11 days to surrender in Georgia, where cameras are permitted in court.
Former President Donald Trump and some of his co-defendants are firing back, criticizing prosecutors after they were indicted on charges of trying to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia.
Former President Donald Trump lashed out at prosecutors in Georgia, after he and 18 others were charged with a conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election.
The Georgia case is the first time the RICO Act -- in this case under Georgia state law rather than federal law -- is being used in the prosecution of a former U.S. president.
Former President Donald Trump and more than a dozen associates are charged with election fraud, racketeering and other counts related to alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
Meadows and Trump were among 19 indicted Monday in a case accusing them of acting as a "criminal enterprise."
It includes 41 counts stemming from alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia, and one of the former president's co-defendants is from Chicago. CBS 2's Charlie De Mar has the story.
"I think when you get further down that list of 19 towards the bottom, where Miss Kutti is one, those are the people who oftentimes do decide to cooperate."
Chicagoan Trevian Kutti used to be a publicist for celebrities like Ye, formerly Kanye West, and R. Kelly. But she's accused of pressuring a volunteer to commit fraud during the 2020 election. CBS 2's Charlie De Mar has the story.
Former President Donald Trump has 10 days to turn himself in to Georgia authorities, after he and 18 others were charged with trying to overturn the state's 2020 election results. It's now the 4th criminal case Trump is facing as he runs for president again.
The Georgia grand jury investigating former President Donald Trump returned the indictments on election fraud, racketeering and other charges.
Former President Donald Trump is facing a new indictment, accusing him and 18 allies of a criminal conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia. As CBS 2's Cristian Benavides reports, these are serious state charges, for which there is no such thing as a presidential pardon.
Former President Donald Trump has been indicted for the fourth time in five months, after a Georgia grand jury handed up 41 charges against him and nearly two dozen allies accused of trying to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia.
A former Georgia official and a journalist were called to testify before a Fulton County grand jury investigating alleged efforts by former President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the results of the 2020 election in the state.
Special counsel Jack Smith obtained a search warrant for information about former President Donald Trump's Twitter account earlier this year as part of his investigation into the aftermath of the 2020 election, court records unsealed Wednesday show.
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When a doctor was told there was no cure for his daughter's condition, he was motivated to transform not only her health, but the lives of thousands of others.
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Chuck Norris' family said his death at 86 was sudden, but did not share any details on the cause.
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An investment baking analyst in Chicago and an Indiana University student were both killed in a hit-and-run in Miami Beach by a suspected drunk driver.
United Steel Workers union representatives said that some workers had already had their access cards deactivated.
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The sluggish Bulls shot 38.5% in the first half and committed 11 turnovers, leading to 20 points for the Raptors.
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