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Transcript/ScriptWASHINGTON WEEK AHEAD
HEADLINE: Georgia Bracing for Trump’s Potential Fourth Indictment
TEASER: Despite tight security measures, concerns about violence remain
PUBLISHED AT: 08/13/2023 at 3:13 pm
BYLINE: Veronica Balderas Iglesias
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[[A Georgia prosecutor appears ready to lay her case against former President Donald Trump in front of a grand jury this week. Despite tight security measures, some officials are concerned that violence could accompany a potential fourth indictment of Trump over election interference. VOA’s Veronica Balderas Iglesias reports.]]
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Security measures are tight in Georgia’s Fulton County, ahead of a possible fourth indictment of former President Donald Trump.
It is expected that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis will present her case to a grand jury this week. She has been investigating whether Trump pressured state officials to alter the 2020 presidential election result and plot to use fake electors.
The former president calls the Georgia probe a witch hunt.
Top voting official Gabriel Sterling, who helped with the 2020 presidential election recount in the state, could be called to testify in the case.
(Courtesy: ABC’s “This Week”)
He appeared on ABC’s “This Week” show.
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((Gabriel Sterling, Georgia’s Secretary of State Office ))
“We counted the ballots three times. He lost the state, and he continues to say he didn’t lose it. And it’s just creating a lot of tension and a lot of chaos.”
((NARRATOR))
Sterling was asked if Trump’s strong public criticism of District Attorney Willis could lead to some kind of violence.
(Courtesy: ABC’s “This Week”)
((Gabriel Sterling, Georgia Secretary of State’s Office))
“It’s not going to be a bunch of conspirators together. It’s going to be one probably mentally unstable individual who’s going to be radicalized in this process.”
((NARRATOR))
If the former president is indeed indicted in Georgia, voters will need to carefully assess his 2024 presidential bid, said Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie on ABC.
(Courtesy: ABC’s “This Week”)
((Gov. Chris Christie, Republican President Candidate))
“And what I think Republican voters will have to ask themselves is two things. First, is he really the guy — under indictment in four different cases, given the conduct he committed — somebody who can beat Joe Biden or any other Democrat in November 2024?”
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President Joe Biden is himself under investigation for allegedly mishandling classified documents.
A special counsel was appointed last week to more independently investigate the president’s son,
Hunter Biden, on his foreign business dealings.
Democratic Representative Jamie Raskin commented on the case on ABC.
(Courtesy: ABC’s “This Week”)
((Rep. Jamie Raskin, Democrat))
“We all seem clear that this guy was addicted to drugs and did a lot of really unlawful and wrong things. And we have said let the justice system run its course.”
After Hunter Biden’s recent guilty plea agreement for tax evasion and illegal gun possession unraveled, the prospects of his case heading now to trial are much higher, according to prosecutors.
((Veronica Balderas Iglesias, VOA News, Washington.))
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in Washington D. C.
Embargo DateAugust 13, 2023 15:22 EDT
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Veronica Balderas Iglesias, VOA News
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