Preview: Coming Up on Washington Week with The Atlantic

Aug. 17, 2023 AT 8:57 p.m. EDT
Donald Trump, Rudy Giuliani
FILE — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, right, arrives at a campaign rally after being introduced by former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, left, at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, Aug. 9, 2016, in Wilmington, N.C. Giuliani, once warmly regarded as "America's Mayor" in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, and who first rose to prominence as a federal prosecutor going after mobsters with a then-novel approach to racketeering cases, has seen his reputation tumble and his liberty threatened in defense of Donald Trump's bogus election fraud claims. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Coming up on Washington Week with The Atlantic:

Donald Trump’s 91 felony charges: Former President Donald Trump is facing what could be his most consequential legal challenge yet, after he was indicted in Fulton County, Georgia this week for his alleged efforts to overturn the state’s 2020 presidential election results.  It’s Trump’s fourth indictment in as many months and the sweeping, complex case has potential flaws and some weaknesses.

The latest indictment also adds to the chaos of the GOP presidential frontrunner’s colliding campaign and court calendars, as Trump has until next Friday, two days after the first Republican presidential debate, to turn himself in.  

He is being charged along with 18 co-conspirators including his former personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, whose indictment marks the latest development in the downward spiral of the man once known as “America’s Mayor”. 

Joining editor in chief of The Atlantic and moderator, Jeffrey Goldberg to discuss this and more: 

  • Dan Balz, Chief Correspondent, The Washington Post
  • Zolan Kanno-Youngs, White House Correspondent, The New York Times
  • Tia Mitchell, Washington Correspondent, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
  • Elaina Plott Calabro, Staff Writer, The Atlantic

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