--:-- Georgia Howe: I'm Georgia Howe with Daily Wire editor-in-chief John Dickley. It's Wednesday, August 23rd, and this is your Morning Wire afternoon update.
--:-- John Dickley: In Fulton County, Georgia, six out of 19 alleged co-conspirators indicted by DA Fannie Willis for allegedly attempting to overturn the 2020 presidential election results have turned themselves into the authorities.
--:-- Georgia Howe: President Donald Trump's attorney, John Eastman, surrendered Tuesday and remained defiant in the face of a hostile press.
--:-- John Eastman: Do you still think the election was stolen? Absolutely. Absolutely. Still? No question. No question at all. And you won't answer on immunity from prosecution? You won't answer that.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Do you think that the others in this case have a standing on that? People like Meadows?
--:-- John Eastman: No comment.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Did they do a mugshot and everything inside?
--:-- John Eastman: No comment.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Former mayor of New York City Rudy Giuliani, also indicted in the case, turned himself in as well.
--:-- Rudy Giuliani: I feel like I'm defending the rights of all Americans, as I did so many times as a United States attorney. People like to say I'm different, I'm the same Rudy Giuliani that took down the mafia that made New York City the safest city in America produced crime more than any mayor in the history of any city anywhere. And I'm fighting for justice. I have been from the first moment. I represented Donald Trump, an innocent man who has now been proven innocent several times.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Former President Trump has said he will turn himself in on Thursday.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Video circulating today appears to show the business jet owned by Yevgeny Purgosyan crash near Moscow. Purgosyan is the founder of the Wagner private military group that staged what appeared to be an aborted coup attempt against Vladimir Putin a few months ago.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Russian media reports that the mercenary group leader was on board the plane when it crashed and that all passengers are presumed dead.
--:-- Georgia Howe: 2024 GOP presidential candidate Doug Burgum was rushed to the hospital Tuesday night after injuring himself while playing a pickup game of basketball.
--:-- Georgia Howe: It's unclear if he'll make an appearance at Wednesday night's debate, which he did qualify for. But the North Dakota governor announced on social media that he appreciates all the well wishes and that it isn't the first time he's been injured.
--:-- Georgia Howe: In news that literally out of this world, India has become the fourth country ever to land a spacecraft on the moon.
--:-- Georgia Howe: On Wednesday, the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft landed on the lunar surface, the first one ever to make it to the moon's South Pole.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi celebrated the historic feat, saying it represents, quote, the new India.
--:-- Georgia Howe: In Washington state, authorities say that three people tragically died in recent months after drinking milkshakes contaminated with listeria at Frugal's Burger Restaurant in Tacoma, Washington.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The regional burger chain has now been sued by the wife of one of the deceased.
--:-- Bill Marler: A really sad situation. Husband and wife married for 45 years. He eats a Frugal shake and becomes ill. You can undo a death, but what you can do is make everything transparent so we can learn from this unfortunate incident to hopefully convince people to do a better job at cleaning their equipment.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The German government is one step closer to approving annual legal gender and name changes for citizens who wish to do so starting at age 14.
--:-- Georgia Howe: On Wednesday, Germany's cabinet approved a plan that would allow adults to change their name and gender at registry offices, while minors ages 14 and up could do so with parental permission.
--:-- Georgia Howe: If parents denied their children access to do so, the minor could take his or her parents to court.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The legislation, dubbed the self-determination law, still needs to be approved from Parliament and would limit any legal changes to once every 365 days.
--:-- Georgia Howe: A seven-year-old boy in New York was hospitalized after being attacked by a black bear in his suburban backyard.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Officials say the attack happened in Bedford, New York, roughly 45 miles north of the Big Apple.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Police told local news the child was playing with his sibling when the attack happened.
--:-- Georgia Howe: His parents acted quickly to save their son. An officer ended up shooting the bear and it was taken away to be tested for rabies.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Those are your drive home updates this afternoon.
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