Anwj and facebook at facebook. Com cspan. [video clip] today an indictment was unsealed charging donald j. Trump with defrauding the United States, conspiring to disenfranchise voters, and conspiring and attempting to obstruct an official proceeding. It was issued by a grand jury of the citizens here in the district of columbia and sets forth the crimes charged in detail. I encourage everyone to read it in full. The attack on our nations capitol on january 6, 2021 was an unprecedented assault on the seat of democracy. It was fueled by lies. Lies by the defendant targeted at obstructing a bedrock function of the u. S. Government. The nations process of counting and certifying the Election Results. The men and women of Law Enforcement who defended the u. S. Capitol on january 6 are heroes. They are the very best of us. They did not just defend a building or the people sheltering in it. They put their lives on the line to defend who we are as a country and as a people. They defended the very institution and principles that define the United States. Since the attack on our capitol the department of justice has remained committed to ensuring accountability for those criminally responsible for what happened that day. This case is consistent with that commitment and our investigation of other individuals continues. In this case my office will seek a speedy trial so that our evidence can be tested in court and judged by a jury of citizens. In the meantime, i must emphasize that the indictment is only an allegation and the defendant must be presumed innocent until Proven Guilty beyond reasonable doubt in a court of law. I would like to thank the members of the federal bureau of investigation who are working on this investigation with my office, as well as the prosecutors and Law Enforcement agents from around the country who have worked on previous january 6 investigations. These women and men are Public Servants of the highest order and it is a privilege to work alongside them. Thank you. Host special counsel jack smith yesterday announcing those latest charges. We are talking to you for most of this morning on washington journal about the latest indictment. Taking your phone calls on phone lines split by political party. Republicans, it is 202 7488001. Democrats, 202 7488000. Independents, 202 7488002. Just to show you the headlines this morning this is the front page of todays usa today. Trumpet indicted in january 6 case. Former president charged with four counts. New charges are far more serious, they write, than earlier ones. The statement from the former president s campaign reads in part, this is nothing more than the lcorrupt chapter in thenued pathetic attempt by the Biden Crime Family and their weaponized department of justice to interfere wit which President Trump is then undisputed front runner and leading by substantigins. Why did they wa years to bring these charges . Why was it announced the day after the Crooked Joe Biden scandal broke out from the halls of congress . The answer, they say, election interference. That is the statement from the trump campaign. We are getting your reaction this morning. We will show your reactions as well from other candidates and capitol hill, but we mostly want to hear from you. Teresa is first out of tennessee, a republican. Caller good morning. First of all i have to say the judge has got to be removed from this case. She is biased. She has already sentenced january 6 protesters to exorbitant amounts of jail time. She is an obama pick. She has to be removed from this case. She is biased. Please do your investigation work in checking her out. Second of all, we have to make sure donald trump is elected. The only way this corruption against him goes away is if we put him in office. I have been supporting donald trump since day one. Never donated a penny but i will take everything i have today and donate to that man for his legal funds. The crooks and the liars and the cheats are running the doj, the fbi, joe biden, hunter biden, and it is not right. We believe in rule of law in this country. If donald trump did something wrong, so be it. But you prosecute joe biden and his corruption too. It is not fair. If donald trump loses and goes to jail, i fear there will be war in this country. Host that is teresa out of tennessee. You talk about the judge, scott mcfarland. He also covered the january 6 prosecutions. He tweeted yesterday about how she dealt with other cases. She is a district judge for columbia. She was randomly assigned to this case that will be tried in d. C. She has been especially vocal in her denunciations of the attack. Of the attack. Quoting her saying denunciations of the attack. Scott mcfarland quoting her saying that she went twice above prosecutors recommended sentences. He said it is a true rarity in the thousand plus cases that have been tried. She said the true patriots are the capitol employees, including those who slipped in their own blood seeking cover. And then she also said the video showed how horrifying the events that day were. Every time i watch i am sure by how the Law Enforcement officers were trying to stay alive. Scott mcfarland with his wrap up of the background on the u. S. District court judge. Unlike the case being brought by the special counsel, that is being tried in florida on the documents retention case. This is being tried in washington, d. C. And the president is expected to be in court tomorrow. That court actually sits between the white house and the capitol, about halfway between in what is known as judiciary square. This is deb in plymouth, wisconsin, a democrat. Caller good morning. I say, finally. I cannot wait for the other co in spirit ors to be indicted coconspirators to be indicted. All of the witnesses were republicans. And for the woman that was just on, i suggest you watch the second january 6 hearing. John, why is that hearing not found in the cspan archives . I would think it would be there. Fox did not show it and it should be in the archives. I even suggest you reply it, but for sure it should be in the archives. Host i am pretty sure all of those congressional hearings are in the archives. Type it in at the top of the webpage. I encourage you to try that again because those hearings are all part of our record that we keep of these congressional hearings. Caller thank you. Host this is paul in paducah, kentucky. Caller this makes me want to support President Trump more. Democrats, what goes around, comes around. This is going to be on you one of these days. You think we are going to sit back . No. I will investigate every democrat on the planet. The Democrat Party is one of the most evil, vile parties. They have no party has enslaved more people than the Democrat Party. You think this will stop right here . No. I do not even consider democrats my fellow americans. Host this is bob in florida, republican. Caller hi, mr. John. Trump needs to fight back in a court of law. We need to be finding out if he is guilty or not. That is why the american courts are there. The videos can be manipulated with ai. Trump needs to move to moscow. Putin will protect him. If not, moved to china. Host that is bob in florida. This is gary in New Hampshire on the line for democrats. Caller good morning. First of all, i do not agree with what teresa said. Number one, you cannot take democracy away from the people. Our Founding Fathers made sure of that. Democracy belongs to the people and i do not understand why the other people are being prosecuted to the fullest extent when he is not. He is the one that incited that riot. He got them whipped up into a frenzy, encouraging them to march to the capitol. This is disgusting what he did. He needs to be held accountable for his actions, just like anybody else would in this country. Host do you think this indictment does that . Caller yes, it is the start of holding him accountable. He needs to be held accountable. He is not above the law. Nobody is above the law. It goes back to that old adage nobody is above the law. Host thats gary in New Hampshire. This 45page, four count indictment being unsealed yesterday and announced late afternoon. You can find it and read it for yourself on the cspan website, cspan. Org. Just from the opening introductions the special counsel writes, despite having lost the defendant was determined to remain in power. For more than two months following election date on november 3, 2020, the defendant spread lies that there had been outcomes flawed in the election and that he had won. These claims were false and the defendant knew they were false but the defendant repeatedly and widely disseminated them anyway to make his false claims appear legitimate, create an atmosphere of mistrust and anger, and eroded public faith in the election. He pursued unlawful means of discounting legitimate votes and subverting Election Results. In so doing, the perpetrator used dishonesty, fraud, and deceit to impair and defeat the lawful federal government function by which the election are collected, counted, and certified by the federal government. A conspiracy to corruptly obstruct and impede the january 6 congressional proceedings in which the results of the president ial election are counted and certified. Conspiracy against the right to vote and have ones vote counted. Each of these conspiracies, which builds on widespread mistrust the defendant was creating through pervasive and destabilizing lies about Election Fraud, targeted a bedrock function of the United States federal government, the nations process of collecting, counting, and certifying the results of the president ial election. That is three of the paragraphs in that 45page indictment unsealed yesterday. This is don in california, independent. Caller good morning. Good conversation. I became an independent after the republicans after 9 11 and i will explain but republicans, you have got to look and listen. Most republicans, i think their pride is holding them from looking at evidence. They do not want to be wrong on who they voted for. Republicans have always been that way. They were like that with nixon. They were like that with george w. Bush. We invaded iraq and created a terrorist war for another 30 years. Donald trump, if you look at the facts during his career, he has been charged numerous times. Recently he was charged as a felony sexual abuser. Stop. The guy committed crimes. Quit being a victim like trump. He is great at selfvictimizing. You guys are falling for a victim who admitted he is a pathological liar and he does not know how to tell the truth, or he cannot see the truth. Just like bill barr says. He has a problem with reality and that is true. God bless everybody and put him in jail. Have a good day. Host 78 charges stemming from two federal cases and one state case in new york. We are waiting to see if there will be charges in georgia as well in a state case concerning january 6 and the president s actions in georgia. But if we stick to the 78 charges, the Washington Times with the wrapup of what that might mean if he was convicted and went to prison on all charges. The maximum sentences for all 78 charges in florida, new york, and the district of columbia add up to nearly 600 years in prison if mr. Trump is forced to serve them consecutively. Christopher Columbus Landing in america would be closer to today than mr. Trumps scheduled release date. If convicted, he would be more likely to get concurrent sentences and recommendations for far less time than the maximum. The former president could face additional prison time in georgia where danny willis is investigating whether he attempted to overturn the states 2020 president ial results. This is dennis in mount all of, alabama mount olive, alabama. Caller i think this is diversion. Are you aware that they downgraded our Credit Rating yesterday . The only second time in history. It does not look like by the bidenomics is working at all. Host they wrote in their statement there has been a steady deterioration in standards of governance the last 20 years, including on the fiscal and debt matters. The United States appears to suffer from an erosion of governance, pointing to the washington debt ceiling as an example, with a rating of aa . The u. S. Still holds among the possible highest ratings and benefits from a well diversified and high income economy. But the treasury secretary saying, i strongly disagree with the rating, calling the change arbitrary and based on outdated data. That story from nbc news wrapping up that rating downgrade. This is jane in brooklyn, new york, a democrat. Caller good morning, john. Thank you for having me on your show. I want to wish everybody a good august. The Justice Department, special counsel, thank you. Trump is the biggest narcissist we are probably ever going to see in our lifetime, i hope. He should never be able to run for any kind of office in our government of any type ever again. I feel bad for the Police Officers who put up with that and got beat up. As far as the lady calling earlier talking about war and this and that, if you say so. No one is against anybody here but nobody is above the law. He did something wrong and he hurt a lot of people. Now he has a cult following. My theory is that it is always joe biden or hunter. This is ridiculous. He did what he did, he should pay for what he did. Nobody is above the law. Thank you. Host paul in kansas city, missouri, independent. Caller good morning. Host are you with us . I think we lost you. This is john in texas, republican. Good morning. Caller good morning. How are you today . Host doing well. Go ahead. Caller we need to look through the trees. We have this problem with division in the United States and hate that the democrats have for anybody who is against them. You have people saying that nobody is above the law. Trump is the worst person in the world. He just wanted to make America Great again. For some strange reason democrats are against having america be great again, go figure. We have mass hysteria. These democrats will believe anything. Nobody is above the law and yet, you have the most corrupt president in the office who is known to take bribes from foreign companies. Yet somehow hillary and obama the democrats believe themselves holier than thou and they are the only ones that know what is going on and anybody who disagrees should be shot. Host lets not get to violence. Caller exactly, that is where we do not want to go. Host what do think about republicans who criticized the president for his actions january 6 . There are some running against him for the republican nomination who have criticized him for what he did january 6. Caller they are the perfect example of rhinos. All they care about is their own career. They do not care about the country and that is the difference. President trump put the country first. No one wants to take away the gravy train, that is what trump tried to do. We have the most corrupt government. People are getting filthy rich off of this and the people are getting screwed and it is sad. Host some of the reaction from fellow republican candidate for president in 2024. Mike pence with a series of tweets yesterday after the news came out. Todays indictment shares as a reminder that anybody who puts himself over the constitution should never be president. As americans, his candidacy means less attention and aid to joe bidens Economic Policy and to the pattern of corruption with hunter, as your president , i will not yield an inch in defending america, are people, or all values. I will do so with the character and decency of the American People. The former Vice President goes on from there. Chris christie has been quite vocal in his criticism of the former president saying the events around the white house from Election Night are a stain on history and a disgrace to those who participated. Donald trump swore an oath to the constitution, violated that oath, and brought shame to his presidency. Ron desantis saying, as president i will end the weaponization of government and replace the fbi director and assure justice for all americans. I do believe we need to enact reforms when it comes to the Justice System in this country. And the senator from South Carolina saying, we are watching bidens doj continue to hurt republicans while protecting democrats. Just a few of the comments from those running for republican nomination. It was vivek yesterday that sent out a video. This is a little bit from that video. [video clip] this is a politicized prosecution. Now in a third indictment in a manner of months against the person who is still the lead contender in the republican party. I am running for u. S. President in that same primary. It would be easier for me if donald trump were eliminated from competition. That is not how i want to win. This is not about politics to me. This is about first principles. We do not want to become a country where the party in power is able to use banana republiclike tactics to eliminate its opponents. Im sad to say that is where we are. The allegations in this indictment fall flat. It is wrong and incorrect and inaccurate to place blame for what happened on january 6 at the feet of donald trump. I said this at the time and have said it ever sense and i continue to say it today. I would not have made the same judgments donald trump did and how he handled that day. But that is different than saying he committed a crime. He did not. He told the protesters that day to behave peacefully. The First Amendment in this country gives political protesters the ability to express themselves and their opinions freely. Donald trump was not responsible for what happened on january 6. You want to know what was responsible . I said this in the days after january 6, 2021 just as i say it today. Systematic pervasive censorship. That was after a year where we told people across this nation that you had to stay locked down in your house and shut up, sit down, do as youre told. If you question that, you are racist, you are antiscience. You had to stay home and locked down unless you are part of blm or antifa and then it was fine to roam the streets of this country and burn many of them down. Host he tweeted out that statement yesterday in the wake of this indictment. A wrap up of the reaction on the Republican Campaign trail. Speaking of former Vice President mike pence, he makes several appearances in this 45 page indictment that was released. The special counsel interviewed the grand jury interviewed the former Vice President as part of this investigation and used contemporaneous notes the Vice President had taken about those days and the days leading up to january 6. One theme described in the indictment involving the Vice President s Christmas Day through january 6 and the interactions between donald trump and mike pence. On several private phone calls the defendant, donald trump, repeated knowingly false claims of Election Fraud and directly pressured the Vice President to use his ceremonial role at the proceedings on january 6 to overturn the results of the election and the Vice President resisted, including december 25 when the Vice President called the defendant to wish them a merry christmas. The defendant turned the conversation to january 6 and his request that the Vice President reject the votes. The Vice President said, as the Vice President had in previous conversations, i do not have the authority to change the outcomes. On december 29 as reflected in the Vice President s notes the defendant told the Vice President the Justice Department was finding major infractions. On january 1 the defendant called the Vice President and berated him because he learned the Vice President had opposed a lawsuit seeking a judicial decision that the Vice President had the authority to reject or return votes under the u. S. Constitution. The Vice President responded he thought there was no constitutional basis for such authority and it was improper. In response, the defendant told the Vice President , you are too honest. Within hours the defendant reminded his supporters to meet in washington before the proceedings, tweeting the big protest rally in washington, d. C. Will take place at 11 00 a. M. On january 6. Location details to follow. Stop the steal. Some of the scenes described in that indictment. It is just about 7 30 on the east coast. Getting your reaction for most of our program this morning on the washington journal. Daniel is in philadelphia, democrat. Good morning. Caller good morning. I saw this yesterday and i was thinking to myself, oh man, cspan is going to be dope tomorrow. Just to hear that guy from texas talking about this and that, this and that. Knowing if joe biden did the same thing, he is sitting there crying, why have they not locked him up yet . Hilarious. The first caller that said i am going to start a war and donate. Donate your five dollars. That is not going to get him out. [laughs] host have you read the indictment . Caller of course not. That is why i watched cspan. I know that if i did Something Like that, i would be going to jail. He should definitely go to jail. I called because this is my big first president ial thing happening. I was not alive for the bill clinton thing. Host how old are you . Caller i am in my 20s. This is by first time seeing a president go down, you know what i mean . It is great. All of these people getting mad, it is great. Host george in columbia, South Carolina, independent. Caller good morning. I was listening to your callers and the news clips and everybody on both sides i am not a democrat or republican but the truth is the truth. I like donald trump. I like joe biden. But when you have the truth and you have lies, what are you going to believe . We saw what happened on january 6. Everybody saw it. Everybody knows what led to it. We are grown men and women and the children are watching us. If we tell the children to be honest and tell the truth, go to school, do all the right things in life. And then we act like this guy has never been in trouble. Always blaming joe biden. What does joe biden have to do with the . Donald trump did it. Joe bidens son did what he did and biden is a criminal but donald trump did what he did. Why are they not getting joe biden like they did donald trump . It is insane. This country is better than donald trump and anybody else. Donald trump is not our country. We are our country. We are more than donald trump. We are going to live after donald trump. Our kids are going to live after donald trump, and joe biden too. Host that is george in South Carolina. This is mike in detroit, michigan. Caller this is another beginning with the putintrump collusion narrative with another socalled special counsel. There is no crime to begin with. President trump did not instigate an armed insurrection. This crime did not happen. It was a false narrative. The democrats used it to justify the military occupation of the capitol of the United States under a false narrative. This was an illegal and unconstitutional order. These are the tactics of a police state and they reflect the mentality of the Democratic Party spewing all of their hatred. This is just going nowhere. This is just another tactic. They do not care how much damage they do to our institutions or our nation as long as they can redistribute the wealth and political power to themselves. Host you think this is going nowhere . 78 charges across three cases so far. You think all of those go nowhere . Caller absolutely. They are built on a house of cards. Where is the armed insurrection designed to overthrow the government of the United States of america by President Trump . It does not exist. They could put up as many charges as they want. This is a tactic. This is like the tactic where they hold your political enemies up to the highest standards. If you can get them to bend over backwards, you do that and then you lie, sheet, and steel. Al. These people are corrupt. Host some reaction from the folks who work in that building behind me on capitol hill. Several members of Congress Taking to twitter yesterday, including congresswoman Marjorie Taylor greene saying, this is not just an indictment against President Trump but all of his supporters and the fundamental rights of americans. If an innocent former president can be targeted, no american is truly safe. President trump is just standing in the way. Special counsel jack smith has abused his power, using his office to persecute President Trump and the American People. These actions are undoubtably politically motivated with clear intentions of interfering with the upcoming 2024 election. The republican from kentucky saying, as Governor Desantis has pointed out the attorney general, department of justice both work for the president. They are not, nor have they ever been, an independent branch. Joe biden is criminally charging a political opponent twice. The republican senator saying, evidence of corruption continues to pile up against hunter biden. It appears to implicate President Trump himself. We must put an end to the two systems of justice. The democrat from hawaii saying, there were several republicans who voted no on convicting trump in the senate when he was impeached, asserting that the Justice System was the place to handle potential crimes. Chuck schumer, Senate Majority leader saying the third indictment of donald trump illustrates in shocking detail that the violence of january 6 was the culmination of a month long plot led by the former president to defy democracy and overturn the will of the emyrick and people. One more from hakeem jeffries, the presumption of innocence applies to everyone. So does the principle that no one is above the law. Some reaction for members of congress. This is stephen out of louisville, kentucky. Caller how are you this morning . Im standing here and im listening to all of these people. I have a couple of things to say so i would like to get them out. Bear with me. I am an american first and then i am a democrat. I think a lot of people that are talking seem to forget they want to put party ahead of country. That is unconscionable. Secondly, you know, we are here right now, in this moment, because donald trump valued power over people. If he is so damn innocent, why does he not testify under oath and tell the story to vindicate himself . He is not doing that. I want to be very clear. January 6 was an act of domestic terrorism. Ramaswamey is full of it. We are talking about the maralago documents. If we did that right now, you, i, any of these colors, we would be incarcerated. This man even publicize Barack Obamas address not long ago. He publicize personal things that have no business when it comes to peopless personal lives. That upsets me greatly. I hope everyone of his supporters is listening. You people enabled this mans selfdestruction. You know he is sick in the head. If you love him, why dont you stage a divine intervention. It is a marriage of convenience. You are connected by bigotry. You are putting that ahead of our democratic republic and that is sick. You are as bad as he is and all these people you care about owning the libs. Anybody who owns anybody needs psychiatric care, you really do. Host this is jackie in oklahoma city, independent. Caller good morning. I am an independent and i tried to look at things on both sides. One thing that i think has been overlooked you have got to go by a mans character. Who i feel sorry for and have little compassion for his hunter biden. He has a father that put him in this position. He allowed him to be the front man. He allowed this to happen. If biden had any character, he would step up to the plate and say i made a mistake. Do not hold my son responsible. I trained him throughout my life. He is letting his son sink. Host any thoughts on this indictment yesterday . Caller the indictment, i mean, you know, first of all when they say they caught him on the phone talking, he knows he is being recorded. Let me Say Something about trump. It is not trump that everybody hates or the left hates. Trump opened everybodys eyes. That is what he did and that cannot be taken away. Whether he gets elected were put in jail, no matter what happens, he opened everybodys eyes and that is with the federal government has to watch out for. Host doug in new jersey, republican. Caller just remember the same people these people believe the Jussie Smollett hoax, that look the keystone pipeline. The fact of the matter is the only people that died on january 6 were trump supporters. That is a fact with a capital f. No cops died. There were people instigating, liquids on the videos. Why will they not release the rest of those videos . Kevin mccarthy said he was going to. Now he has not. I never liked Kevin Mccarthy but it seems if you released all the videos, lets see it for ourselves. Lets see how bad the insurrection really was. And this is happening while everybody is ignoring bidens crimes. What is more serious . A riot at the capitol or somebody taking money from the calmness chinese, ukrainians, and russians . 51 intel agents said Hunter Bidens laptop 51 lied. But we are not talking about that. Host the Police Officers who died, you think they would have died had january 6 not happened . There was a lot of focus on that and because it is a horrible thing that happened. Do you think they would not have died . Caller how many committed suicide . It was like two or three of them. Host very high. Caller i find that very odd. And then there are videos of the Police Beating people to death and the protesters are trying to do cpr and they are pepper spray them. But everybody is leaving that out. No cops died that day. Officer sicknick was not hit in the head with a fire extinguisher. That was a lie that the media ran for a month. People believed it. It did not happen. It is unfortunate, but that is not the way he died. Host do you think he would have died had january 6 not happened . Caller i dont know. Apparently he died of a stroke a day or two later which is terrible. It could very well have been the situation but the people that died that day were trump supporters. Host this is michael in albany, new york, democrat. Good morning. Caller good morning. I sort of liken this to the 1948 election of dewey and truman. Everybody went to bed that night thinking truman had lost and do we had won. Dewey had won. The chicago papers said dewey defeats truman, which is what everybody expected. In the morning after they counted all of the votes they found that truman had won and dewey have lost. You relate that to the current election, the past election that has everybody upset. We have to have a more efficient way in todays life to count the votes. Democrats are known for voting early and the republicans are known for voting late. They do not trust writein votes, which i kind of agree with, but it took four days to count the votes. This is why the republicans say it was stolen. They believe it was stolen because the initial report said trump won. Well, when the votes were counted biden won an trump lost. Simple. Math is math. Host what is your confidence in americans ability to accept the results of the 2024 Election Results . Are you concerned . Caller not very good because they did not accept it and they got on the trump bandwagon. They did all these stupid things. Who knows why they did that but if it was not reported trump looked like he was going to win and they got the republicans excited, and then when they found out he did not win, they went berserk, which causes problems. If we had a more efficient way of counting the vote, i think it would have prevented that. Host got your point. 15 minutes left in this segment but we will continue talking about this indictment throughout the program. Hearing viewers on both sides of the political aisle. We also want to show you both sides of the political news media. From the left first, this is huff post. The big indictment of donald trump is finally here. The former president is facing trials for the crimes of the heart of trumpism, that is the headline they went with. Breitbart calling it indictment 3. 0. Trump indicted one day after hunter and joe biden are implicated. We talked about hunter biden and joe biden yesterday and the testimony on capitol hill on monday of the former Business Partner of hunter biden. A week in which the stories have taken up the headlines not just a political media but traditional media. Certainly, on the phone lines as well. The phones are split republicans, democrats, independents. This is paul, a republican in plantation, florida. Caller good morning. I will be quick. Republicans are watching in horror over the police state enforcement. Look at all of these charges popping up all over the place. Republicans are watching in horror but there is another group that is in complete anguish and that is refugees from the former ussr, venezuela, north korea, china, you name it. They see the very same thing happening in this process that happened in their own countries. And with the support of the press. The press is the great enabler of the United States march toward dictatorship. Let me list a couple of things here. Donald trump was kicked off social media in president ial campaign. I cannot believe more is not made of this. A president ial candidate was not allowed to communicate with the American People in a president ial campaign. Harvesting was allowed in this election and there are no state laws that provide for harvesting. Do know where it was used recently . In the ukraine. People were forced to vote their province back into the former soviet union. Host coming back to the social media issue, you are talking about when donald trump was removed from twitter . Caller absolutely. It was almost the only social media mouthpiece in this nation. It is equivalent to kicking off television. Host he was removed from twitter after january 6. Caller during the campaign he was removed from twitter. Host the permanent suspension came after january 6. Caller no, he was kicked off during the campaign. Donald trump had every right to question this list of things. I think michigan and georgia ruled that the signature requirements that were changed during the election were unconstitutional, according to the state constitution. Therefore, donald trump had every reason to question the results of those elections under the constitution. There is no provision for mail in ballots in any states. But mail in ballots were everywhere. There is no provision for absentee ballots but there were mail in ballots. Host this is the blog post from twitter on the permanent suspension of donald trump. Friday, january 8, 2021, after close review of the recent tweets from the donald trump account in the context around the, specifically how they were being received and interpreted, we have permanently suspended the account due to the risk of further incitement of violence in the context of the horrific events. We made it clear on wednesday additional violations would result in this very course of action. Our Public Interest framework enables the public to hear from World Leaders directly. It is both on the principle that people have the right and power to account in the open. However, these accounts are not above the rules entirely and cannot use twitter to incite violence, among other things. That is the official post on january 8, 2021. Lisa in palmetto, georgia. Caller hello . Host you are on the air. Caller let me just say this right quick. I wish that people would call on the right party phone they vote for. Please stop calling on the democratic phone lines saying that you are independent. Calling on independent phone lines host we trust people do call in on the lines they identify with. But what are your thoughts on what we are talking about today . Caller my thoughts of this, you are showing what happened on january 6. Even though you put this in peopless faces they still repeat the same old talking points they get from fox news and those other right wing, maga news stations. You have it right here. You have what happened. But you can put it in their face. The lady that called in earlier, she described everything to the t. These are donald trump, maga republicans that think like him, act like him, they are him. And there is nothing that no one can say or do they will talk past the truth. They have it in their face. They are still talking past the truth. They will never accept it because they are donald trump. They are the character of donald trump. This is what they wanted to see. What you have shown right here is in their face. It was not a peaceful protest. This is in their face. The january 6 committee, all of the people that came in and testifie was central to efforts by the trum team to overturn joe bidens 2020 election victory. A former federal prosecutor, giuliani spearheaded bogus legal challenges in key battleground states including michigan and georgia. He continued to do so as many federal officials including william barr disputed them. They say trump turned to cook the coconspirator to Election Fraud claims when both knew they were making false claims. Revolves around children. Regarding event thank you. Good morning everyone and welcome to the hudson institute. I am the director of the hud states to do Channel Center here in washington, d. C. 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