Im Anderson Cooper here in new york, along with jake tapper in washington. Anderson, the indictment charges donald trump with four counts, you see them there on your screen, allegedly motivated by one single goal, one that is antithetical to any functioning democracy, the peaceful transition of power. Quoting from the indictment now, quote, despite having lost the defendant, donald trump, was determined to remain in power, unquote. We learned of the indictment in the 5 00 hour today, shortly after Special Counsel made a brief statement, it is now in full. Good evening, today an indictment was unsealed. Charging Donald J Trump with conspiring to defraud the United States, conspiring to disenfranchise voters, and conspiring and attempting to obstruct an official proceeding. The indictment was issued by a grand jury of citizens here, in the district of columbia, and it sets forth the crimes charged in detail. I encourage everyone to read it in full. The attack on our nations capital, on j
If you go after me, im coming for you. Those are the words donald trump posted in all caps on truth social yesterday, just one day after his latest arraignment for election interference. Saturday, august 5th, im ali velshi. We begin today with the very latest its criminal indictment of donald trump. In a court firing late last night, we have proof that the Justice Department is taking this language from defendant trump very seriously. The special counsels team cited trumps truth social post in request for the judge to impose a protective order to prevent the former Vice President from making public any Sensitive Information turned over by the prosecutors. Quote, such a restriction is particularly important in this case, because the defendant has previously issued public statements on social media regarding witnesses, judges, attorneys, and others associated with legal matters pending against him. In response, trump spokesperson put out a statement claiming that the post is quote, the d
We are following the money. And republican candidates are getting ready to the debate stage, where the frontrunner might not even show up. As if he 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. Good evening once again. I am stephanie ruhle. Donald j trump is already facing serious legal trouble on multiple fronts, but he may soon be fighting a whole new battle, as other criminal investigations move closer to the possible indictment phase. There are signs that special counsel jack smith and georgia Prosecutor Fani Willis could be closing in on charges relating to efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Today, trump posted this about smith, quote, i assume that an indictment will be coming out any day now. And while campaigning this weekend, he escalated his false claim, also known as a lie, and that any potential charges against him would be politically motivated. They waited two and a half, almost three years, so that they could bring them right in the middle of my president ial electio
This is a very dangerous scenario that, its a dangerous game that they are playing. And i was at the d. C. Courthouse thursday for trumps appearance, and i was not the only one. We are here at the Trump Indictment talking to everyone here about whats going on here. Sir, excuse me, what are you doing here . Our friends at the good liars join me next hour to share what they heard from the trump faithful. Also this hour, dramatic new video of a drone attack on a russian oil tanker. The latest on the impact it might have on russian troops. And we are following that extreme heat still going on continuing to make millions in this country. Plus, a giveaway. New york city, look at those crowds. Leading to absolute chaos. Dozens injured, many more put in danger, at a famous twitch streamers under arrest. A live report on that is ahead as well. We begin, though, with that Breaking News of the judge in the Election Interference Case ordering trumps team to respond by monday to prosecutors request
Indictment. This one handed up this week charges trump with four counts related to subverting the result of the 2020 election. Paula reid has more. Reporter former President Trump is expected to come here to washington to appear in person for this hearing which is expected to be both an initial appearance and also an arraignment. It is unclear if well see him arrive because this federal courthouse, it is designed to deal with people who have Security Details and vips. So it would be easy for him to pull into the underground garage and we wont get to see him at all. But once he is inside the federal courthouse where of course there are no cameras, he is effectively under arrest and it is expected that he will be processed like any other defendant but we dont expect a mug shot because those are used to identify suspects if they go on the lam. But this will be a quick procedural hearing. It will be in front of a magistrate judge. This is expected that he will hear the charges, have the op