Former u. S. President donald trump is on the Campaign Trail in South Carolina as he faces several indictments, still railing against the Special Counsel investigating him. More than 1,000 wildfires burning in canada right now. Well hear how those blazes are affecting an indigenous community. Simone biles is back. Her return to competitive gymnastics. Republican frontrunner donald trump was in South Carolina on Saturday Night complaining once again about the numerous criminal indictments hes facing and calling on republicans in congress to do something. Addressing the friendly audience, trump grossly understated the seriousness of the charges against him, take a listen. The fake charges put forth by the biden sham, we call it a sham indictment. I really believe hes mentally ill. But these are outrageous, and it is an outrageous criminalization of political speech. Theyre trying to make it illegal to question the results of an election. Hes also lashing out at his former Vice President
Latest filings around the governments request for a protective order by scheduling a hearing for friday morning at 10 am sharp that is not what the former president s attorneys were hoping for after judge chutkans initial order to set a hearing by the end of the week Trump Lawyers responded by complaining about their obligations in their other federal case, and then offering availability next Monday Or Tuesday. While the former president is not planning to appear in fridays hearing, he doubled down on the very behavior at the center of it all in New Hampshire earlier today. How can my corrupt political opponent, crooked joe biden, put me on trial during an Election Campaign that i am winning by a lot . And forced amy nevertheless to spend time and money away from the Campaign Trail in order to fight bogus, made up accusations in georgia. Thats what theyre doing. And well be able to go to iowa today, i wont be able to go to New Hampshire today because im sitting in a courtroom on bowl s
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Acting United States Attorney General, before we get into the weeds on legal issues, we will make it interesting. I want to discuss history with you. History is lost on prosecutors, on the debate shows. It is lost among lawyers, talk about january 6. It was an insurrection. No, it wasnt. We had contentious president ial elections in the past, i mean really contentious, some almost lead to civil wars, one did in 1800, Thomas Jefferson and his chosen president ial pick aaron burr tied for first place. Back then ballots were separate. It was 73 to 73 electors. Due to a communication error, or aaron burr lead conspiracy, he was disloyal to jefferson, jefferson was running against adams at the time but he got 65 eloc Electoral College on votes, they had over 30 votes back and forth, house was to choose the next president , hamilton had great power, he disliked jefferson. But he hated aaron burr. So finally what happens is hamilton, he was the first treasury he turned tide by lobbying his fe
Lawyers will make on the stand. Here is jonna lauro on meet the press. The defense is quite simple. Donald trump, president trump, believed in his heart of hearts that he had won that election. And as any american citizen, he had a right to speak out under the First Amendment. He had a right to petition governments around the country, state governments. Based on his grievances that Election Irregularities had occurred. He had every right to speak about the important issues that were taking place after the election. A technical violation of the constitution is not a violation of criminal law. That is just plain wrong. Except a technical violation of the constitution by definition is still a violation of the constitution. The constitution, in six different places, opposes insurrection and our constitution is designed to stop people from trying to overthrow elections, and trying to overthrow the government. Moments later, democratic congressman jamie raskin responded to lauro by making th