Judge in washington, d. C. As the nation and american democracy face a critical test. The former president is scheduled to be in court tomorrow. Last night federal prosecutors charged him with four separate counts in a sweeping indictment. The Special Counsel is alleging that trump was central in the plot to overturn the 2020 election and has charged him with conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction of and attempting to obstruct an official proceeding, and conspiracy against rights. This historic indictment says that trump, quote, enlisted coconspirators to assist him in his criminal efforts. It repeatedly references six unindicted coconspirators. Cnn has been able to identify five of those six. Well be breaking down what roles they allegedly played in the effort to overturn joe bidens win coming up in a moment. Paula reid is with us now. What more do we know about the new charges that trump is facing . This is very much expect
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reporter: so, clearly no signs of his supporters banning him, at least on capitol hill. in fact, marjorie taylor greene said i will still vote for trump, even if he is in jail. just quite a remarkable statement. we should point out that it has been a slightly different story in the senate. we have seen a much more muted response from republicans. still not yet heard from senate gop leader mitch mcconnell, he s been silent throughout trump s indictments and legal troubles and we re not expecting that to change this time around. mel, thank you for the very latest. pretty, i don t know, pretty eye opening to hear what republicans are saying up there. jim? up next on cnn news central, special counsel jack smith who prosecuted in his career republicans and democrats is facing fierce attacks from the right. we re going to have more on the man behind the indictment. and later, a significant sentencing decision in the pittsburgh synagogue shooting trial. we re going to explain the jury
trump has a hold on the party. lindsey graham said last night that he won t support mitch mcconnell, who has been in power far longer than trump, if mcconnell can t work with trump. that is very, very different from lindsey graham s position after the capitol riot. how is it that donald trump who lost the white house, lost the house, lost the senate still has such a grip on the party, career republicans who have been in office for decades? in one word, fear. it s the fear that republican politicians have of their voters because their voters like donald trump in most cases a heck of a lot better than they like their average republican senator or congressman, and trump has managed to hold on to the party to his grip on the party for much longer than, i think, most historians, political experts, consultants would have expected time and time again he has defied expectations. i mean, let s not forget while
whistle-blower. political consultant joins us. daniel litman, jackie, and joel pane still with us. joel, as we look at what mitch mcconnell s saying, lindsey graham, they re saying fast and coordination, as well. speed, fine. react to that, joel. but then there is also the reaction of mitch mcconnell clearly going on to season hannisean hannity and speaking to the president. they have no idea what the hell they re doing. i bet you one thing the president is tired of and it s having republicans testify against him because in adam schiff s committee, that s all it was was career republicans or career diplomatic officials, members of our national security apparatus that he appointed to these key positions who are all validating everything that was in that whistle-blower complaint. so i m sure he would like to mix up the trial a little bit in the senate and add in joe biden or hunter biden or others.