This time than what we might have otherwise been expecting. If the allegations in this indictment are proven Beyond A Reasonable Doubt and a jury convicts some of these crimes, history will not ask, wow, how did america get to the point where they indicted a former president . History instead is going to ask, how did america get to the point where such a person could be elected to the presidency of the United States. Were actions such as these could be carried out from the oval office directed by a person who was elected president by the American People, along with his advisers. This is a grave day and a serious one for our country. Thank you for being with us here tonight. We know you had every choice in the world. But we are happy to have you here on what will go down in u. S. History as a black letter, bold faced date, August 1st 2023 is the date on which a former president and the leading president ial candidate of the Republican Party was indicted in Federal Court, accused of lead
The special coverage. He is of course innocent until Proven Guilty and he will and should mount a robust defense against these charges, and he should be acquitted if he didnt do what he is accused of. But if the allegations made by the Justice Department in this indictment are proven, if the former president did what he is accused of, history is going to ask a different question of this time than what we might have otherwise been expecting. If the allegations in this indictment are proven Beyond A Reasonable Doubt and a jury convict some of these crimes, history will not ask, wow, how did america get to the point where they indicted a former president . History instead is going to ask, how did america get to the point where such a person could be elected to the presidency of the United States. Where actions such as these could be carried out from the oval office directed by a person who was elected president by the American People, along with his advisers. This is a grave day and a ser
the justice department and then putting this guy, jeff clark, and use the authority of the justice department to tell the states they should throw out election results. this is something i want to show you from page 30 of the indictment. the alleged coconspirator being described here is jeffrey bossert clark, the guy who trump tried to put it in charge of the justice department, apparently named him after the attorney general so that clark could carry out this plot. just look at this. on the afternoon of january 3rd, coconspirator for, we believe to be jeff clark, spoke with the deputy white house counsel. the previous month, the deputy white house counsel head of formed different trump that there is no world, no option in which you do not leave the white house on january 20th. now the same deputy white house counsel tried to dissuade jeff clark from assuming the role of acting attorney general, the deputy white house counsel reiterated to clark that there had not been outcome
in a way that these folks seem to expect. they are not charged with riot, they are not charged with sedition. they are charged with exploiting the disturbance that they apparently, allegedly, intentionally caused. they knew to count on violence, they factored it into their plan. that comes out in the indictment in a way that will keep you up. it comes up, for example, in a section on trying to decapitate the justice department and then putting this guy, jeff clark, and use the authority of the justice department to tell the states they should throw out election results. this is something i want to show you from page 30 of the indictment. the alleged coconspirator being described here is jeffrey bossert clark, the guy who trump tried to put it in charge of the justice department, apparently named him after the attorney general so that clark