Former President Trump was then read his rights he entered a not guilty plea. The next hearing set for the morning of august 28th. These are the four charges donald trump is facing in this case. Conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction of and attempting to obstruct an official proceeding, and conspiracy against the rights of citizens. The indictment also mentioned six Co Conspirators, who have not been charged. Mr trump has now left washington on his private plane. Before boarding, he made a brief statement. This is a very sad day for america. And it was also very sad driving through washington, dc and seeing the filth and the decay and all of the broken buildings and walls and the graffiti. This is not the place that i left. Its a very sad thing to see it. When you look at whats happening, this is a persecution of a political opponent. This was never supposed to happen in america. This is the persecution of the person thats le
Lost. And there was that rose garden moment after the Supreme Court decision. And he said to you, i dont want people to know i lost, right . He said that to mark meadows. I was standing catty corner to mark meadows. We were leaving the residence. We were at a christmas reception. The president was going back to the residence from the oval office. I was with mark steps behind mark. And this was a conversation between the president and mark meadows. That was part of our interview with former white house aide Cassidy Hutchinson almost exactly a month ago. Now her former boss mark meadows may have flipped on the former president. Meanwhile, another attorney from Donald Trumps elite Strike Force Legal team takes a plea deal in the Georgia Election interference case. We have a lot to cover this morning on the legal cases tied to donald trump. Plus, well go through the on going republicanled chaos on capitol hill. Still no speaker . Mike johnson of louisiana is now the partys fourth nominee f
Mark, you cant possibly think were going to pull this off. That call was crazy. He looked at me and started shaking his head, no, cass. He knows its over. He knows he lost. But were going to keep trying. There are good options out there still. Were going to keep trying. Cassidy hutchinson talking about mark meadows and tonight, there is blockbuster new reporting that meadows has been granted immunity to testify under oath about trumps efforts to overturn the election. Also tonight, a Tearful Jenna Ellis apologizes for her role in the Georgia Election interference rico crimes. Agreeing to tell prosecutors and a jury all that she knows about the trump gangs illegal activities. Plus, a third republican Speaker Designate down the drain today and a search for the fourth which is not a joke anymore. Its a disgrace. We begin tonight with breaking news. A potentially explosive development in jack smiths federal case against donald trump and his attempt to overturn the 2020 election. Abc news i
Range of the year. At one point it was down 353 points and ultimately came back in a massive way, ending the day down just 30 as always weve got full Team Coverage for you and the latest details from d. C. With eamon javers in front of the white house and ylan mui in front of capitol hill where the senate vote is expected tonight eamon, lets kick it off with you. Reporter the most significant today with the news that flynn is in fact cooperating with the special counsel. That means its expected he had some information of value to provide to the special counsel in exchange for these lower charges. Here is exactly what we know about flynns case as of tonight. Flynn pled guilty today of lying to the fbi about his talks with the russian ambassador, this was after the election and before the inauguration prosecutors said flynn discussed russia with senior members of the transition team, including jared kushner. The white house Attorney Says nothing about this guilty plea implicates anyone h
Trump Campaign Aide rick gates striking a deal with the special counsel Robert Mueller. The third former trump associate to flip. What it means for former Campaign Chair Paul Manafort and the russia investigation. And olympic history. The American Curling Team and their brush with greatness hammering home a victory for its first gold medal. A silver in snowboarding with ivanka trump cheering on. Good morning, everybody. Were going to begin here with a Major New Development into the investigation into the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. You are looking live. Parents, teachers and students will return for a orientation before classes resume next week. As the school prepares to reopen, there are new questions about how local sheriffs deputies responded to the attack. We learned the deputy assigned to protect the school did not enter the building or engage with the shooter. Overnight, a new development. The sheriff tells abc news hes investigating reports that three other