Donald trump. The Breaking News this hour we are following a defiant former president of the United States on the way to his new Jersey Golf Club right now after being arrested and arraigned on four serious, very serious criminal charges, stemming from his alleged efforts to subvert the 2020 president ial election in the United States. Trump proclaiming his innocence and accusing the Special Counsel of leading a political persecution. Wolf, of course, this is trumps third indictment in the past four months. It is the most serious set of charges he ever faced. As he did in new york and miami, the former president pleaded not guilty to all four counts today, Conspiracy To T Defraud the u. S. , conspiracy to obstruct proceed, obstruction of a proceeding and conspiracy against rights. I want to go our senior justice Correspondent Evan Perez from outside the federal courthouse here in washington where the former president made his initial appearance this afternoon. Evan, walk us through wha
Stretched these statutes in order to try to capture this behavior. Laura for me the words farcical. Ridiculous, abusive those words came to mind. But, after going over the document for the second time earlier today i realized its far worse than any of that what jack smith and his boss Merrick Garland are doing not just to trump, but to the nation Going Forward is devastating. Now, the doj, the white house, every member of Congress Knows the truth. The rag tag group of maga supporters who busted into the capitol on january 6th it no meaningful effect on the democratic process on that day. Only propagandists could call it an insurrection. After all, the election was certified and Donald Trump Left Office on january 20th. The real conspiracists working to deprive people of their rights are found at the department of justice. And their Press Spokesman include news anchors, reporters, and pundits across the regime media. I think the sum total of their knowledge about law and history seems t
Surgeon in new polls while his republican rivals cant catch up. Ill ask the lincoln product cofounder, luke wilson, about the Republican Partys current identity crisis. Later, georgia on our mind. Fulton county d. A. , fani willis, hints that indictments in the Election Interference case could drop very soon. A key witness who was just subpoenaed join us lies to explain. Hell tell the grand jury about that fake electors plot. All of that and more, it is coming up. A good Sunday Morning to you all. I am katie phang. Now we know about that dramatic ending in the United States Womens National soccer teams world cup match against sweden. Were going to get to that in just a moment. Were going to start this hour with the Clock Ticking down to a serious deadline stemming for former president s third indictment. Even before he goes before d. C. Judge, tanya chunk, and for the first time later this month, shes already dealt him a legal blow. Judge Tanya Chutkan denied more time for a trump want
She had not appointed that January 6th Committee. So true. This begins with that very difficult and somewhat controversial decision to move forward without the candidates that Kevin Mccarthy wanted on that committee, and the work that they did laid the foundation of where we are today. Im really eager to hear how she did it and how she made it work so well. Gonna be a great show. Thanks, alex. Well, yesterday, as i began reading the newest indictment of donald trump, i wondered if this indictment would exist without nancy pelosi. The roadmap for the conspiracies described in this indictment was provided to the Justice Department by nancy pelosi through the work of the January 6th Committee that she created. On the darkest day in the history of american president ial transitions of power, january 6th, 2021, america was lucky. That nancy pelosi was Speaker Of The House. As trumps attackers of the capitol were trying to find her, she was rushed from the building, along with other democrat
Exposed in the depths of his political depraft at this and corrupt and criminal acts has been laid bare. Not by radical leftists, or any of us in the media but by his inner most circle and the really, really committed ones as that. The Trump Officials who stayed on until the bitter last days of a bitter presidency tell us the riveting story of not one, not two but three Criminal Conspiracies that trump stands accused of by the United States government, in essence against the United States government. By the numbers jack smith has charged three Criminal Conspiracies, four criminal counts, named six Unindicted Coconspirators and shined the light on one who was willing to overturn his election defeat. The indictment brought by jack smith against donald trump makes the coup plot he directed Crystal Clear for the world to see. Here is how the Justice Department explains the first criminal count as the conspiracy to defraud the u. S. Quote, the purpose of the conspiracy was to overturn the l