But if previous cases are anything to go by, Donald Trumps third indictment is only likely to boost his popularity with Republican Voters. The charges he faces, though, are serious. The 45 Page Indictment accuses the former president of knowingly spreading false claims about Election Fraud to trick and persuade states into helping him overturn the election results. The police are now running back into the capitol building. Hes not been charged with inciting the violent scenes of january 6th, but prosecutors have drawn a link. The attack on our Nations Capital onjanuary 6th, 2021, was an unprecedented assault on the seat of american democracy. Its described in the indictment. It was fuelled by lies. Lies by the defendant, targeted at obstructing a Bedrock Function of the us government, the nations process of collecting, counting and certifying the results of the president ial election. Donald trump responded by posting a Campaign Statement on his social media network, truth social, like
Remember thatjust like most americans who have credit records when they want to borrow money and find out how much debt they can take on, the Us Government also gets a credit rating. When it gets downgraded like this, the potential long term effect as it could push up the cost for the Us Government of borrowing money, and in turn that might long run push up taxes, it could mean less spending by the government and could mean fewer government and could mean fewer government programmes in the future. We are not there yet, but that is the underlying fear. If you look at what they are trying to address here in this downgrade, or one of the concerns they cite, it is a problem that exists both in the past but also in the future, and that is rising Us Government debt. At the moment Us Government debt stands at in excess of 30 trillion and it is expected to exceed the total size of the us economy at some point. With that in mind, with this problem in sight, and with the political disunity we ha
Watching symone. Im charles enforcement sanderstownsend. Crisis averted, even though no one got everything they wanted, President Biden says americans got what they needed in the debt ceiling bill. Today, the president signed the bill into law. We are talking to the democratic lawmaker about why she voted against it, and what happens next. And republican primaries are about to get more crowded. Some highprofile republicans are jumping in next week. Will that hurt donald trump, or enable donald trump . Our Political Panel ways and. Now, trump may be riding high on the campaign trail, but the thing that could be dragging him down, legal troubles. The Special Counsel in the classified documents case has obtained a recording of trump discussing a document he kept after leaving office. Trumps lawyers said they havent found it. We will unpack what all of that means for the investigation, as you can see, we have a lot to talk about. A resolution to the monthslong a Debt Limit Debate finally m
details on that story, as well. you are watching fox and friends first, i m carley shimkus. ashley: i m ashley strohmier in for todd piro. those stories and more coming up over the next hour. breaking news overnight. two firefighters are dead after battling a fire on a cargo ship in newark, new jersey. coming from wnyw. the fire started just before 9:30 last night, engulfing several vehicles on the ship. calls ringing out when responding crew members reported missing in the active scene. the cause of the fire is still under investigation. carley: and another alert, claiming u.s. service members were among those killed in a bomb attack in somalia. kenya delayed reopening of the nation s shared border, following wave of attacks blamed on al qaeda-linked militants. we ll bring you updates throughout the morning. and look at the white house, as republicans call for a secret service update on the cocaine found in the west wing. doug luzader joins us. doug: a mystery the wh
both sides kept their word. i think we did pretty dang good for the american public. can both parties claim victory? i ll talk to democratic senator joe manchin of west virginia and mike rounds of south dakota. plus, a crowded field. former vice president mike pence, former new jersey chris christie, and north dakota s governor are all set to officially announce their 2024 bid this week. meanwhile, the 2024 gop front-runners, ron desantis and donald trump begin to attack each other. donald trump, attack each other. he used to say how great florida was. his whole family moved to florida under my governorship. are you kidding me? with a crowded field help trump win? and trump on tape. the special counsel has an audio recorder of the former president taking a classified document after leaving office. all i know is everything i did was right. we had the presidential records act. which i abided by 100%. with the grand jury set to meet again this week, will the form