Mobile made free event. With our business internet, new and existing customers can get one year of unlimited mobile for free. Its our best internet. Powered by The Next Generation 10g network and with 99. 9 reliability. Plus one line of free mobile for an entire year. Its the mobile made free eventhappening now. Get started for just 49. 99 a month. Plus, ask how to get one free line of unlimited mobile. Comcast business, powering possibilities. Our special breaking News Coverage continues now of the third, yes, third criminal indictment of former President Donald Trump. Im lara coates. And im erin burnett. The news tonight still stunning, even though people expected an indictment to come. Right now its here. You have to let it sink in. The 45th president indicted by a Federal Grand Jury in jack smiths investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election. And its not lost on anyone that while trump is facing charges over the last election, he is, of course, in the middle of his reel
Office. What any of that portends is anyones guess at this hour. We have eyes on entrances and exits of that courthouse. Journalists there standing by and a few trained ears to the ground. As soon as we know something, anything at all, we will let you know. We should know today marks two weeks since donald trump announced that he had received a Target Letter in this case. It suggests he could be charged with Conspiracy To Defraud the United States, conspiracy to obstruct the january 6th session of congress, and depriving voters of their rights. Here with me are my guests. First, lets bring in justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian, who has been following all this for us today. Ken, bring us up to speed for what we do know at this hour. Reporter greetings from the department of justice, where we are not so patiently waiting for news that explains the developments you just laid out. There are a lot of uncertainties around this process, because this is two weeks to the day si
He faces four counts, including conspiracy to defraud the United States and to deny voters the right to have their ballots counted. Live now to tim heaphy, former lead investigator for the house january 6th select committee. Thank you so much forjoining us. I think for people who perhaps havent covered every twist and turn of the story, just explain to us why that january 6th select committee was so crucial to what we are seeing now . Facts are what makes cases and determines outcomes, and the select committee uncovered the core facts here. Congress created the select committee to investigate the facts and circumstances surrounding the attack on the capitol, and thats what we did through a series of hearings and ultimately and 845 page report. The committee set forth the core allegations that remain allegations against mr trump, he and his Co Conspirators specifically intended to prevent the transfer of power. So the indictment is built on a determination of fact by the select committe
Have you heard of the Rosemary Woods stretch . It is named after this woman, Rosemary Woods. The longtime secretary of richard nixon. Woods became her career with nixon in 1950, went long before his time with the white house. She was so close to the family the nixons daughters referred to her as aunt rose. In 1974, route woods was thrust into the National Spotlight during the watergate scandal when investigators discovered a Mysterious 18 and a half gap on one of the tapes handed over from the nixon white house. The tape was believed to contain a conversation between president nixon and his Chief Of Staff three days after the watergate breakin. Woods took responsibility for that gap. She tried to explain it away as an accident. As she tells, it she was simply transcribing the tape at her desk when the phone rang. As she reached for the phone, she mistakenly struck the wrong key on the recorder while her foot was on the machines pedal. The motion ended up somehow destroying the tapes co
Indictment watch. Safe to say Donald Trumps team is right to be worried. The former president could be charged this week with prloting to overturn the 2020 election. What will it main for his campaign to return to the white house. Plus the desantis burn out. What is the plan to turn his Campaign Around . They want to see you be able to stand up and fight back against the people that are destroying this country. Nobody has done that more than me. And bidens record. There is good news on inflation, immigration, and crime. So why dont voters believe it . Hoello and welcome to insie politics sunday. Im abby phillips. This morning we have new polls in two key states. That are the s out of iowa and South Carolina all year and in iowa donald trump has a 30point lead over ron desantis with tim scott there nipping at his hiells. Trump lda big lead in South Carolinaith the states former governor nikki haley in a tie for second place with desantis. Senator tim scott also from South Carolina is on