The 2020 election. 18 others charged as well, including big names. Rudy giuliani, measuring meadows, with that many people, does it make it more likely that someone could flip. Prosecutors call it a Criminal Enterprise and they are leaning hard on Racketeering Laws to make their case. Im kate bolduan with john berman and sara sidner. This is cnn news central. Donald trump and 18 codefendants have 10 days to turn themselves in and surrender in georgia. In a 98page indictment, the former president , who is also the current front runner for the 2024 republican nomination is accused of plotting against the Very Constitution he swore to protect. And the office he hopes to hold again. Fulton County District attorney fani willis argues all 19 defendants refuseed to accept that trump lost and knowingly joined a conspiracy to change the outcome of the election. I make decisions base d on te facts and the law. The law is completely nonpartisan. Thats how decisions are made in every cay case. We
The former Vice President talking about trumps indictment now. January 6th was a tragedy. Ive spoken and written about it extensively. I have nothing to hide. By gods grace i believe we did our duty that day. Fulfilled the oath that id taken to the constitution and to the American People. The constitution is quite clear about the role of the Vice President in the counting of electoral votes. It essentially says the Vice President presides over a Joint Session Of Congress where the electoral votes that are certified by the states shall be opened and shall be counted. And irrespective of the indictment i want the American People to know that i had no right to overturn the election. And that on that day President Trump asked me to put him over the constitution but i chose the constitution. And i always will. And i really do believe that anyone who puts themself over the constitution should never be president of the United States. And anyone who asks themselves to put themselves over the c
concealing the documents. trump team will say we don t know what they are going to say, but they clearly are making the case about a two-tiered system of justice. i think it s fascinating to watch the gop candidates. remember, this is happening in miami. obviously the governor of florida is running against desantis, his comments have been to suggest there are two tiers of justice and the biden administration is slow and the hillary clinton investigation went nowhere, despite destroying 33,000 emails and destroying cell phones and the like. and talking about that is something that i think each of these candidates has hung on to. but there has been a bit of an evolution and some of them, like nikki haley, like former vice president pence who obviously worked for former president trump in that white house have said those things, the two tier system, that talking point but then said but these charges as written are serious. then you have others like asa hutchinson, former gover
trump onsie and just have it on hand rapid response every time ron desantis says something to differentiate himself from donald trump. yes, they ve been playing that a lot, but i say gif. the differences go on. thank you,nc my friend. and thanks to you at home for joining us this evening. it was november 12, 2020, and there was a lot going on at the time. it had been less than a week since the networks called the 2020 presidential election for joesi biden. donald trump was just beginning his campaign to deny that result and try and overturn it. just a few days prior trump s lawyer, rudy giuliani, gave his infamous four seasons landscaping press conference to contest thela election results. we all remember that. trump had decided to deny president-elect biden to the classified presidential daily briefing as was the custom in presidential transitions, which in t retrospect seems a bit ironic. just one day later senator lindsey graham would make a phone callou to brad raffen
criminal charges related to his alleged mishandling of classified information. the former president of the united states turning himself in today at the federal courthouse in miami. and there, wolf, trump appeared before a magistrate shortly after his arrival. he pleaded not guilty to all counts against him. meantime, alongside trump throughout the entire day was walt nauta, his aide and the alleged coconspirator who also faces charges from the special counsel, jack smith. the former president is expected to address supporters during a fund-raiser at his bedminster, new jersey, golf club later this evening. we re keeping a close eye on that event for any new reaction to the arraignment. this is a special edition of the situation room. the federal indictment of donald trump. let s get straight to the breaking news. the arrest and arraignment of donald trump on 37 federal criminal charges. our senior crime and justice reporter katelyn polantz was inside the room for tod