The first one is Conspiracy To Defraud the United States. Second is the conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding. And then the conspiracy against rights. Thats, of course, the Voting Rights of u. S. Citizens around the country. Now, ill read you just a part where the Special Counsel describes what theormer president is accused of dog here. It says that the defendant spread lies, that there had been outcome determinative fraud in the election and that he had actually won. These claims were false. And the defendant knew that they were false. But the defendant repeated and widely disseminated them anyway to make his knowingly false claims appear legitimate. According to the prosecutors, wolf, the former president disregarded the advice of all of his appointed officials, people inside his own government, his experts, people from the Justice Department, people from the intelligence community, people from the Homeland Security department, all of whom were telling him that there was no s
that tweet, be there, we will be wild. it was a tweet that set up a violent chain reaction that resulted in a deadly attack on our government. cnn is not reporting the special counsel is asking witnesses about a contentious oval office meeting on december 18th, 2020. more than a month after the election, and mere days after the electoral college made official the decision of the american people. in short, that trump had lost the election. in that moment, the disgraced ex-president had two paths. he had door number one, admit head on that his campaign met the end of the line, keep in pace simple peaceful transfer of power. behind door number two, not just fall, but vaults into the abyss, commit to antidemocratic measures. of course, we all know the rest of the story. on this night in december, this crucial juncture, the six-hour cage match essentially unfolded deep inside the white house. on one side, it would summon trump s own white house team, quote, crazy. as you know, peo
welcome to the beat. i m ari melber. we are tracking several stories tonight, including another supreme court ethics scandal, tying gop appointee samuel alito to another billionaire on a fishing trip. we ll get into that later. it s a big story. but our news program begins tonight with not only the criminal trial of donald trump, now slated to begin on august 14th buck the broader ongoing threat of right wing individual lantyism and authoritarianism. tonight we begin with a special report on that very challenge, and trump s efforts to hijack the criminal justice system that now is trying to potentially hold him accountable. we re talking about a range of actions that has prompted already fear of violence over the violent rhetoric and whether that could turn to action. we re about one week out from the federal arraignment that trump did try to prevent. we remember he was forced to sit silently in that miami courtroom. outside cameras showed a very small crowd. the scene was
i m dana perino along with jesse watters and greg gutfeld. it s 5:00 in new york city. this is the five. america, just when you thought you d seen every scandal out of washington, there s this. a staffer, ben carter, is out of a job. it comes after a graphic sex tape was filmed in an historic senate hearing room. capitol police are investigating how it was allowed to happen. the senate sex tape was recorded last week but the time of day is unclear. it s the same esteemed place where supreme court justices had their confirmation hearings, where the 9/11 commission uncovered what happened there and where s james comey testified against former president trump. the identities of the people involved in the video haven t been confirmed but legal experts think they could face criminal charges like trespassing. meanwhile, some of the media are really spinning this story. nbc news blames conservative outlets. this is an early present on a monday. greg: a sex tape before christmas.
negotiators locked in a stalemate with a little more breathing room. the treasury department estimating the u.s. will go into default on june 5th, giving both sides an extra four days to reach a deal. some republicans refusing to pass a deal unless their demands are met. what is at stake for millions of americans. 12 people taken to the hospital with respiratory issues. geo bonito standing by. the holiday travel rushes on. 42 million americans expected to drive or fly over the long memorial day weekend. more passengers expected to fly since before the pandemic. severe storms from texas to colorado could impact holiday plans. the warning about possible rip currents from florida to the northeast. rob marciano timing out. 24 hours after the founder of the oath keepers was sentenced to 18 years in prison, two members sentenced for their roles in the january 6th attack on the capital. martha raddatz here tonight. surveillance video showing an alarming school bus crash in south car