Bret, good evening to you. Donald trumps closest advisers are spinning this indictment to advantage. Meanwhile his former number two, former Vice President mike pence who refused to overturn the results of the election is in attack mode. Former Vice President mike pence running against his old boss is coming out swinging. It wasnt just they asked for a pause. The president specifically asked me and his gaggle of crackpot lawyers asked me to literally reject votes and literally coas would have ensued. Indictment pence allegedly told trump he had no authority to do so, according to the indictment, in response, the defendant told the Vice President youre too honest. Trump is staying positive at least publicly. Posting on social media hours ago thank you to everyone. I have never had so much support on anything before. The 45page indictment lays out an overarching theme. The defendant lost the 2020 president ial election despite having lost the defendant was determined to remain in power.
The civil war combined. It is one of if not the most significant case in the United States history. 9 11, 2001. Usama bin laden and other terrorists hated our democracy, tried to destroy it. Donald trump, just like those other threats to american democracy, tried to destroy our system. This is the greatest political crime since succession. This has a chance of going to trial before the election and thats exactly what jack smith did. He knows what hes doing and he did it here. This case can be tried before the election. I dont see any reason why it shouldnt. The election will be simply about where will trump serve his next term . In the white house or in The Big House . Greg they want to send trump to The Big House before you voters even get the chance to send him back to the white house. Legal experts and republicans argue this indictment is an attack on the First Amendment. Political speech now has been criminalized. The First Amendment is under assault. Its under attack by the biden
sopranos and a piece of that show s history. 300 grand. go get it. dana: are you in the market, jesse? jesse: no boats for me. we have other expenses. i have a warp nest in my hedge and they removed one from the top of the house and now they have to come back to remove the other. they are asking me to pay. greg: get a dermatologists. that s it for us. bret: good evening, welcome to washington. i m bret baier. breaking tonight, former president donald trump is scheduled to appear in a federal court here in washington, d.c. 22 hours from now following his third criminal indictment. second federal indictment. he is accused of conspiring to defraud the u.s., obstructing an official government proceeding and depriving people of civil rights. he is also accused of obstructing an official proceeding. correspondent david spunt starts us off tonight the day after from the justice department. good evening, david.