Reporter evening, trace. This is the second federal indictment for the former president out of jack smiths investigation. The 2024 gop candidate who leads the field by a wide margin has already pleaded not guilty to 37 counts related to his alleged retention of Classified Records from his presidency. Only this time were talking about four federal charges, including Conspiracy To Defraud the u. S. Conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding. Obstruction and an attempt to obstruct an official proceeding. And conspiracy against right. Notably resist allege the president knowingly made false claims about the election being stolen which, they claim, stoked the fires of january 6th. Quote, 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 creating an Intense National atmosphere of mistrust and anger and erode public faith in the administration of the elect
a nation in decline as you well know, trace, it s going to be a very busy thursday because that is when the president is scheduled the former president is scheduled to appear in court here in dc. back to you. trace: again. we ll be there. kevin corke live for us in dc. kevin thank you also breaking today the alleged gilgo beach serial killer rex heuermann appeared in court for the first time since his arraignment and prosecutors will now begin turning over evidence to his attorneys after a 13-year investigation. in moments, legal analysis from prosecutor wendy patrick but first to bill melugin live on the key evidence on the case and bill so far the case pretty compelling. reporter: it is and he had a scowl on his face in court today as prosecutors were going after the mountains of evidence that they have against him. rex heuermann again in court today the suspected gilgo beach serial killer where prosecutors said they would hand over eight ter bites of data to his defense te
in the administration of the election. however, the former president remains defiant tonight expressing what his campaign says is righteous indignation. quote, this is nothing more than the latest corrupt chapter in the continued pathetic attempt by the biden crime family and their weaponized department of justice to interfere with the 2024 presidential election. in which president trump is the undisputed front runner and leading by substantial margins. president trump is now due to report to court this thursday, august 3rd, right here in dc. should make for a business country news day, trace. trace: and we will cover it in full. kevin corke live for us in dc kevin thank you. let s bring in former deputy assistant attorney general tom dupree and this is jack smith s special council today and we ll get your reaction on the other
greg: we re out of time. thanks to kt mcfarland, jimmy failla, kat timpf, tyrus, our studio audience. fox news at night with dreamy trace gallagher is next. i m greg gutfeld. i love you america. [cheers and applause]. trace: good evening, i m trace gallagher. it s 11:00 p.m. on the east coast, 8:00 here in los angeles, and this is america s late news. fox news at night. and breaking right now, former president donald trump indicted for a third time. special counsel jack smith says it s about the january 6th riot, except the charges have nothing to do with the riot. we begin with team fox coverage, bill melugin live on what this means for the 2024 election, and how the other candidates are reacting. but, first, to what the indictment actually says, and the senior national correspondent kevin corke who s live for us in dc tonight. kevin good evening.