So good to see you again. When this all happened last night, i thought of many things, but i did think of you, and ill tell you why. Its evidence related. You have used your knowledge, your program over the many months of this to talk about how initially it was pretty clear that the Justice Department was not going beyond the events of that day, and you and i talked about that. Other reporters have weighed in, and im curious even though i know you have been talking about it for two hours how you think we got here. Because what we saw in this indictment that i thought was both strong, gripping and bad for the indicted donald trump, was how long and repeatedly they tried to end democracy in america. Yeah, the indictment is so harrowing, and i think that jack smith was at this for just ten months, obviously he built on all of the good work of the committee. I have learned that things are never as clean as what they appear, and we dont always have all the facts before them. But i think the
By Special Counsel jack smith. And then thursdays arraignment on the most grave case of all, this new indictment and arraignment for donald trump, the defendant, over his failed effort to overthrow democracy. We begin there tonight because we have a special for you tonight. Its called indicted the coup conspiracy. A detailed look into trumps failed coup plot with new reporting and context from that detailed Speaking Indictment this week. If youve been following this all really closely, so have we. Weve been working to bring you an even more indepth set of reports tonight. If you happen to be catching up after a long week, ive got a onestop shop for you on what really matters and what weve learned. And by the way, if you are a longtime viewer, i know some of you are, you might recall about a year ago, we broke down trumps efforts to overturn the 2020 Election Results along that grid, how his desperation and his plotting grew as all the legal challenges lost in court and he turned to plo
special what we ve been working on why we ve lived through a truly historic week. and that is not a comment on politics or media, criticism or media speculation. i can tell you as a point of fact the supreme court ruling this week and the d.c. circuit court ruling this week will be taught in law schools and in books about american history for many decades to come. right now in those cases the supreme court is basically grappling with key issues involving citizen, defendant and candidate trump, which could shape not only this year s election, but legal and political boundaries in history as we know it. it s on this monumental day, judicial history. a legal case that could rock the race for the white house. donald trump is now at the center of a u.s. supreme court battle. considering whether the leading candidate for the republican presidential nomination should be banned from running again. it seemed like there were at least seven votes against colorado. he is very
Circuit ruling this week will be taught in law schools and in books about American History for many decades to come. Right now in those cases, the Supreme Court is basically grappling with these key issues involving Citizen Defendant and candidate trump, which could shape not only this years election, but legal and political boundaries of history as we know it. On this monumental day, in judicial history. A legal case that could rock the race for the white house. Donald trump is now at the center of a u. S. Supreme court battle. Considering whether the leading candidate for the republican president ial nomination should be banned from running again. It seems like there were at least seven votes against colorado. He is very much lashing back at a lot of the building wave of all these different legal cases. That d. C. Appeals court that had taken up this issue of president ial immunity. The court has denied trumps argument. If you read through the 57 page court order, you wont find a sin
damage by representing trump. in other words, while he s legally presumed innocent and the burden is on the government, it is a public fact that even getting a lawyer is hard when you are this yolked to this person you work for who s your coconspirator under the indictment. the florida he did find is a former public defend we are limited experience in the federal courts according to the new york times. if you check there s a federal system for this, the google of courts. it s called pacer. and can t find her name in pacer, in that database. but the times notes she has handled local cases. nauta was out dining with trump as recently as friday. you can see him there. they were together in philadelphia. but this news tonight that nauta s finally gotten a lawyer so he can do step one, which is plea, speaks to the potential gap here between two people whose fates are intertwined. a gap in the very literal time of these arraignments it s taken three weeks but also a gap in