i think we are all blindsided by it. we are resilient and we are going to move forward. it is hard. reporter: despite the lack of sign-ups for those open police jobs, the mayor says there will be a police force. police chief smith cautions they need to act now. i want to reiterate that we will have police coverage in the city. that is not an issue. if you want and this is something we will continue going with. something needs to change dramatically. and drastically and it has to happen now. reporter: the clock is running out. the chief is planning to go ahead and make his exit in just one week on august 24th. trace: million, thank you. let s bring in former sheriff alex villanueva and kelly hyman. welcome to you both.
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and kelly hyman, legal analyst and democratic strategist welcome to you all. there is a section in the special counsel s indictment in which jack smith breaks down this alleged scheme into five distinct parts. first, it begins with the false claims of election fraud. it is important to note that the doj says explicitly that donald trump it is important to note that the doj did know that he had lost the election and made knowingly false claims about it. second, the former president and his co conspirators launched a seven state strategy to pressure state and local officials to overturn the officially certified results. third, they weaponised, to coin a phrase, thejustice department to lend credence to these false claims of election fraud to try to pressure state officials. fourth, they pressured the vice president, mike pence, to do something they knew was unconstitutional and illegal. and finally, which brings us
to work alongside them. thank you. jack smith, special counsel, speaking last night after the indictment. donald trump dismissed this third indictment as political persecution. kelly hyman, five chapters. how persuasive do you think this will be to a jury? how persuasive do you think this will be to a jury? will be to a “ury? first we have to look at it will be to a jury? first we have to look at it from a will be to a jury? first we have to look at it from a standpoint - will be to a jury? first we have to i look at it from a standpoint that he was indicted. that means that the evidence presented to the grand jury
directly who have the knowledge informed him directly on who have the knowledge informed him directly on multiple occasions that the election was secure, the fraud allegations were fake and donald trump allegations were fake and donald trump went in search of contrary evidence trump went in search of contrary evidence. . . trump went in search of contrary evidence. , , ., , ., evidence. and this is the top of the s . here for evidence. and this is the top of the sphere forjack evidence. and this is the top of the sphere forjack smith, evidence. and this is the top of the sphere forjack smith, kelly, - sphere forjack smith, kelly, because i went through the document last night knowing or knowingly, appears around 36 times in the document. that is the point the special counsel will make. absolutely, and that s a very, very valid point, absolutely he knew what he was doing, but he still did it anyway. i think that is key, i think it s important to remember that. as mike p