Host as we come on the air this morning, the media are gathering outside the ebert art freeman federal courthouse in washington, d. C. About midway between the white house and the capital where at 4 p. M. Today, former President Donald Trump will be arraigned on four criminal councils conspiracy and obstruction related to the 2020 president ial election and the january 6, 2021 insurrection at the u. S. Capitol. Washington journal, thursday, august 3 and our entire program is focused on the arraignment and the mounting legal challenges of former president donald j trump. Throughout the program as we do every morning, we will welcome your phone calls and your comments and tweets and your Text Messages as well. Lots of time to do that in the upcoming three hours. We begin this morning with their first guest, hugo lowell, the political investigation reporter with the guardian. Joining us this morning before the arraignment later today. Thanks for making time to come in this morning. You ha
[indiscernible] a healthy democracy doesnt just look like this, it looks like this where americans can see democracy at work. Get informed, straight from the source on cspan unfiltered, unbiased, word for word from the Nations Capital to wherever you are you get the opinion that matters the most, your own. This is what democracy looks like, cspan powered by cable. Former president will be arraigned on four counts of conspiracy of obstruction related to the capitol riots in the 2020 president ial election. We continue our discussion here on washington journal. By politics editor for the Washington Examiner james antle, thanks for coming by. What is the difference between this federal indictment and the maralago documents case indictment . Guest there are a few things. In the classified documents case, it is pretty clear. You either have access to the documents you are not supposed to have or you do not. I am sure the trump Legal Defense team has theories about president ial powers regar
Four counts of conspiracy of obstruction related to the january 6 capitol hill riots, the 2020 president ial election. We continue our conversation here in washington journal and are joined by politics editor for the Washington Examiner james antle, thanks for coming by. What is the difference between this federal indictment difference between this indictment and the documents case. Its pretty clear you have access to documents you are not supposed to or do not. I am sure the trump Legal Defense team has theories about president ial powers regarding classified documents they will use in defense, they are possibly going to compare themselves to other people who have had classified documents and maybe were not given the same treatment. By and large, that seems to be a straightforward case. The january 6 case, clearly there is the subtext of some sort of incitement of the attack on the capital, but that is not exactly what hes been charged with doing. Sort of looking at the ways in which
Theres lot of news to get to. Good morning. Very big day in washington and aross the country. Yes, very big day for washington. Former President Donald Trump set to appear in a washington, d. C. , courtroom on charges he tried to overturn the 2020 election and hang on to power, this is his third arraignment in four months. New overnight, barricades going up outside the Federal Courthouse, the Secret Service has done a walk through and Law Enforcement is monitoring potential threats. Trumps former Attorney General tells cnn that he believes his odd boss, quote, knew well that he lost the election. 2024 candidate mike pence, former Vice President mike pence said his former boss was, quote, surrounded by a group of crackpot lawyers kept telling him what he wanted to hear. You hear this is a lot. Todays a monumental day, the third time President Trump is going to be arraigned in formouse. And in washington, d. C. The same courthouse where dozens upon dozens of rioters of the January 6th In
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