The Special Counsel charges donald trump with conspireing to shatter the american experiment. The ha 45page indictment nar tat rates a plot to stay in power after losing an election. And it does so with some new evidence, including realtime notes from then Vice President mike pence. The politics, the third Trump Indictment slipped the field into familiar camps. The charges will also test joe bidens resolve to do what is sometimes unnatural. Stay quiet. The consequences, how the prosecution plays out in court may determine the future of both donald trump and american democracy. Im dana bash. Lets go behind the headlines and inside politics. Tomorrow a court date for the former president here in washington. Today the country gets a line by line look at The Plot Against America and the alleged crimes of donald trump. Central to the indictment is the Special Counsels assertion that trump knew that he lost the election and pushed lies to stay in office any way. Describe d in the indictment
their campaigns on opposing the foresident are also echoing fami refrains. chris christie, asa hutchinson, trump should step away from the campaign. this guy only cares about himself, not our country s future. joining me now at the table is margaret tol a av, jeff zeleny and eva mckenz. those were the predictable statements. the one that is a bit different is from mike pence, and one of the main reasons is because mike pence is so integral to this story. we saw new information from the indictment from the interview that the former vice president did with the special counsel. here s what he said in his statement after the indictment. he today s indictment serves as an important reminder anyone who puts himself over the constitution should never be president of the united states. our country is more important