For the third time this year the president of the United States of interest on felony charges this time for alleged crimes against democracy itself. Good evening in new york im Anderson Cooper along with jake tapper in washington. Anderson unlike the first tournament in new york and florida, this one was held within view of the crime scene. The u. S. Capital. Federal courthouse, where dozens of members of the violent mob have been cited, that he incited a hundreds convicted at the president. The actual proceedings that relied by the Magistrate Judge pled not guilty to four counts of the election he lost his next Court Date Set for the 28 in front of a trial judge, antonio chutkan, who is expected to set a trial date. A short time later at the sentencing at the tarmac at the Reagan National airport, holding an umbrella by his body man and documents gay codefendant walt nauta, mr. Trump made the following remarks, starting with a slur about the nations capital. This is a very sad day for
Determinative fraud in the election. And that he had actually won it. The indictment charges trump with four counts. Conspiracy to defraud the u. S. , conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding. Obstruction in an attempt to obstruct an official proceeding and conspiracy against rights. The indictment laying out a detailed timeline, and statebystate efforts to appoint illegal electors an influence local officials to change the outcome in their states. And it also lists six unnamed coconspirators. The indictment alleges trump attempted to enlist Vice President mike pence to obstruct the certification of the election results, and that the violent attack on the Capitol On January 6th was fueled by lies, and as you heard jack smith say right here moments ago, lies by the defendant. Special counsel jack smith making that rare appearance before the cameras, calling the attack on our nations Capitol On January 6th an unprecedented assault on the seat of american democracy. The former presid
Donald trump is back at the end of another sad day for the country that he once served as president. He was arraigned for a third time this afternoon. That courthouse is steps away from the u. S. Capitol which was stormed by the violent mob of supporters of donald trump 2 1 2 years ago. It was protected by members of Law Enforcement including from the Dc Metro Police department. It happened also that the former president who is now charged in connection with this attack could safely enter a plea. Inside the courthouse behind me he was taken into custody. He was processed and pled not guilty to the charges against him. A federal judge then set the next court date for the 28th. That is when it is expected a trial date will be set. I am learning that he left here in a sour and dejected mood. He was really angry according to those who spoke to him. He had that processing happening here then he went to the tarmac where he was expected to take questions from reporters who were here. He did n
Journalconstitution, efforts to overturn Georgia Election detailed in new trump indictment. And the news, he made knowing late false claims about michigan election indictments. The milwaukee journal sent a wisconsin Fake Electors Scheme at the center of donald trump indictment. The philadelphia inquirer, what to know about the pennsylvania Fake Electors mentioned in trumps third indictment. The criminal conspiracy alleged in this new indictment of donald trump had the biggest and gravest National Ambitions to hold on to the presidency against the will of the voters. The conspiracy itself played out in localities across the country, in what we now call the fake elector scheme. A scheme in which republican electors in states that joe biden won, signed their names to forged documents pretending that it was actually donald trump who won the president ial election in the states. At the time, as it was actually playing out in december of 2020, it mostly looked like sort of sad theatrical fro
Television and any fact pleaded donald trump guilty to the charge of attempting to obstruct an official proceeding and conspiracy to defraud the United States. Everyone except donald trump no is that criminal defendants should not speak publicly about their cases. The same is almost always true for Criminal Defense Lawyers. The most common response from Criminal Defense Lawyers to requests for interviews about their pending cases is one word, no. Most successful Criminal Defense Lawyers never grant Television Interviews, never. Too many of Donald Trumps lawyers are too eager to talk on trump supporting television about their client. And so tonight trump Criminal Defense Lawyer john lauro, in his first interview after donald trump pleaded not guilty to conspiring to trying to get Vice President mike pence to break the law, Donald Trumps Criminal Defense Lawyer actually said this. Professor eastman laid out a series of options that we were discussed with Vice President pence. Vice presid