Mobile made free event. With our business internet, new and existing customers can get one year of unlimited mobile for free. Its our best internet. Powered by The Next Generation 10g network and with 99. 9 reliability. Plus one line of free mobile for an entire year. Its the mobile made free eventhappening now. Get started for just 49. 99 a month. Plus, ask how to get one free line of unlimited mobile. Comcast business, powering possibilities. Our special breaking News Coverage continues now of the third, yes, third criminal indictment of former President Donald Trump. Im lara coates. And im erin burnett. The news tonight still stunning, even though people expected an indictment to come. Right now its here. You have to let it sink in. The 45th president indicted by a Federal Grand Jury in jack smiths investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election. And its not lost on anyone that while trump is facing charges over the last election, he is, of course, in the middle of his reel
Claims about michigan election the indictment says. The philadelphia enquirer, what to know about the pennsylvania Fake Electors mentioned in trumps third indictment. The criminal conspiracy alleged in this new indictment of donald trump has the bagest and gravest national ambition, to hold onto the presidency against the will of the voters, but the conspiracy itself played out in localities across the country in what we now call the fake elector scheme, the 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 those states. At the time as it was actually playing out in december of 2020, it mostly looked like sort of sad theatrics from a bunch of protrump dead enders in a handful of states. There was Trump Electors in michigan kind of pathetically trying to talk their way into the State Capitol even though the real electors, the Biden Electors were inside
At first, i wasnt sure. But i have come to believe that he knew well he had lost the election. And now, what i think is important is the government assumed the burden of proving that. The government, in the indictment, takes the position that he had actual knowledge that he had lost the election and the election wasnt stolen through fraud. They have to prove that beyond a reasonable doubt. Thats a high bar. That leads me to believe that were only seeing the tip of the iceberg. You believe jack smith has more . I believe he has a lot more. Lets bring in Michael Cohen, Donald Trumps former fixer and attorney. Hes a principal of crisis. Hes the author of the New York Times best seller, revenge how donald trump weaponized the Department Of Justice against his critics. Michael, great to have you here tonight. You heard the former Attorney General, he believes that donald trump knew he lost the election. And what do you think about that being a defense, that his attorneys are going to say, h
Third arrest and arraignment, the easy answer for the ex president s defense. The indictment specifically says that the president has the First Amendment right to speech. He even has a First Amendment right to lie. Its right here, this indictment is causing conduct not speech. And then, why the randomly assigned judge is bad news for the defendant. The complicated calendar of a republican front runner facing three criminal trials. And congressman jamie raskin on jack smiths decision to charge vil ghts law used to prosecute kkk violence. Check out detroit, check out philadelphia, check out atlanta. Good evening from new york, im chris hayes. But the third time in four months, donald trump will be arrested and arraigned tomorrow at the federal courthouse in washington d. C. Has got to be getting used to it by now. He will stand before a Magistrate Judge and enter a plea. As hes done in the last two cases. In the new Criminal Case laid out against him or attempting to steal the 2020 elect
for: if you re obsessed with crime, it s the perfect time you ll get off scott free in every dem city and for all you squares out there stay above the fray let summarize it in a roundup way it s crime roundup thursday . greg: it s crime roundup thursday. just flows right off the tongue there. first let s go to the view. where i d like to report a murder. i was fired from the five. i had a very toxic relationship with another of the cast members. which one? i may get there, i may get there. okay. check. also i thought that it was very unfair that i was not judged objectively in our disputes but rather he was always favored. hmm. no, no, no, poor thing. in lieu of flowers we sent up a gofundme page to get him a barber. but i credit the view for finally finding a guest with a bigger mustache than their panelists. they re a hairy bunch. on to california where dems just blocked a bill to make child trafficking a serious felony. why would you do that