Has now been criminally indicted three times with the most recent federal indictment last week from special counsel jack smith. Part of his wideranging investigation looked into efforts by the former president and his allies to subvert Election Results in seven states after President Biden won in 2020. One of those states Is Georgia Which President Biden flipped blue for a win in 2020. President trump refused to accept the result, and he and his allies engaged in a number of plots to overturn bidens win. Some of these actions were so aggressive, they drew the attention of the Fulton County District Attorney, who launched her own criminal probe in 2021. Now a grand jury has been convened, and the former president could face even more indictments in the weeks to come. What exactly did trump and his allies do in georgia, and what charges might they face . Over the next hour, well lay out the entire investigation and piece together what we know about the pressure campaigns, trumps private
Acting United States Attorney General, before we get into the weeds on legal issues, we will make it interesting. I want to discuss history with you. History is lost on prosecutors, on the debate shows. It is lost among lawyers, talk about january 6. It was an insurrection. No, it wasnt. We had contentious president ial elections in the past, i mean really contentious, some almost lead to civil wars, one did in 1800, Thomas Jefferson and his chosen president ial pick aaron burr tied for first place. Back then ballots were separate. It was 73 to 73 electors. Due to a communication error, or aaron burr lead conspiracy, he was disloyal to jefferson, jefferson was running against adams at the time but he got 65 eloc Electoral College on votes, they had over 30 votes back and forth, house was to choose the next president , hamilton had great power, he disliked jefferson. But he hated aaron burr. So finally what happens is hamilton, he was the first treasury he turned tide by lobbying his fe
To amplify his state of the Union Message and battlegrounds across the country. Were going to have new reporting on his campaign plans, plus Breaking News this morning, donald trump just posted a nearly 92,000,000 bond and the E Jean Carroll defamation where do you come up with the cash and does he have enough left to pay that 454 million judgment in the new york fraud case and tick tock tiktok users are outraged and with the help of a lobbying campaign bombarding lawmakers with calls after the house advanced a bill that could ban tiktok across the country well tell you whats at stake for the Social Media Platform and the roughly 170 million americans who use it. Im dana bash, lets go behind the headlines and inside Inside Politics first ill have what hes having. Thats the feeling among democrats today after joe bidens fiery and energetic performance, Campaign Kicks goff in the form of a state of the Union Address. The president tackled concerns about his age headon, but his focus whil
And this week the labour leader keir starmer raised him in Prime Ministers questions, demanding to know whether he would rejoin the Conservative Party whilst Behind The Scenes worried tory mps discuss whether he might return to the front line leading the reform party. Nigel farage, welcome back to political thinking. Thank you. You are back where you like being, arent you . The centre of attention. Well, ive always been a bit of a show off. I mean, there is some truth in that. Yeah, its a funny thing, but i think Current Affairs, politics and Current Affairs in the uk today has such a dearth of personalities that i find myself at the centre of debates, whether im trying to or not, i sort of get dragged into things. There are some people listening to the radio or watching the telly now who are saying, why on earth are they talking to nigel farage . Hes not a party leader. Youve not been elected to anything for a very, very long time. Well, thats not quite true, actually. Who cares what
Erin . The arraignment is in a courthouse thats already handled hundreds of january 6th defendants. It is those lies that are central to the prosecutions case. The man behind it all, the man who has been a target of a Public Smear Campaign by the 45th President is jack smith. You see him there. Paula reid is outside that courthouse right now. Paula, how will all of this play out, the logistics of this once trump arrives where you are . Reporter well, erin, this courthouse is accustomed to dealing with vips, security details, so he has the option to pull underneath the courthouse in a garage. We may not be able to seen him at all. Once inside, he will be placed under arrest. He will be processed. We expect fingerprints, but there wont be a mug shot. Federal authorities have said they already have a mug shot. And the hearing should be pretty short. He will hear the charges filed against hi and hell have th opportunity, as expecting to enter a plea in florida he had s attorney enter that