the prosecutor made a big point to say that responsible gun ownership needs to be enforced, needs to be in focus here. that could be something that s coming down the line. but they are charging this 15-year-old sophomore as an adult. for now, he will be in custody for the foreseeable future. his arraignment will happen later this afternoon. talk more about something we heard from an update in the last, i would say, hour, hour and change, about the idea there may have been some planning around this. reporter: yeah. you heard from the prosecutor saying that premeditated. it was not an impulsive shooting. one student was in the bathroom of who was in the bathroom of that school who heard the gunman leaving the bathroom and walked out and saw the bodies. the idea is that they re saying this is something that was premedicated, not something that was spur of the moment kind of thing. this is all going to be part of
and jeffrey clark, who pressured the doj to discard the election results. joining me now, msnbc contributor joyce vance. former professor at university of alabama skoofl law. it is one thing to say the attack on january 6th was premedicated. you heard bennie thompson saying everybody knows that, that seems obvious. does that have any legal consequences? you know, we re simultaneously investigating january 6th in two very separate systems. one is the political system in congress. the other is the criminal justice system and the justice department. and because those standards are different using the same language can be confusing. i think in the common sense of our understanding, premeditation is clear. this took a great deal of planning to bring this group of people together that ended up inside of congress. but in the legal sense, whether someone could be prosecuted for
i m steven romo. here s what s happening. florida s parkland school shooter will plead guilty next week to 17 counts of premedicated murder and 17 counts of attempted murder. attorneys for nikolas cruz are trying to spare the 23-year-old from the death penalty. the case will be heard early next year. former president bill clinton spent another night in the hospital recovering from an infection. his spokesman says mr. clinton is receiving antibiotics through an iv and responding well to the treatment so far. now, back to dateline. reporter: adam frasch was in a world of trouble charged with killing his wife and facing the
from the second impeachment, from the d.o.j. s numerous hundreds of prosecutions but what we don t know is what happens what happened behind the scenes so january 6th committee is going right to the heart of the matter largely because they are anticipating, i m sure, litigation so they want to leave enough time for there to be this litigation that s coming almost certainly. and they can still get documents in the spring when the litigation plays out can i just press you, dan goldman? i mean, we know there was a memo lig out the coup written by mr. eastman. how much more premedicated can it be than a memo laying out how the coup want operationalized? mike pence just had to send the votes back i mean we have seen it all in writing. are we looking to see who received that? we know donald trump told pence not to certify the vote. with know he horizoned him at a rally in georgia so much of it happened in full
the filing goes on to suggest a premedicated effort by coffman. he was found carrying contact information of a militia group member from southeast texas and had nearly a month prior to the riot reached out to a gop senator. it says on december 11, 2020, mr. coffman drove around the u.s. capitol and attempted to drive to the residence of in part ted cruz. then it describes how when he didn t find senator cruz at home, he called his office. the staffer said he seemed to be coming from the friend angle in wanting to help with the election fraud he saw. coffman has pleaded not guilty to his 16 charges of d.c. firearms violations and one federal firearms count, but the striking details about his alleged preparation and participation in the insurrection only bolster the rationale for an independent investigation into what really happened. if only the gop were into it. seeing if republicans stand on the side of truth and democracy