Understand that he has the opportunity to appear either virtually or in thursday. That was granted in the last two arraignments. We understand that thejudge will arraignments. We understand that the judge will decide which one it is. But given that mr trump has appeared in person for the last two, it is probably likely that he will appear in person for this indictment. He tends to use them, as weve seen previously, as part of his campaign. And we are seeing his republican allies really rally around him. And in some ways, they are ramping up the rhetoric to defend him. Some of them are calling for the special prosecutions investigation to be defunded. They are saying that donald trump cant get a fair trial in dc. Of course, its being held here, the scene of the alleged crime because it is a left leaning city. They refer to it as the swamp. But remember, Donald Trumps second indictment, which is in florida. The trial will take place there. Florida is his home state. Its also a republican
And seeing the filth and the decay and all of the broken buildings and walls and the graffiti. This is not the place that i left. Its a very sad thing to see it. When you look at whats happening, this is a persecution of a political opponent. This was never supposed to happen in america. This is the persecution of the person thats leading by very, very substantial numbers in the republican primary, and leading biden by a lot. So if you cant beat him, you persecute him or you prosecute him. We cant let this happen in america. Thank you very much. Live to outside the courthouse now, with carl nasman. Good to see you, youve been at the courthouse all day today. Walk us through what you have seen unfolding. Seen unfolding. Definitely a lot of what seen unfolding. Definitely a lot of what we seen unfolding. Definitely a lot of what we saw seen unfolding. Definitely a lot of what we saw today i seen unfolding. Definitely a i lot of what we saw today was incredibly historic. Former President
He campaigns to return to the white house. He is charged with four counts detailed in this 45 four counts detailed in this 45 page indictment, Conspiracy To Defraud the United States can, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, attempt to obstruct an official proceeding and conspiracy against the rights of citizens. There is the special Counseljack Smith announcing the indictment. Today an indictment was unsealed Charging Donaldj trump with conspiring to defraud the United States, conspiring to disenfranchise voters and conspiring and attempting to obstruct an official proceeding. The indictment was issued by a grand jury of citizens here in the District Of Columbia and it sets forth the crimes charged in detail. I encourage everyone to read it in full. The attack on our Nation Plasma Capital on january six, 202i on our Nation Plasma Capital on january six, 2021 was an unprecedented assault on the seat of american democracy. Described in the indictment that was fuelled by lies,
Third arraignment this year. This time, special counsel jack smith is charging trump with four counts related to his attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 president ial election, which prosecutors say rose to the level of criminal conduct. His plane landed about ten minutes ago. Moments from now, we expect his motorcade to be en route to the courthouse. Once there, hes expected to enter not guilty pleas on all four counts. You see mr. Trump exiting his airplane right now. Now, to view those four counts, heres the breakdown. Count one, conspiracy to defraud the United States that involves those fake slates of electors in seven piracy to obstruct an official proceeding, count three, obstruction of an attempt to obstruct an official proceeding. Both those counts involve attempts to block the vote certification at the capitol on january 6th and count for conspiracy against rights, trying to block legally cast ballots in the 2020 election, according to prosecutors, as was the case wi
This is a very sad day for america. And it was also very sad driving through washington, dc and seeing the filth and the decay and all of the broken buildings and walls and the graffiti. This is not the place that i left. Its a very sad thing to see it. When you look at whats happening, this is a persecution of a political opponent. This was never supposed to happen in america. This is the persecution of the person thats leading by very, very substantial numbers in the republican primary and leading biden by a lot. So, if you cant beat him, you persecute him or you prosecute him. We cant let this happen in america. Thank you very much. Earlier, my colleague Sumi Somaskanda spoke to former congresswoman stephanie murphy. She served as a democratic representative for the State Of Florida and also worked on the House Select Committee to investigate the january 6th attack. Thank you so much forjoining us. Firstly, you served on the january Six Committee in the house of representatives. At