Will be putting out yet another fake indictment of your a favorite president , me, at 5 00 p. M. Provided and they do this 2. 5 years ago . Why did they wait so long . They wanted to put it right in the middle of my campaign. Prosecutorial misconduct. A grand jury who will decide whether or not to indict trump over election interference, they met earlier today. Hes outside the d. C. Court house where they ran meeting. Can you give us your report . What did you see . Good afternoon. Obviously, that truth social post was made by the former president at 4 41. Being that there was going to be this 5 00 news. We have not yet yet. All day long about whether or not we could see indictments come. Security around this courthouse did pick up your noticeably the first thing we notice is when we came here, dana, it was no federal protective service but some patrol cars out in front of the courthouse still here behind me. The grand jury as you mentioned gay men met today. Slowly they trickled all a
As you are looking live there, Special Counsel jack smith will make remarks at a News Conference from the Justice Department shortly. We will bring those to you here live and we have a full show of reaction to all of the developments and the specifics on the charges for that Griff Jenkins has the details outside the courthouse. Griff good evening. Donald trump has been ordered to appear in court behind me for First Court Appearance and possible arraignment. That is the news breaking at this moment. It will be on thursday at 4 00 p. M. Now Special Counsel jack smith has laid these allegations out in the form of Speaking Indictment where prosecutors lay out a detailed time narrative events surrounding the january 6th, 2021 capitol ri ri. How they dealt with his refusal to accept the results of the 2020 president ial election. The indictment alleges, bret, that trump falsely claimed the election was stolen, that he pressured State Officials to nullify Voting Results and sought to interfer
court of law. i would like to thank the members of the federal bureau of investigation who are working on this investigation with my office as well as the many career prosecutors and agents from around the country who have worked on previous january 6th investigations these men and women are highest order and it is a privilege to work alongside them. thank you. why didn t you charge any of the other? will this effect the election? are you going to bring any more charges against more individuals? bret: special counsel jack smith, a short statement there on the four counts. again, the 45th president of the united states indicted for a third time on four counts, conspiracy to defraud the u.s., conspiracy to obstruct official proceeding. obstruction of official proceeding. conspiracy against rights.
trump s public words were, behind the scene trump and his inner circle wb using all of the powers to cheat, not to stop the steal. but to start it. it is an attempt to undermine the will of the people. it was anti-democratic and potentially criminal. reporter: the 45th president of the united states tried to coerce the department of justice to lie on his behalf while also strong-arming state and local election officials to overthrow the election. there is no question that our democracy is at a breaking point. reporter: in the weeks following the election, trump and his inner circle would wage a high-pressure campaign. hello, francis, how are you. hello, brett and ryan and everybody. it is rudy giuliani. reporter: at least 30 contacts between trump and republican officials in crucial states, georgia, michigan, pennsylvania, and arizona. the white house operator. i was out to dinner with friends and a phone call came
the concern you have is not only was that attempt and attack on the constitution but an attack on truth and planted the idea in the minds and hearts of larry elders that s not a bad ploy for me. if i lose it must have been fraud and causes people to realize reporting on the justice department there were a few people at the top that resisted the treaties of the president of the united states. the lesson people will learn from that who want to follow in donald trump s footsteps, put power in the hands of people that are more pliable and can be per persuaded to do terrible things rather than have people adear to the rule of law and doing what is right. the future harm in the california election and in the 2022 midterms and the 2024 election and elections all over the country, the concern is the people will do what donald trump did because they think it might help them and that s the thing