And im laura coates in washington, d. C. Look, this indictment is like nothing weve actually ever seen before in the history of this entire country and looking at it In Black And White is absolutely extraordinary. It begins with this, everyone. Quote, the defendant, donald j trump, was the 45th president of the United States and a candidate for reelection in 2020. The defendent lost the 2020 president ial election. As you say, laura, it begins that way with those simple words. He lost. That is a fact, but of course the person who had sworn to preserve, protect, and defend the constitution instead tonight is accused in this 45 page indictment of trying to overthrow Americas Free and Fair Elections in an attempt to stay in power. It has been 1001 days since the 2020 election exactly. It has been 137 days since the january 6th attack on the capitol. It is now, though, and only now that donald trump has been indicted on four criminal counts , Conspiracy To Defraud the United States, conspi
i m reminded of that saying, you will know this, well if the president does, it it is not illegal. well, the defense counsel for trump, and obviously i m paraphrasing, seem to suggest if it is spoken, there s automatically covered by the first amendment. what do you make of that initial defense? i don t think that is going to work. in fact, i think the crafting of this indictment really avoided that issue. they don t rely on his steal the vote speech, on the ellipse. it is really focused on his behavior, not first amendment protected, as one analogy was given earlier, you can t go in a bank and, say stick them up and say, claim the first amendment. i was expressing myself. that is what when you have a conspiracy, the words that bring their conspiracy together are not first amendment protected, i assure you. lots of law on that. don, do you think the other co-conspirators are going to be charged?
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