the facts of the case, apply it to the law, and come to a verdict based on that. so long as the judge is confident that that can happen i don t see any way that a claim of reputational damage is going to be raised to the level of stopping a trial. barbara, i want to talk about the january six case for a little while. there are some reporting in the new york times that jared kushner and other people have spoken to the investigators in that case, and the argument in the article is that it would help jack smith s group to understand or to be able to prove, either in donald trump s own words, or from reliable witnesses under oath who were in the room, that donald trump knew he lost the election as opposed to thought he might have won the election. why is that distinction so important? well the crimes that are being considered by the special counsel are crimes of willful-ness, which means that you know what you are doing is
noticeably been trying to find a defense in the latter case, in the times they ve offered contradictory excuses to explain why it was the trump illegally retained government records, and seemingly obstructed federal authorities from retrieving this record for many months. if convicted in that case alone, it could produce a years-long prison sentence, and that is just one example of the legal peril the former president faces right now. and the classified documents investigation is in its early days. according to an abc news report this week, the special counsel s team recently informed a trump organization employee but they are a target in their investigation, which means that more indictments could be camille and the documents case. while trump cannot simply wish that away, there is one thing he can do to possibly evade accountability and even shut down the cases against him. all he has to do is become president again. and a new legal filing from trump s team this week signals that the
one of the conspiracy theories go something like this. the january 6th insurrection was a fbi false lack operation. the bureau concocted a plan to incriminate donald trump supporters. there were secret agents and informants among the insurrectionists that day. working to trap maga supporters red-handed. one of the key characters in that conspiracy theory is a man named ray apps. epps did join the crowd on january 6th. he did not enter the capitol. he has not been charged with a crime. he s been caught on video around the capitol that day in the day before. the conspiracy theory starts here are the night of january 5th. give me one minute, can be one minute! on the streets of d.c., tensions were running high at a pro trump rally being livestreamed on the internet. the marine veteran tried to take charge on prior gonna go to jail out there. tomorrow, we need to go into
(christina) with verizon business unlimited, i get 5g, truly unlimited data, and unlimited hotspot data. for everyone who lives here. so, no matter what, i m running this kitchen. (vo) make the switch. it s your business. it s your verizon. so this week fbi director, christopher wray, was questioned during a hearing before the house judiciary committed. christopher wray is a lifelong republican. like many other fbi directors before him. he was appointed by donald trump. if you had been at all tuned into right-wing media you probably seen top of defunding the fbi. this new crusade against the fbi is riddled with conspiracy theories about corruption, the deep state, and a democratic plot for total governmental control.
congresswoman jamie raskin about these increasingly desperate looking moves on the part of trump s team. listen to what he said. you can t prosecute him when he s president because he is president. you can prosecute him after his president, because he is running for president. and they argued, yeah, and you can t use the impeachment process because really, he should be tried they say, using the criminal statutes, but then you can never use the criminal statutes because he s always running for president, which for him, gives imperfect immunity and impunity. it is almost like donald trump would like to never be accountable to the justice system at all. for his part, or for its part, jack smith s team, which had previously proposed a december start date for the federal documents trial, submitted its own filing this week to oppose delaying the trial until after the 2024 election. quote, there is no basis in law or fact for proceeding in such