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Donald trump is expected to head to washington, d. C. Where he will make his first appearance in Federal Court in connection with the january 6 riot and attempts to overthrow the 2020 election. How the nations capitol is preparing for his Possibility Appearance down the road from the site of the insurrection. And then who are trumps six coconspirators listed in the indictment and not named and how do they fit into trumps world . Cnn has identified five of them. Who is number six . Plus, she was Speaker Of The House when the mob of maga rioters stormed the capitol. We have got to get to proceed congresswoman nancy pelosi, democrat of california will join me life with her first interview since the january 6 indictment. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. Just about 24 hours from right now donald trump is expected to appear in Federal Court here in washington, d. C. Where he will face unprecedented criminal charges for his unprecedented alleged attempts to overthrow the 2020 election or as the grand jury put it, despite having lost, the defendant was determined to remain in power, unquote. Today well walk you through every angle of this stunning indictment including the four charges. How did donald trump allegedly break the law, what kind of punishment could he face, our legal experts are here. Were also going to take a closer look at the judge overseeing this case. District judge Tanya Chutkan. Shes presided over a dozen of cases of january 6 rioters aand ruled against trumps legal team once before. Plus well take a look at who are the coconspirators. They would identify five of the six in the indictment, including former President Trump lawyers, Rudy Giuliani an john eastman and sidney powell. They could still be chargedm. And whether trumps team suggested violence could be necessary to keep him in office. The references in the indictment about potential riots in the streets and sending the u. S. Military to suppress any protesters. And of course well take a look at the political impact of all this on the 2024 race. The white house has tried to distance itself from the Justice Departments actions. But will President Biden campaign on the charges against his top rival . And how will this arrest impact trump, or any of his republican opponents . Cnn Katelyn Polantz is outside of the courthouse in d. C. Will trump be in Court Tomorrow in person, or can this arrest and arraignment take place remotely . Reporter jake, this court does do remote appearances sometimes for defendants that arent in custody. But this is donald trump and hes going to be here in person in washington, d. C. That is the full expectation of both the court and as well as everybody involved with this. We did get a statement from the Secret Service a bit ago saying there are some shortterm traffic implications. The Secret Service is the Law Enforcement entity to protect donald trump. But there are a lot of Law Enforcement that is going to be in Downtown Washington tomorrow making sure everything around here is secure. There is Building Security from the federal government, scity police and Capital Police to make Sure Donald Trump could get in and out of this courthouse to face these charges against him related to january 6 for the first time. Kaitlan, we know about tomorrow, what are we going to find out about the schedule beyond that . The next time trump will be in court in this case, for example . Reporter jake, in this courthouse, we on do hear the next date at the end of the these initial hearings. So it is very possible were getting even a beginning sense of the timeline as soon as tomorrow. So the hearing tomorrow, it is kpek expected to be quite shortp it is before a Magistrate Judge. Judge sheila apathi. And shes going to be making Sure Donald Trump knows what hes charged with and giving him the opportunity to put his initial pleading of in not guilty. And then the case goes to district judge Tanya Chutkan and shes the one that really sets the schedule and sets essentially the schedule not just the trial, but everything that happens up to trial. This case could be fairly straightforward in that hes the only defendant and not like in florida, there is no classified information. It is these charges much of which is already wellknown because of the ongoing investigation. Jake. Katelyn polantz in washington, d. C. Thank y thank you so much. Lets look at the charges donald trump will be arrested and arraigned on tomorrow. Correspondent paula reid is here with us. Lets start with the conspiracy to defraud the United States. What exactly does that mean . Jake, no real surprises here in the list of charges for that particular charge. What youre alleging is a scheme between tany two people to defraud the u. S. Government and here theyre alleging that former president not only conspired with one person but with six other people to try to undermine the outcome of the 2020 election. And then they use the indictment to try to explain exactly how they believe he did that. Alleging that he tried to install these slates of fake elekkors, tried to pressure states, pressure his own Vice President and even use his own Justice Department to overturn the results of the election. Now, a Key Component of prosecuting someone under which charge is proving deceit which is why you see throughout this indictment they continue to emphasize how trump knew that these claims of Election Fraud were false and how many people told him there is no evidence to support this. Counts two and three that trump faces are about an official proceeding. Walk us through those. What does that mean . This is about january 6 itself and theyre alleging that he conspired to infear that day with this proceeding. And this is one of the frequently used Felony Charges against the people who actually rioted on january 6. And then of course there is count four. Conspiracy against rights. Do we know for sure this is specifically alleging that donald trump violated the Voting Rights of individuals. This is a surprise. When we learned from the target letter but this charge criminalized any effort to quote, injure,o press or threaten or intimidate people to stop them from exercising their Constitutional Rights and prosecutors are alleging that trump tried to prevent people from being able to properly exercise their right to vote. And the history of this particular law is interesting. This is passed after the civil war to prevent groups like the ku klux klan from trying to terrorize black people trying to exercise their constitutional right to vote. So it is been limited in terms of its use. The Supreme Court has limited its use. It could fit here, but it is up to prosecutors to prove this beyond a reasonable doubt. Just quickly, paula, is this about trying to prevent individuals from voting or trying to prevent those individuals from their votes being counted . Theyre votes being counted because one of the key aspects of this scheme wasnt to prevent people from walking into a voting booth but to prevent the slate of electors who would represent their votes from actually being represented in congress. Very interesting. Paula reid, thank you so much. Lets talk about this can Kaitlan Collins and jamie gangel and also with us elie honig. For voters who might think turning out another Trump Indictment and i cant keep track of what these are all about any more. Give us the 30,000 foot view on why this is significant . Because i think this is the legacy of the trump administration. For everything that happened while he was in office, the way he left office and the way he fought to maintain his grip on power is the story of the trump presidency. And it was an attack on democracy and to try to overturn votes. I mean, you could see it in the description of the way that people who worked there have even talked about it and the way they talked about that day. Whether or not they believe what he did was criminal or wrong, look at what mike pence himself has been saying about this. Saying that he was asked to overturn the election on that dayme day, and so that is why this is such a big part of this. An this is a question for candidates on the Campaign Trail because when you talk to the die hard loyal supporters of the former president , they dont believe what happened on january 6 by enlarge was wrong or anything happened that day. You see how he has whitewashed it and said it is a peaceful protest and people letting their voices be heard. But when you talk to independent and Middle Of The Road voters which helped get him to office the first time, that is not how they see it. So i think it is a question for the other candidates in stark terms as this is playing out. Not just trump, whitewashing, he has an entire conservative maga media next work with fox and others that are others that are lying and whitewashing this. What do you make the comments, one, that the things he said were constitutionally protected free speech and two there is no way that prosecutors could prove that trump knew the lies he was telling about the election were lies. So, first of all, the indictment is filled with examples of incidents they believe prove that trump knew that he lied. I mean, page after page after page. From a practical point of view, jack smith would not have brought this case if he didnt think he was going to get a conviction here. Look, common sense. Donald trump knew he had lost. He heard it from his attorney general, from his white House Counsel and from his campaign officials, from mike pence. These are all close advisers and allies, if he had stayed in power, they have would have stayed in powerm. It was to their benefit to stay in power. So this was not about free speech. This was not about the fact that he didnt understand the advice he was getting, it wasnt the advice he wanted. He wanted to stay in power. So he went looking for people who would back that up with these crazy plots like john eastman. And elie, john laura raised the notion that they might try to move this trial out of washington, d. C. Take a listen. Would you seek a venue change . Absolutely. Where do you want it to go. Well there is other options. There is West Virginia which is close by. There is other areas of the country. West virginia . Absolutely. It is very in close proximity. Which is the political opposite of washington, d. C. You think youll get a fair trial there. Much more diverse than washington, d. C. Putting aside that West Virginia is more diverse than washington, d. C. , what do you think about the argument for A Change Of Venue . Well i think it is a motion that Donald Trumps team is smart to make but certain to lose. I understand why donald trump wants to get out of the district of columbia as mr. Laurel said, he got 5. 4 of the vote there there 2020. By the way, he got 68 of the vote in West Virginia. But in order to succeed on this motion, you need first of all, one option is if doj agrees, theyre not going to agree. And then you go to the judge. The judge could move the case to a different venue, if it is monther convenient, and this is wildly inconvenient and this is the fairness of the trial. But judge will say we have Jury Selection Processes and donald trump will have the right to strike and get rid of many jurors and i will instruct jurors that theyre to put aside their political beliefs. It is doomed to lose. And kaitlan, you were talking about mike pence a sec ago. Take a listen to his latest sound on the dime. Sadly, the president was sour rounded by a group of Crackpot Lawyers that kep telling him what his itching ears wanted to hear. And while i made my case to him, the president ultimately continued to demand that i choose him over the constitution. I mean, no lies detected. But do you think pences team was prepared for how much his view of what happened during that period was going to be part of the indictment. I think they knew after he was forced to speak to jack smiths temperature. They did fight it on a different reason. And obviously he had to go in. Obviously he either quoted his notes to jack smith or he gave jack smith the notes that he took after a meeting that he had with donald trump on january 4th. And the other part of the indictment is where trump was telling people who were saying pence doesnt have that power and trump said well you dont need to talk to pence. I will talk to the Vice President. And saying people who were undercutting his argument shouldnt be talking to pence. But the other thing that pence said w while he was in iowa, they didnt ask for pence to do anything wrong, they just asked for a pause on the vote count. But pence said it wasnt that they asked for a pause. They specifically asked me to litly reject votes which would have resulted in an issue being turned over to the House Of Representatives and then ensued in chaos. How is this playing in pences camp . I think this mike pence, there is no surprise to them that he was in the indictment. He is a firsthand fact witness. There was meeting after meeting, phone call after phone call. He may have been a reluctant witness, but now that hes there, he can provide evidence that nobody else could provide. Of what donald trump was saying, thinking and doing. A group of Crackpot Lawyers. Im going to be quoting that. Crackpot is one word and i accidently did it as two on twitter. And jack smith said he will seek a speedy trial. Do you think this trial could happen theoretically before the classified documents case, which is scheduled for when again . May of 2024. So, jake, it is theoretically possible this january 6 trial gets heard before the election but something has to give. Because as it stands right now we have a five month block in the middle of 2024. The new york hush money case started in late march and that will go through to april. The maralago documents case started in may and that will go through to june and july. You will not start a january 6 trial in august of 20 t24, so t only pocket only if one of t trials set right now moves. Thanks. One and all. Coming up, shell be overseeing the most high protrial criminal case in the United States, so who is the judge in the donald trump january 6 case. That is next. And how the latest Trump Indictment could have an impact on your money after one agency downgrades the u. S. Credit rating. Stay with us. 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Promoted the idea that the electoral certification could be stopped. A big champion of that idea and we from our coverage and he pushed a memorandum that Vice President mike pence could overturn the election. We know that is not true. He never had that legal right. Sidney powell, she was out there. Former trump lawyer, widely promoted the baseless allegations of Election Fraud notably she was one of the really big names out there pushing the idea that there was something wrong with the voting machines. Which also is not true. Jeffrey clark, he was over in the Justice Department, the indictment quotes email suggesting he tries to use the Justice Department to overturn the election. He pushed the idea of alternate slates of electors in each state. Like okay the state has chosen the electors, lets name other ones for trump and have them pretend to be the right ones all in what looked Like Exchange for a big promotion. To become the attorney general. Which did not happen. And then kenneth cheeseboro, he worked on the alternate electors plan. And you could also take it for granted, everyone denies doing anything wrong. But these are the people that we believe are the unindicted coconspirators. So i would say, so that is one through five. Who do we think number six could be in what do we know about him or her . Number wsix is the wild card. We do know what we could learn from the indictment about him. Identity is unclear. This person helped implement a plan to submit fraudulent slates of electors, was on a Conference Call with giuliani and cheeseboro before pennsylvania electors and i know youve covered that and tried to confirm Phone Numbers for senators for giuliani and trump on january 6 when we know there is a real push to say, lets just let things keep boiling to give us a little more time to see if maybe we could stop this from being certified. So we dont he we dont know name, but we know a little bit about the person. Coming up, the judge is no stranger to cases involving the january 6 riot. Judge Tanya Chutkan rejected trumps attempt to block the select committee from accessing white house records. Cnns Jessica Schneider drove into her background and compiled . Of her prior remarks that have trump defenders raising their eyebrows. Impartiality is bedrock. Reporter judge Tanya Chut Canwas Kwon termed in 2014 after being nominated by president barack obama. For nearly a decade, she served as one of about two dozen judges at the federal trial court in washington, d. C. The ideal judge has always been for me one who is open minded, fair, and prepared. Reporter but now that shes been selected to preside over the trial, her impartialality is being questioned. She worked for Hunter Bidens firnl of choice. In november 2021, she rejected trumps attempts to block the january 6 committee from accessing more than 700 pages of his white house records. Writing, president s are not kings and plaintiff is not president. Her decision was slammed by trump but delighted democrats leading the congressional investigation into the capitol attack. It is a big deal. We have a lot of information weve requested. Reporter the judge has over seen dozens of criminal cases against Capitol Rioters and implicated trump on several oaks saying he did not go to the capitol out of love for our country. He went for one man. And pushed back against claims that the protesters on january 6 can be compared to other people protesting against racial inequality in recent years. Saying during one hear in 2021, to compare the action of people protesting mostly peacefully for civil rights to those of a vile mob seeking to overthrow the government is a false equivalence and poses a foundation of rain shower democracy. The judge has been strong in her rulings related to january 6. She has given many memorable entertainments, president s are not kings and like. So good draw for the prosecution. Reporter now judge chutkan has come down hard sentencing some of the convicted Capitol Rioters an denounced their disdain for the rule of law. And tomorrows arraignment of the former president , it will be in front of a Magistrate Judge and after that, the case will be handed over to judge chutkan. Shell con duck the criminal trial proceedings. Thank you so much. A keep dive in one of the ploeft troubling details from inside of the indictment. All learning to save and spend their money with chase. The chefs Cooooking Up Firsts with her new debit card. Hungry . Uuhuh. The designerers eyeing sequins. Uh no plaid. While mom is eyeing his spending. Nice. And the engineer . Shes taking control with her own account for college. Three futures, all with chase. Freedom for kids. Control for parents. One bank for both. Chase. Make more of whats yours. Hi, im jill and ive lost 56 pounds on golo. Hi, im barry and ive lost 42 pounds. Jill and i are a team. 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In our Law And Justice lead, one of the most striking takeaways from the new indictment of former donald trump, the flip references to violence. Ae allegedly made together with the coconspirators at the january 6 rally, it is quite chilling. The indictment includes some startling details about the alleged willingness of trumps coconspirators to foment violence. In a meeting on january 4th, one of President Trumps adviser told john eastman his plan to undermine the election would cause riots in the streets. The indictment said that east man responded that there had previously been pointed in the nations history where violence was necessary to protect the republic, unquote. And former Justice Department official jeffrey clark, number four, expressed a similar sentiment in a meeting on january 3rd when he was told by a deputy white House Counsel there would be riots in every major city if trump didnt leave office. According to the indictment, clark responded, quote, well that is why there is an insurrection act, a reference to the 1807 law empowering the president to use the military to suppress any civil disorder. The indictment mentioned how trump and two coconspirators spoke at the save america rally in washington, d. C. A few hours before the counting at the capitol. Rudy giuliani riling up the crowd. Lets there trial by combat. Reporter . And then President Trump saying the rules no longer apply. Fraud breaks up everything. When you catch someone in a fraud, youre Alo Youed To Go by did he vifrn rules. And it notes how trump and his coconspirators encouraged them to believe mike pence had the power to overturn the election results. All we are demanding of Vice President pence is this afternoon at 1 00, he let the legislatures of the state look into this so we get to the bottom of it. I hope mike is going to do the right thing. I hope so. I hope so. Because if mike pence does the right thing, we win the election. And then trump said this. We fight. We fight like hell. And if you dont fight like hill hell, youre not going to have a country any more. And a few hours later, some in the crowd chanted hang mike pence. [ Crowd Chanting ] now charles burnham, an turn for john eastman said the indictment relies on a misleading presentation of the record and that his client would declina plea deal if offered one. Bernham said the fact is if dr. Eastman is indicted hell go to trial and if convicted he will appeal and they are confident of its legal position in this matter, unquote. Cnn also reached out to the attorney for jeffly clark. We have not received a response yet. And even within the past two weeks we should note that donald trump issued another veiled threat of violence saying this could be very dangerous if he were jailed over the 2020 election case. He pointed to socalled passion of his fan base. Trump has rejected any suggestion he was if the wrong in any way after the election. Let as talk about this all with former republican congressman Adam Kinzinger who investigated the january 6 attack. Congressman, obviously a lot of this information, though not all of it, but a lot was revealed by your committee, the january 6 committee. But what do you think about the four counts trump was charged with and did anything in the Dime Surprise you at all . Well, im glad, obviously, hes being charged. We cant be a county that allows just go after former president s but we cant allow them to get away with attempted cues. I think what you just laid out, the level of acknowledgment that there would be violence and kind of the cavalier attitude or the callousness. I think the intent, the extent to which Rudy Giuliani continued to try to Lobby Congress both during and after the violence, it still blows me away and surprise surprises me. And i still cant wrap my head around that all of this, everything that our country has been through is based on one mans inability to accept that he lost and he lied. And there is not a lot that surprises many he. But im certainly glad doj has seemed to be able to get even deeper than we were. Are you disappointed that trump is not facing any charges directl directly connected with the violence on january 6. I mean five people did lose their lives and four of them were trump supporters. So, i would like to see it happen. You know, that is up to the doj to figure out what that avenue is, to charge somebody with. And im holding out hope here that there is still going to be a superseding indictment, maybe more charges against the former president as they continue to get more information. Maybe that next tier is going to be indicted, the unindicted Co Coconspirators. But regardless of what happens, this is important that the former president s being held accountable to this level. Trump attorney john laurel is previewing how he and the Trump Legal Team intend to defend him in this case. Take a listen. Our defense is focusing on that we have a administration that has criminalized the free speech and advocacy of a Prior Administration during time that there is a political election going on. What is your reaction to this Free Speech Defense . Well it is asinine. A couple of things. First off, theyre not saying, if you notice, not saying well we think the election was stolen. Theyre not making that argument. Theyre saying the president has a right to lie. Okay. Fine. The president really doesnt have a right to lie when it leads to an attempted coup. And that is what i think people are missing. This is just not a president speaking. The president first off, when you make an oath, when you swear an oath to constitution, to uphold and defend it, you have to live by their standards. But secondly, when you attempt a coup, and that is what this was. You have to be held accountable. Theyre saying as long as the coup fails, well then it is just freedom of speech. If it succeeds, theyre in power and they could do whatever they want. That is very dangerous for this country and that is probably the only defense they could make in terms of the first amendment. But i think it is asinine. And it is called a Two Tiered System Of justice and accusing them only to do this to distract about news from hunter biden. This is a different message from What Mccarthy was saying shortly after the riot. Just to remind our viewers. Take a look. The president bears responsibility for wednesdays attack on congress by mob rioters. He should have immediately denounced the mob when he saw what was unfolding. Ive had with this guy. What he did is unacceptable. Nobody could defend that an nobody should defend it. The last part is from january 10th, 2021. A Conference Call that mccarthy was on. Why is he now one of trumps biggest defenders and pretending that horrific day didnt happen . Well i could make this quick. When you give a little bit of your soul, you have to give all of your soul. Because of the sunken cause fallacy. Can you not admit you were wrong the whole time. And knows better. He wouldnt want to carry around the burden he carries of misleading the entire country but that is his burden to bear. Adam kinzinger, thank you very much. Coming up, how the latest indictment could impact the u. S. Economy and your wallet. That is next. Baby i hear one every night. Every night. Okay. Ill work on that. Save up to 500 on the new sleep number® smart bed. Plus, free home deliveryry when you add an adjustable base. Shop now only atat sleep number®. You tried. Limiting when it was okay. No tech behind closed doors. But social medias algorithms of addiction always won out. Its not your fault. Alone you cant stop it. Together, we will. We have a plan. 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Those words from ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelens after drones blew up Grain Warehousthe port city on the danube river, that divides ukraine and romania. Romanias president said the proximity of the strikes is unacceptable. This comes as ukraine continues to claw back its land to the east. Nick paton walsh has some stunning video from the frontlines. Reporter its usually only the dead lying here. But sometimes, a glimpse of life shines. This drone spotting a ukrainian soldier, separated from his unit. Wounded in the chest and leg by shelling, he filmed this as he lay alone, bleeding. He feared whatever fight he would put up would not be enough he later told cnn. Translator i was ready to fight for my life, and i did, laying there under the blazing sun. I realized i was too close to the russians, and you even look at your gun in a different way. Reporter but the Drone Operators had other plans. They attached water, medicine, and a note to the drone and sent it back. It found him again and dropped the package. But he didnt know if it was friendly or a russian bomb. Translator all the time i was crawling, a drone was always hovering above. We didnt realize if it was friend or foe. It was a lottery. Reporter this is the moment he realized the drone may save him. The water and medicine kept coming, easing the pain that was visible, even from up high. And then he crawled back to safety. Translator the Combat Medics who gave me first aid when they found me were very surprised i survived for two days with a pierced lung. Reporter hes recovering and talks now of a new life with greater value and purpose. They dont want to leave anyone behind, said the drone operator. Translator every life is important to us. I could not live with myself if we just left someone behind in the field. [ gunfire ] reporter probably only several miles away, salvation was uglier. Here, as ukrainian assaults by the 15th National Guard on a russian position. [ explosion ] [ gunfire ] it is ferocious, and eventually forced a dozen Russian Troops to pull back. Artillery had injured the russian commander badly, and the russians left him behind, presuming he was dead. But this video sup plied by Ukrainian Forces shows they found him alive. He received medical treatment. Without naming him for his safety, he was later awarded a posthumous medal according to Russian Media reports. Left behind and declared dead by his comrades. The ukrainians who found him say he may have wished he didnt survive. We said, dont try anything or youll die. And he asked us to shoot him. When we offered him a chance to do it himself, but he said he could not do that. Hes an enemy, and i had no real desire to save him. But orders are orders, and they had our guys, and we can swap prisoners. Translator as a human, i was shocked that they had left him behind. But as a soldier, i know my enemy, and i know its not an uncommon practice for them. Reporter the opposite fates on different sides in these wide, ugly expanses of violence. Now, parts, of course, of ukraines Renewed Push South in this counteroffensive is losses on both sides. You can see they are mounting. That remarkable less cow and taking into captivity of a russian commander. We may see more of what we saw today, jake, attacks near the Romanian Border On Grain Facilities by russia, perhaps to taunt nato who is staunchly backing ukraine and a reflection of how vulnerable russia feels as ukraine increases the pressure in the south. Remarkable story from zaporizhzhia. Thank you so much. She was on the house floor when those rioters stormed the capitol on january 6th, 2021. Now nancy pelosi will talk to us about the latest trump charges in her first interview since the indictment came down, thats next. With hairsrspray that flexes with you. New tresemme hairspray. Wayfair has deals so big that you might get a big head. You can get your dream sofa for half the price. 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The gunman who shot and killed 11 people at a pittsburgh synagogue will be executed for carrying out the worst antisemitic attack on american soil. The families of the victims respond to the jury. Then she was in the capitol when rioters stormed and tried to stop lawmakers have certifying the election results. Nancy pelosi joins me live in her first interview since trumps indictments. And leading this hour, donald trump preparing to appear before a federal judge here in the Nations Capital in less than 4 hours, facing allegations from special counsel jack smith that he was the pivotal figure in a conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election, which the special counsel called an unprecedented assault on american democracy. Lets get right to evan perez. Trump is scheduled to be arraigned tomorrow. What are we expecting to happen, and what do we know about a possible timeline for a trial . Reporter jake, we expect this to happen very quickly. The former president is going to come into town. 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