Person to be charged in connection with the insurrection according to one count is a former president and a current front runner for the nomination of a Major Political party who is already facing 74 criminal counts. Who stands accused of trying to defraud the government that he led at that time. Trying to obstruct the proceedings of a branch of government and trying to overturn the will of millions of voters in the swing states that determined the outcome of the Electoral College. The big question now that trump has been booked and fingerprinted, whats next in this case . Which is really unlike any other in American History. Here is what team trump has planned according to the New York Times. His lawyers used the arraignment to hint at one of his central defense strategies, a request to delay a second pending federal trial for months if not years. Delaying the proceedings as much as possible is widely expected to be part of mr. Trumps legal strategy given that he could effectively cal
Merit. he anticipated this defense, saying he had every right to speak publicly and make statement, but the former president went beyond that. smith says, quote, each of these conspiracies, which built on the widespread mistrust the president was creating about election fraud started a bedrocks function of the united states government. the federal government function, meaning it was the former president s actions, not his words, that trump is being charmed for. our friend and former u.s. attorney barbara mcconveyed put it, the first amendment threat is a loser. no right is absolute. by this logic all that osama bin laden did on 9/11 was engage in speech. axios provides this context.