Continues with ac 360. For the first time in this countrys history, a former president of the United States has been charged with felonies allegedly committed while he was president. Im Anderson Cooper here in new york along with jake tapper. Anderson, the indictment charges former President Trump with four things, one that is antit antithetical. Despite having lost the defendant, donald trump, was determined to remain in power, unquote. We learned of the indictment in the 5 00 hour today. Shortly after 6 special counsel jack smith made a statement. Here it is in full. Good evening. Fod an indictment was unsealed charging donald j. Trump with conspiring to defraud the United States, conspiring to disenfranchise voters and extending and from disrupting the scene. It sets forth the crimes charged in detail. I encourage everyone to read it in full. The attack on our nations capitol on january 6th, 2021, was an unprecedented situation. It was filed in the indictment fueled by lies, lies by
and berated him. the vice president opposed it and said you re too honest which is incredible. and there s a time line of communications between the former president and former vice president leading up to and on january 6th that puts you in that moment between the two of them and the incredible pressure that was being brought to bear and the indictment draws the connection between the violence of the mob and what transpired and the lead up to it and it actually says that essentially that trump and his co-conspirators exploited that violence to increase the pressure. in paragraph 9 the 4, page 35, also on january 4th when co-con spiritor 2 which is attorney eastman acknowledged the defendant s senior adviser that no court would support it, senior adviser told co-con spiritor two, you re going to cause violence in the streets and they say