20 20 election. No surprise that former president coming out swinging against the charges and the Special Counsel. Welcome to our brandnew hour of americas newsroom. I am dana perino. Whats my name again . Dana murray. Whats my name . Build something. I cant remember. Its after royalty. As william and his George Barrett i was going to say charles. Here we go again now. That third indictment of trump under president bidens justice department. Burned former president charged with 4 Felony Counts in a sweeping 45page indictment. Critics complain it is a crusade against free speech. My concerns me as many of the people celebrating their second indictment are just simply dismissing the implications for free speech. Those are quite dire and real. This is criminalizing disinformation. But the Department Of Justice is saying is that we recognize that politicians can save most things but just not trump because he was told they were false. Begins anew brad baer has got The Big Picture in a momen
stopping lawmakers from weighing in. now from the hill with more today. good morning. the condemnation came in pretty fast and furious from the republican side. let s start with house speaker kevin mccarthy who came to trump s defense very, very quickly tweeting this. it is the doj s attempt to distract from the news and attack the front runner for the republican nomination. house judiciary chairman jim jordan adding when you drain the swamp, the swamp fights back. president trump did nothing wrong. republicans are taking particular issue with the charge of conspiracy due to probably u.s. when trump disputed the 2020 election results, they are saying that everybody from joe biden to nancy pelosi, they all made similar disputes back over the 2016 election. they are also raising questions about the timing of this. coming just one day after the bombshell devon archer test