Months, the former president of the United States has been indicted, arrested, and a range. And lets face it, weve become oddly familiar with how this all goes. Theres the release of the indictment itself, helicopters following black suvs, and of course, the court sketches, all followed by a barrage of deranged posts on truth social. Theres a bit of a rinse and repeat feeling that starting to set in. But this one did feel different, because it is different. It felt bigger, because it is bigger. The indictment filed by Special Counsel jack smith this week detailed the ways in which an american president engaged in a criminal conspiracy from the oval office to subvert the will of the people. Of course, like any criminal defendant, trump is innocent until proven guilty. There will be a trial, and his legal team will mount a defense. But no matter how it ends, this is the one that historians will be talking about 100 years from now. Trump is now facing four criminal counts in this case, in
To possible witness intimidation, to questionable defense arguments. 100 questions for and Andrew Weissmann. And later, served as an Impeachment Manager and on the january Six Committee. Congressman jamie raskin joins me live to discuss his reactions to the charges and what she is watching for next. For the third time informants, the former president of the United States has been indicted, arrested, and arraigned. Lets face, that we have become oddly familiar with how this all goes. There is the release of the indictment itself, helicopters falling blackest movies, and of course, the court sketches, all followed by a barrage of deranged posts on so there is a rinse and repeat feeling that starting to sudden. This one did feel different because it is different. Felt bigger because it is bigger. The indictment filed by Special Counsel jack smith this week detailed the ways in which an american president engaged in a criminal conspiracy from the oval office to subvert the will of the peop
well, rico has been used mostly not against the mafia, if you look at all of the rico prosecutions in the country at the federal and state level, and of course there could be something trank something strange that belongs to one group. it is organizing people together in a conspiracy in order to achieve an illegal end and in this case the overthrow of a presidential election and substituting a counterfeit process made up of fake electors for the actual process that the people voted on. so, there are a lot of component criminal parts to it and there were a lot of people involved and that seems as if it is custom made for a rico prosecution, the way that we ve developed it. if people want to talk about reforming the rico statute, then we could analyze that. but it is been upheld against constitutional attack repeatedly. five of the 19 individuals charged as part of this conspiracy are now asking to move to federal court.
would be something strange about a law that applies only to one group. it applies to a pattern of racketeering activity that is organizing people together into a conspiracy in order to achieve an illegal end. in this case, the overthrow of a presidential election and substituting a counterfeit process made up of fake electors for the actual process that the people voted on. so there are lots of component criminal parts to it and there were a lot of people involved and that to me seems as if it s custom made for a rico prosecution the way that we ve developed it. if people want to talk about reforming the rico statute then we can analyze that, but it s been upheld against constitutional attack repeatedly. five of the 19 individuals charge as part of this conspiracy are now asking to move to federal court and it raises questions about whether a state can charge individuals for actions that they allegedly took when they were federal
evidence that they were involved in this complex conspiracy to accomplish a single criminal objective which is to overthrow our actual presidential election and substitute a counterfeit process for it. 2024 presidential candidate asa hutchinson who will join me in a bit, he says that donald trump might be disqualified from holding office based on the 14th amendment which says that u.s. officials who engage in insurrection or rebellion or aid and comfort them cannot hold office again. you were not only an impeachment manager in the january 6th impeachment of donald trump. you were a constitutional scholar. so do you agree with asa hutchinson on this? well, absolutely, wooe been saying all along that the 14th amendment presents a clear and unequivocal statement that anyone who has sworn in an oath