reporter: evening, trace. this is the second federal indictment for the former president out of jack smith s investigation. the 2024 gop candidate who leads the field by a wide margin has already pleaded not guilty to 37 counts related to his alleged retention of classified records from his presidency. only this time we re talking about four federal charges, including conspiracy to defraud the u.s. conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding. obstruction and an attempt to obstruct an official proceeding. and conspiracy against right. notably resist allege the president knowingly made false claims about the election being stolen which, they claim, stoked the fires of january 6th. quote, these claims were false, and the defendant knew that they were false, but the defendant repeated and widely disseminated them anyway to make his knowingly false claims appear legitimate creating an intense national atmosphere of mistrust and anger and erode public faith in the administratio
A nation in decline as you well know, trace, it s going to be a very busy thursday because that is when the president is scheduled the former president is scheduled to appear in court here in dc. back to you. trace: again. we ll be there. kevin corke live for us in dc. kevin thank you also breaking today the alleged gilgo beach serial killer rex heuermann appeared in court for the first time since his arraignment and prosecutors will now begin turning over evidence to his attorneys after a 13-year investigation. in moments, legal analysis from prosecutor wendy patrick but first to bill melugin live on the key evidence on the case and bill so far the case pretty compelling. reporter: it is and he had a scowl on his face in court today as prosecutors were going after the mountains of evidence that they have against him. rex heuermann again in court today the suspected gilgo beach serial killer where prosecutors said they would hand over eight ter bites of data to his defense te