Proceeding, and conspiring against the rights of voters. It ties these to the violent attack of trumps voters at the capitol on january 6th. Special counsel jack smith spoke on that after it was filed. It was fueled by lies. Lies by the defendant, targeted at obstructing a Bedrock Function of the u. S. Government, a nations process of collecting, counting, and certifying the results of the president ial election. The men and women of Law Enforcement who defended the u. S. Capital on january 6th, are our heroes. They are patriots, and they are the very best of us. Since the attack on our capitol, the Department Justice has remained committed to ensuring accountability for those criminally responsible for what happened that day. This case has brought consistent with that commitment, and our investigation evander individuals continues. The indictment names trump as the only defendant, but it describes six coconspirators working with him to contest joe bidens win in 2020. Trump, no surpris
Welcome to the beat, everyone. We are beginning with a big show. We just have former Supreme Court Justice Stephen breyer joining us tonight. He recently retired, you may recall, and crated the vacancy for his former clerk. He is here tonight. And the coauthor of the art of the deal, tony swarts, returns with insight on Donald Trumps life as a defendant and a warning for any possible second term our top story is the latest in the legal problems that are swirling around trump considering right now he begins this week facing new testimony in the criminal trials a ruling on those gag order violations alleged by the d. A. Fallout from new indictments of 18 allies for Election Crimes in the states. Outrage over his own Supreme Court lawyers claims about this license to kill and the oral arguments which we got at the end of last week. The problems are breaking through in many different ways. In fact here is one way to put it. The collision of so many cases within a five day span underscores
Afoot. Brutal, and violence, and chaotic, they are vicious killers. It was a horrible betrayal. This wasnt supposed to happen ever. It was a chilly december morning, 2020. The high desert outside of los angeles. In there, behind barbed wire and secure blocks of thick concrete, a prisoner was placed in front of a camera. It was a parole hearing, for a life or who was not supposed to be set free. 50 miles away, nervous and worried, the sisters of the mans victim listen to a live broadcast. With her, historic l. A. Homicide detective, now retired. And rick jackson. Powerless to intervene, they waited for the boards decision. And it all came flooded back. As if decades had vanished. And the strange, terrible events had only just occurred. I worked homicide, but by the end of my career what it was 20 years. And you also think that you have seen everything, and this is one of those cases that, that just did not make any sense. No, it did not. Still does not. And maybe never well. It was just
utah, resort town, ski mecca, until he got busted on the highway for that fake passport, the new hideout for fugitive duncan martinez, a prime suspect in the murder of his good friend ron baker. park city was just the next convenient place to disappear, until that inconvenient traffic stop followed by his arrest on passport fraud charges. that changed things. so duncan came up with a new plan, we get a call from duncan martinez s attorney. informing us that duncan was willing to talk to us about what happened on the night of the murder, out of the clear blue sky. so, the detectives, and duncan s attorney and the da office agreed on some ground rules, he would tell the story all right, but only in exchange for some sort of limited immunity from prosecution, otherwise no story, no dice. we worked out a deal where he could talk to us freely, we couldn t use anything he told us against him. there is a term for the deal they made, they call it king for a day. fancy. he
emerson political contributor. greg, i want to start with this call, this call between donald trump and it made an unexpected appearance in today s indictment. what can you tell us about that? yeah, this caller got overshadowed by some of the other calls donald trump made to other georgia officials, like secretary of state brad raffensperger and governor brian kemp. but it was a key part of this indictment. and the call was made december 8th 2020, at a time when texas was pursuing a legal a lawsuit, seeking to invalidate georgia s election results. don trump called chris car, attorney general, who just issued a statement saying this lawsuit was null and void, it was a terrible idea, urging him to get on board and urging him not to tell other republican attorneys general to defy it. chris car apparently told him to kind of shove it, that election results would be upheld in georgia, and that he