He faces four counts, including conspiracy to defraud the United States and to deny voters the right to have their ballots counted. Live now to tim heaphy, former lead investigator for the house january 6th select committee. Thank you so much forjoining us. I think for people who perhaps havent covered every twist and turn of the story, just explain to us why that january 6th select committee was so crucial to what we are seeing now . Facts are what makes cases and determines outcomes, and the select committee uncovered the core facts here. Congress created the select committee to investigate the facts and circumstances surrounding the attack on the capitol, and thats what we did through a series of hearings and ultimately and 845 page report. The committee set forth the core allegations that remain allegations against mr trump, he and his Co Conspirators specifically intended to prevent the transfer of power. So the indictment is built on a determination of fact by the select committe
Courthouse, there are pockets of trump supporters, anti trump protesters, but there truly is just a throng of media here to my left and right, this court is surrounded byjournalists and right, this court is surrounded by journalists and and right, this court is surrounded byjournalists and members of the media, everyone waiting for trump s arrival here which should happen in less than an hour, we are expecting him around 4pm local time. it really is an historic event, a former president being brought to court to hearfederal president being brought to court to hear federal charges read president being brought to court to hearfederal charges read out president being brought to court to hear federal charges read out before him. but many of these events will be seeing later today are starting to feel a little bit normal and routine. of course, this is now the third indictment that donald trump is facing, so a lot of what he ll be going through today he s already done, and we ve already see
Generation of leadership, so they re trying to figure out where to do that but, wolf, if we look back at history and 2016 all of those gop candidate, everyone waiting for trump, for the other person to take trump out, it never happened and wondering this time if that s a similar situation. eva, what can you tell us about the scrutiny? it s pretty intense right now, that desantis is under on another sensitive issue, his state s new guidelines on teaching the history of slavery in school jazz. this seems to be the issue that just won t go away for the governor. even senator scott weighing in on the trail. let s take a listen. there s no silver lining in freedom in slavery. the truth is anything you can learn, any benefits that people suggested to slavery you would have had a free person. i would hope that every person in our country and certainly running for president would appreciate that and, listen, people have bad day, sometimes they regret what they say and we