Sexual abuse former president. But also the most important trial of our life times. The United States of america versus donald trump. Tomorrow, trump will be arraigned in a washington, d. C. Courtroom. Hes expected to plead not guilty to four criminal counts, conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to obstruct, conspiracy to violate the right to vote and obstruction of an official proceeding. This latest indictment of the former president handed down by special counsel jack smith is an incredibly detailed and damning account of an attempt to subvert democracy and forcibly overturn the 2020 election. It pulls from firsthand accounts including people very close to the president and sets up a potential block buster trial with star witnesses, including his former Vice President and countless maga senators and members of the and members of congress. The core of the case is broken down into three parts. The first part details how trump was fully aware that he lost the election. F
took contemoraneous notes. as a former fbi investigator, frank, how happy would you be to have that quote? you re too honest from the defendant. boy, that stands out. some newspaper somewhere should have made that their headline because that really if there s one thing we all want to be accused of in any career we have is, hey, you re too honest, right? yeah. that says it all. that says it all about trump s mindset. i know this is wrong and god darn it you re getting in the way with this honesty of yours. it really jumps out. what does it say about one of the star witnesses that we re probably going to see if this goes to trial? well, it s going to be mike pence. it s going to be mike pence. mark meadows stands out to me, katie, somebody who is absent. he appears four times in the indictment. he s not a coconspirator and not listed. what do we know about whether he is a cooperating witness?
maga republicans. that is who all of the star witnesses for the prosecution will be. it is a fascinating moment in american history. katie bener, paul butler, frank, thank you all very much. coming up, this indictment gives republicans a chance to finally make a clean break of it with this poisonous figure. but will they take it? what trump s so-called allies are saying next. ing next detect this: living with hiv, i learned i can stay undetectable with fewer medicines. that s why i switched to dovato. dovato is a complete hiv treatment for some adults. no other complete hiv pill uses fewer medicines to help keep you undetectable than dovato. detect this: most hiv pills contain 3 or 4 medicines. dovato is as effective with just 2. if you have hepatitis b, don t stop dovato without talking to your doctor. don t take dovato if you re allergic to its ingredients or taking dofetilide. this can cause serious or life-threatening side effects.
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insurrection act the reason i really wanted to start with that tonight and that part of the indictment because i think that is the scariest part of the indictment, the insurrection act essentially says that to enforce laws of the united states in any state by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings the president may call into the federal service such of the military of any state and use such of the armed forces he considers necessary to enforce the laws or suppress a rebellion. the idea that there was a real consideration of using the united states military because per the indictment john eastman acknowledged to donald trump senior adviser that no court would support the proposal to switch out the electors for fake ones. and trump and his advisers were told you re going to cause riots in the street. so which eastman also responded, just like clark, previously been points in the nation s history where violence has been necessary to protect the republic. these guys were contemplati