Vote and stay in power. Special counsel jack smith wrote in the indictment, quote, the defendant widely disseminated his false claims of Election Fraud for months, despite the fact that he knew and in many cases had been informed directly that they were not true. The defendants knowingly false statements were integral to his criminal plans to defeat the federal government function, obstruct the certification and interfere with others rights to vote and have their votes counted. The indictment also mentions six alleged coconspirators. They are unnamed, but nbc news them to be rudy giuliani, attorney john eastman, attorney Sidney Powell, former Justice Department official jeffrey clark, and attorney kenneth chesbro. Sixth is unclear but is described as a political consultant who helped implement the socalled fake electors scheme. Special counsel jack smith says he wants to bring this case to trial soon. In this case, my office will seek a speedy trial so that our evidence can be tested i
Donald trump engaged in a pervasive and systemic and destabilizing series of lies and went beyond just uttering the lies, but actually implemented a plan this indictment alleges to stop the lawful transfer of power and enlisted these six co-conspirators. it doesn t charge donald trump with inciting the january 6th riot or insurrection or seditious conspiracy, but says exploited the violence and was calling lawmakers as rioters were descending on the capitol urging them to slow down and stop the version of votes on january 6th. donald trump has some valid defenses here. he s going to argue as you heard there he was within his first amendment rights. his lawyers will argue he legitimately believed there was fraud in the election, but there is an avalanche of evidence in this indictment that he was told time and again that in fact he lost the election, and his claims were bogus, jose. and so, ken, we expect the former president to actually be there tomorrow at that courtroom in d.c. y