Glimpse into the defenses lawyers will make on the stand. Here is jonna lauro on meet the press. The defense is quite simple. Donald trump, president trump, believed in his heart of hearts that he had won that election. And as any american citizen, he had a right to speak out under the First Amendment. He had a right to petition governments around the country, state governments. Based on his grievances that Election Irregularities had occurred. He had every right to speak about the important issues that were taking place after the election. A technical violation of the constitution is not a violation of criminal law. That is just plain wrong. Except a technical violation of the constitution by definition is still a violation of the constitution. The constitution, in six different places, opposes insurrection and our constitution is designed to stop people from trying to overthrow elections, and trying to overthrow the government. Moments later, democratic congressman jamie raskin respo
Lawyers will make on the stand. Here is jonna lauro on meet the press. The defense is quite simple. Donald trump, president trump, believed in his heart of hearts that he had won that election. And as any american citizen, he had a right to speak out under the First Amendment. He had a right to petition governments around the country, state governments. Based on his grievances that Election Irregularities had occurred. He had every right to speak about the important issues that were taking place after the election. A technical violation of the constitution is not a violation of criminal law. That is just plain wrong. Except a technical violation of the constitution by definition is still a violation of the constitution. The constitution, in six different places, opposes insurrection and our constitution is designed to stop people from trying to overthrow elections, and trying to overthrow the government. Moments later, democratic congressman jamie raskin responded to lauro by making th
Our Special Coverage continues now on the arrest and arraignment of donald trump. Im wolf blitzer alongside laura coates. Truly an extraordinary and unprecedented day right here in washington, d. C. I mean the former president at one point was in the custody of the very government he allegedly tried to overthrow, just a mere step or two from the center of democracy of supporters even attacked on january 6th in the culmination of the plot to overture election. Onald j. Trump arres arraigned for the third time in four months on four federal charges including conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, conspiracy against rights. The next hearing now scheduled for august 28th when the judge intends to set a trial date. And donald trump was standing up in court today, and he actually pleaded not guilty to all four of those criminal charges. And before boarding his private plane to return to new jersey, he was railing against the indictment and try
it is topsy-turvy live news event kind of day. case in point, in a matter of about two minutes, we expect to hear from president biden. he will address the nation live on a number of topics, not the least of which is the abrupt stepback our country took today away from fairness and progress toward intolerance and discrimination. the conservative supreme court ruled 6-3 in favor of a colorado web designer, an evangelical named lori smith who refused to work on same sex weddings. the court said that the first amendment protected her from punishment. and it is a turning point decision that will flip the state of equal protections on its head and allow business owners to likewise evade punishment under similar laws in 29 states. and in the longer term, it could again signal a threat to the landmark decision of the 2015 case establishing the case of same sex couples to marry. and if you are wondering of the same sex couple, what they are doing, after being denied basic human decen
is planning donald trump on trial in august of next year 2024. willis is planning to go forward with that r. i. c. o. trial regardless of the presidential campaign. we begin with this story because that could put her in the spotlight next year. now to our special report. for all the prosecutions that have come out of the january 6th insurrection, from trespassers, to those who blatantly attacked police to the actual malicious seditionist, no trump aid has been put on trial for action steal the election either that day or in the weeks leading up to that day. d. a. fani willis has brought this assertive r. i. c. o. case they are against trump and 18 others, people just starting to learn about this prosecutor. i think it s a choice between integrity and corruption, good and bad. that was willis, but not talking about this case. there, she was discussing what she called a choice during her campaign for this post. and we will get to that in a few moments. it s pretty interes