person to be charged in connection with the insurrection according to one count is a former president and a current front runner for the nomination of a major political party who is already facing 74 criminal counts. who stands accused of trying to defraud the government that he led at that time. trying to obstruct the proceedings of a branch of government and trying to overturn the will of millions of voters in the swing states that determined the outcome of the electoral college. the big question now that trump has been booked and fingerprinted, what s next in this case? which is really unlike any other in american history. here is what team trump has planned according to the new york times. his lawyers used the arraignment to hint at one of his central defense strategies, a request to delay a second pending federal trial for months if not years. delaying the proceedings as much as possible is widely expected to be part of mr. trump s legal strategy given that he could ef
this. but this week we saw one of history s great split screen moments. on tuesday, at the exact same time that former president trump was being arraigned in florida not only were fake electors from trump s plot to overturn the 2020 election, not only were those fake electors testifying before special counsel jack smith s january six grand jury, but at the same moment congressional republicans were holding their own bizarro hearing about january 6th. at the exact same time a former president was arraigned on federal criminal charges related to unlawfully hoarding documents, witnesses were testifying in jack smith s other sprawling federal investigation into that same former president all the while that former president s congressional defenders were hard at work whitewashing the january 6th insurrection. all at the same time. that sort of wild convergence belongs in the history books. and while the arraignment and investigation of a former president is clearly of utmost impor
trump was being arraigned in florida not only were fake electors from trump s plot to overturn the 2020 election, not only were those fake electors testifying before special counsel jack smith sent january six grand jury, but at the same moment congressional republicans were holding their own bizarro hearing about january 6th. at the exact same time of former president was arraigned on federal criminal charges related to unlawfully hoarding documents. witnesses were testifying in jack smith s other sprawling federal investigation into that same former president all the while that former presidents congressional defenders were hard at work whitewashing the january 6th insurrection. all the same time. that sort of wild convergence belongs in the history books. and while the arraignment and investigation of a former president is clearly of utmost importance here i think it is worth paying attention to the fake story from tuesday as well. the thing that was happening in congress.
person whose name ends in romp. have a great weekend, my friend. and thank you for joining us at home. the department of justice says tonight, this evening, filed a brief arguing that it cannot wait until december to look at all 11,000 documents it seized from donald trump. the department is arguing the delay is impeding its central investigation, and we are gonna get to that story shortly. we begin tonight with the destructive fury of hurricane ian. the storm made its second landfall in the united states a little after 2:00 this afternoon, near georgetown, south carolina, arriving is a category one storm with maximum sustained winds of 85 miles per hour. those winds and churning ocean waves were strong enough to destroy at least for fishing piers off the south carolina coast, including this one. they tossed an abandoned shrimp boat up on the sand. you can see it there. that boat had reportedly been anchored 12 miles offshore. here is a look at rescue crews evacuating four pe
that they are arguing it cannot wait until september, to wait until all documents to some donald trump the department is arguing the delay is impeding its central investigation, and we are gonna get to that story shortly. we begin tonight with the destructive fury of hurricane ian. the storm made its second landfall in the united states a little after 2:00 this afternoon, near georgetown, south carolina, arriving is a category one storm with maximum sustained winds of 85 miles per hour. those winds and churning ocean waves were strong enough to destroy at least for fishing piers off the south carolina coast, including this one. near north myrtle beach. they tossed an abandoned shrimp boat up on the sand. you can see it there. that boat had reportedly been anchored 12 miles offshore. here is a look at rescue crews evacuating four people trapped in the second floor of a motel, near an amusement park in the coastal resort city of myrtle beach. hundreds of thousands are without p