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
under scrutiny. the past 24 hours have been a doozy. it was yesterday evening when thedo former president, donald trump, put out a rambling, chest pounding, feet stomping statement announcing to the world that the fbi had raided his words his florida home. so-called law and order president called it a witch hunt and gave a shoutout to hillary clinton about her emails. he cldid, however, let the worl know a fascinating detail that the fbi got into his safe as part of their search. so let s take a step back now. it s been 24 hours. acknowledge the seriousness of what happened yesterday. justice department officials didn t just wake up yesterday and usdecide, hey, let s send se federal agents to search the immediate past president s home because we think a crime was committed there. what this hour s long search on trump s homeur means is that la enforcement had to convince a federal judge that there was probable cause that a crime was committed there. federal prosecutors had to
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.
it s not just military troops. it s militia, to call out, quote unquote, the militia to suppress an insurrection. you know what stewart rhodes, the leader and founder of the oath keepers told all of us about what he was doing on january 6th, he was waiting for trump to invoke the insurrection act. and many, many of those arrested for january 6th violence will tell us the same thing. i was waiting for the president to invoke the insurrection act. so, yeah. chillingly close. a fragile experiment in democracy is what we are. and we came perilously close to seeing boots on the ground, u.s. troops either seizing voting machines, suppressing the so-called insurrection but they were fine with it. they were ready for it. and the president was willing to use it as leverage against pence and others. and katie, i think that is what it s hard for people to wrap their minds around that this wasn t just angry people at