In a special breaking News Coverage continues now. The third criminal indictment of former President Donald Trump. Im erin burnett in new york. And im laura coates in washington, d. C. This indictment is like nothing weve ever actually seen before in history of this entire country. And looking at it In Black And White is absolutely extraordinary. It begins with this, everyone. Quote, the defendant, donald j trump, was the 45th president of the United States, and a candidate for reelection in 2020. The defendant lost the 2020 president ial election. And as you say, laura, it begins that way with those simple words, he lost. That is a fact. But of course the person who had sworn to preserve, protect, and defend the constitution, instead tonight is accused in this 45page indictment of trying to overthrow Americas Free and Fair Elections in an attempt to stay in power. It has been 1001 days since the 2021 election exactly. It has been day since the very sixth attack on the capital. It is n
and said no i m not gonna do it. when he said he wouldn t do it the president went out and tweeted that he said he would do it. i might need some ice skates, because these two agreed wholeheartedly. hail has burst open. [laughter] climate change, fyi. the first amendment argument, as you said, is perhaps unlikely to work in the court of law. but in the court of public opinion, especially in republican primary, i see it being very potent. why? if you look at the other things he s accused of, let s take the mar-a-lago documents, donald trump is always positioning himself as i am the one standing between the deep state, the democrat and, you. they really want to come after people like you. on the moral largo documents they want to prevent people from keeping documents in their bathroom. that s a little harder to make that case. is if they had classified status. a lot of republicans feel strongly that they are not allowed to say things that they believe to be true. and it s