Charging him in connecith his efforts to overturn the 2020 electi. Include the conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction of and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding and conspiracy against rights. Moments ago the special counsel, jack smith, spoke more about the indictment and the charges trump now faces. The attack on our nations capitol on january 6th, 2021, was an unprecedented assault on the seat of american democracy. Its described in the indictment, it was fueled by lies, lies by the defendant targeted at obstructing a Bedrock Function of the u. S. Government, the nations process of collecting, counting and certifying the results of the president ial election. The indictment went on to say that trump had six coconspirators, wolf, but of course it did not name them. This is truly, truly a remarkable moment in american history. The former president of the United States, who is now the current frontrunner for the republi
Welcome to cnn news central. 24 hours from now we expect to see donald trump on his way to Federal Court here in washington scheduled to make his First Court Appearance after term prosecutors charged him with four separate counts in a sweeping indictment. Special counsel alleges trump was central in a plot to overturn the 2020 election. The indictment also says he had help coconspirators. It repeatedly references six coconspirators. Cnn has been able to identify five of those six. They are former Trump Lawyers rudy giuliani, john eastman and sidney powell, former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark and protrump lawyer kenneth chesebro. I want to go to zach cohen. Tell us what we should expect to see tomorrow and included in that what kind of security should we expect to see . Yeah, the expectation right now is that donald trump will be in d. C. In person and have to travel to the courthouse for this appearance, and, look, federal agencies and local Law Enforcement have been prepa
is losing support within his own political party. one analyst says the numbers could not be worse for the democrat commander-in-chief who wants america to hire him again. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. the president last night dismissed the truth. mr. president, why are you losing to trump in the polls? they are the wrong polls. harris: hum. among democrat voters a majority want a different presidential nominee. you ve heard me say it over and over. anybody but biden. a panel of dem contracts from michigan aren t enthusiastic. i want the candidate that i vote for to earn my vote. i will probably agonize again once i m in the ballot box about what to do. so are you saying that you at this point are planning to vote for president biden but reluctantly? very reluctantly. there is no way i will vote republican but reluctantly yes, i will vote biden. harris: on the other side of the political aisle presidential candidates hoping to capital
breaking news this hour on the 2024 race. the gop field is about to get more crowded. florida governor ron desantis set to announce his candidacy. we have new details on exactly how he plans to do it and with whom. plus a teenager now charged with threatening to kill or harm a president. the suspect set to make his first appearance in front of a judge. we ll take you live outside the courthouse. and texas lawmakers scheduled to vote today on a bill that would require the ten commandments be posted in every classroom in the state. it s all part of a national effort to insert religion into public life. we are following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. well, the race to become the next republican presidential nominee is about to get more crowded, heated, and interesting. after months of speculation, we now know that florida governor ron desantis will announce his 2024 white house campaign on twitter with elon musk
Brianna, the first case at the moment is alvin bragg s case for 2016 election interference. people refer to it as a hush money case but it s really a case for fabricating documents over 30 counts of fabricating documents to cover up hush money payments that could have cost donald trump the 2016 election after access hollywood. that s an election interference too. a grateway drug for what smith is prosecuting. alvin bragg said i have a march 2024 trial date. that s ahead of judge cannon and says if the interests of justice require, i m willing to give that up, so i think jack smith is going to take him up on it. i think judge tanya chechkin as