Again, that wasnt the perceived goal here. That was the perception among his supporters that think its gone too far. Lets get more from Griff Jenkins. Thats right, neil. Fox news confirmed that former President Trump is indeed in the courtroom right now. He entered at about 3 52 p. M. So just under ten minutes ago. Hes wearing a blue suit, a red to you. Flanked by his two attorneys. Fox has confirmed that we expect him to plead not guilty to the four felony charges hes facing in this indictment. Three are conspiracy charges, one is obstruction. Before he entered that courtroom, a little less than an hour ago, his motorcade entered the garage here at the federal courthouse. He was processed and fingerprinted. Theres no mug shot taken because the court says theres plenty of pictures of him to provide. Hes not arrested. But he is obviously being processed. Now we wait for this Court Proceeding to get underway at the time of our note from our producer, jay gibson inside, the Magistrate Jud
Fraud statute you. it was aimed at people destroying documents or intimidating witnesses to appear before hearings. it s never really been used for something like this. again, not for the connection with the people that on the january 6th capitol attacks. what smith is charging, trump violated the obstruction statue by trying to pressure pence, pressure secretaries of state, to not count the electoral vote. that s the line between is that obstructing congress or is trump trying every crazy option outside the rules to change the results? the court is very reluctant the supreme court is quite reluctant to use these criminal laws to intrude in to what they think is sort of the messy give and take and the brawling of politics, this is where the trial judge is important. someone that wanted to accelerate the case, could halt
Report. quote, if you believe cohen, i can get you a great deal on the brooklyn bridge. a key democrat house committee chairman adam schiff saying the allegation that the president of the united states may have sub born perjury before our committee in an effort to cover up his business dealings with russia is the most serious to date. we will do what is necessary to find out if that is true. worth noting that during his confirmation hearing, william barr said coaching a witness to give fault testimony amounts to obstruction. so if there was some reason to believe that the president tried to coach somebody not to testify or testify falsely, that could be obstruction of justice? yes, under that under an obstruction statue, yes. so if there is some evidence that the president tried to coffin seal evidence, that would be obstruction of justice potentially? right.