this time than what we might have otherwise been expecting. if the allegations in this indictment are proven beyond a reasonable doubt and a jury convicts some of these crimes, history will not ask, wow, how did america get to the point where they indicted a former president? history instead is going to ask, how did america get to the point where such a person could be elected to the presidency of the united states. were actions such as these could be carried out from the oval office directed by a person who was elected president by the american people, along with his advisers. this is a grave day and a serious one for our country. thank you for being with us here tonight. we know you had every choice in the world. but we are happy to have you here on what will go down in u. s. history as a black letter, bold faced date, august 1st 2023 is the date on which a former president and the leading presidential candidate of the republican party was indicted in federal court, accused
the special coverage. he is of course innocent until proven guilty and he will and should mount a robust defense against these charges, and he should be acquitted if he didn t do what he is accused of. but if the allegations made by the justice department in this indictment are proven, if the former president did what he is accused of, history is going to ask a different question of this time than what we might have otherwise been expecting. if the allegations in this indictment are proven beyond a reasonable doubt and a jury convict some of these crimes, history will not ask, wow, how did america get to the point where they indicted a former president? history instead is going to ask, how did america get to the point where such a person could be elected to the presidency of the united states. where actions such as these could be carried out from the oval office directed by a person who was elected president by the american people, along with his advisers. this is a grave day
good morning. you were alive in the cnn newsroom for president donald trump, who says his people for quote, get extremely angry with what s happening that s ahead of fun day. when for the first time in history of former american president will stand criminal trials. trump is accused of trying to buy the silence of a porn star, stormy daniels. he allegedly had an affair with trump denies the claims and has tried to delay the proceedings time and again just days left. that tried and true or somewhat true strategy is running out of runway earlier this week, his last-ditch effort to delay failed for the third time in three days this morning, we should note the us secret service says it is ready to go to provide protection for the former president, adding that it will quote, not seek any special accommodation outside of what would be required to ensure the continued safety of the former president. meantime, trump is on a truth social tirade railing against the case. th
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Some of them are quite arcane. i think it s fascinating with smith has covered. i don t think we mentioned this on our area tonight. they talk about they had to lie to some of the activists are trump fans who would become electors because some of them, as rapid as they were, they would do almost anything, but they said this would not be like a coup. [laughter] that was their line, right? right. they were lied to in some states. some states like michigan charged them. but in some states, smith says, in fairness to these people, they were duped by coconspirators. in new mexico, there was a plot that said, oh well, this would only be, we would only need to if we overturn the election with a lawsuit. except, oops, they didn t have any i lost by ten points. there is that other thing, chris, you lost very badly, you lost the whole election. that is relevant to stealing it. in new mexico, smith then goes way into the evidence to find that they then added a sham lawsuit to create a p