Our special breaking News Coverage continues now of the third, he has a third, criminal indictment of former President Donald Trump. Im laura coates. Remember. Not the news tonight, still stunning, even though people expect an indictment to come right now it is here. We have believed it sink in. The 45th president indicted by a grand jury and jack smiths investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election. And its not lost on anyone that, while trump is facing charges over the last election, he is, of course, in the middle of his reelection campaign, flora. This is the third time, the third time that donald trump has been criminally indicted informants at this point . Special counsel jack smith charged him in the classified documents probe in june, and the Manhattan Grand Jury charge of the former president for Business Fraud back in march and just listen to what Special Counsel jack smith had to say tonight. The attack on our nations capital, on january six 2021, was an unprecede
of biden family corruption. so the average republican believes that. you see this channel in to him scott such a statement. in rhonda santa s statement. and the reason they are channeling it, they re hoping for a day when donald trump evaporates. like something happens like he s not in a race anymore. which is not something they can affect by the way. and i want to be able to pick up the bulk of the party that believes exactly what you ve just read. you had will hurd on, you had a son hutchinson on earlier. different point of view, chris christie comes out. slams, the disgraceful is on donald. trump swore note the constitution, violated his oath and brought him to the presidency. chris christie is a 70% negative approval rating among the gop. he says this, they don t hear that. but it is the truth. and i think part of the question we are dealing with now in this country is, how much do facts matter. we need to conduct a fax based debate in this country.