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
senate confirmed directors, and those directors all have a few things in common. they are all white men. they all favor a clean cut look, and each and every one of them, every senate confirmed director since the dawn of the fbi has been a republican. that includes current fbi director christopher wray, who was appointed by donald trump. but you would not get that impression, given the way director wray s fellow republicans attacked him in his agency during a hearing today on capitol hill. when the court says the fbi misled, that s a nice way of saying they lied. how many individuals were either fbi employees, or people that the fbi made contact with, we re in the january 6th entry of the capital? i m going to make the assumption that there is more than one, more than five, more than ten. i will say this notion that somehow the violence at the capitol ungenerous six was part of some operation orchestrate by fbi sources and their agents is ludicrous. your job s review w
the fbi has had only eight senate confirmed directors. those directors all have a few things in common. they are all white men. they all favor a clean cut look, and each and every one of them, every senate confirmed director since the dawn of the fbi has been a republican. that includes current fbi director, christopher wray, who was appointed by donald trump. and you would not get that impression, given the way the director wray s fellow republicans attacked him and his agency during a hearing today. on capitol hill. when the court says that the fbi misled, that is a nice way of saying they lied. how many individuals were either fbi, employees, or people that the fbi could make contact with, to be in the january 6th entry of the capital? i m going to make the assumption is there is more than one, more than five, more than ten. i will say that this notion that somehow the violence at the capitol on january 6th was part of some operation orchestrated by fbi sources into
people from grave dangers on social media, with angry victims relatives in the room. i ll speak with a senator that co-s co-sponsored, richard blumenthal. donald trump meets with the teamsters, hoping to drive a wedge between president joe biden and his traditionally loyal allies in organized labor, this as nikki haley is unleashing her sharpest attacks on him yet. and a dire new warning from the fbi director, that chinese hackers are preparing to, quote, wreak havoc on the united states. stand by for details on potential targets and the serious harm that could come too americans. welcome to our viewers around the world. wolf blitzer is off today. i m alex mar equity. you re in the situation room. our top story tonight, some of the biggest nay in the tech industry confronted about the perils of social media, and many young people who are suffering, even dying. cnn s tom foreman has more on the often combative senate hearing, which included a stunning apology. you
about the facts of his case. then, tough talk on the debt limit deal. fighting got an important win by signing the legislation. but the real question, what at what cost to the american people? a culture of losing, that is how one of the front runners for the gop presidential nomination described his party s electoral performance. but there s no sign republicans want to change their strategy. i m ayman mohyeldin, let s get started. all right, this hour, we begin with a sad and at this point, quite honestly, an obvious reality. republicans will do almost anything to hurt president biden s reelection chances. no surprise there. no but there are desperate, mary alice or insane their actions might be, just this week, senator chuck grassley had this to say about and unconfirmed years old allegation that joe biden accepted a bribe as vice president. watch. we aren t interested in whether or not the accusations against vice president biden are accurate or not. so, grassley just