Vote and stay in power. Special counsel jack smith wrote in the indictment, quote, the defendant widely disseminated his false claims of Election Fraud for months, despite the fact that he knew and in many cases had been informed directly that they were not true. The defendants knowingly false statements were integral to his criminal plans to defeat the federal government function, obstruct the certification and interfere with others rights to vote and have their votes counted. The indictment also mentions six alleged coconspirators. They are unnamed, but nbc news them to be rudy giuliani, attorney john eastman, attorney Sidney Powell, former Justice Department official jeffrey clark, and attorney kenneth chesbro. Sixth is unclear but is described as a political consultant who helped implement the socalled fake electors scheme. Special counsel jack smith says he wants to bring this case to trial soon. In this case, my office will seek a speedy trial so that our evidence can be tested i
justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian. betsy woodruff swann of politico and msnbc contributor. charles coleman, former new york prosecutor. and glen kirschner, former federal prosecutor. charles and glen are msnbc legal analysts. so, ken, the former president is set to be arraigned tomorrow. what is that going to look like? good morning, jose. in one sense we can expect it to look a lot like the arraignment that happened down in miami. a lot of drama around the process, but in the event, actually pretty staid and boring and pro forma and donald trump doesn t say much in the courtroom. but this one may be a little different because it is happening here in washington, d.c. in the federal courthouse, just 1.7 miles from where donald trump used to live in the white house. and it involves conduct for first time in a criminal case it involves conduct at issue while donald trump was the president of the united states. so it is a historic and sweeping and detailed 45-page indic
psaki said president biden, quote, supports the work of the committee and the independent role of the department of justice to make any decisions about prosecutions. the spotlight will be on the january 6th committee, as we enter next week. tuesday evening they vote on a report recommending to the full house that steve bannon be cited for criminal contempt of congress. that begins a long process in and of itself. earlier on this network, betsy woodruff swann of politico described what will go into that report. before they take that vote, they will issue a report. i believe this report will be public, and the report is going to lay out the case against bannon, what the committee wants from him, the steps they took to try to get him to cooperate voluntarily, his defiance of their requests and demands for information, and finally language for a house resolution that the committee will vote on, holding bannon in contempt. as this congressional