An historic day in washington. The former president and current g portion front runner will be arraigned for eallegedly orchestrating a a plot to overturn the free and Fair Election that he lost. Were keeping watch as donald trump gets ready to leave new jersey, board his private jet and make his way to a federal courthouse just steps away from where democracy was under siege during the january 6th insurrection. Hundreds of Protrump Rioters already face justice inside that very same courthouse. And thats where we begin this hour with paula reid and evan perez. What can we expect to unfold in that courthouse out of the publics view . Once the former president gets into washington, he will be brought into the federal courthouse. Were probably not going to see much of him before he finally gets into the courthouse. He will be processed by the u. S. Marshals as they do with everyone who is arraigned. He will be under arrest. And then he will be brought in at 4 00. The we expect the judge i
He faces four felony counts. he s charged with conspiracy to defrd the united states, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstructing an official proceeding and also depratn of rights. and those charges are supported by the story that is laid out in the indictment. s prosecutors allege he lost the election. it s the third sentence in the indictment. and he knew he lost the election, but he continued to perpetuate claims of a stolen election while working with six other people to try to overturn the results of the election. they allege the did this through trying to install slates of fake electors, but pressuring the individual states, leveraging the power of the justice department, and also by pressuring his own vice president. that pressure campaign lasted until january 6th, the day the vice president was to certicertify the election results. they allege these lie he was