Im Anderson Cooper here in new york, along with jake tapper in washington. Anderson, the indictment charges donald trump with four counts, you see them there on your screen, allegedly motivated by one single goal, one that is antithetical to any functioning democracy, the peaceful transition of power. Quoting from the indictment now, quote, despite having lost the defendant, donald trump, was determined to remain in power, unquote. We learned of the indictment in the 5 00 hour today, shortly after Special Counsel made a brief statement, it is now in full. Good evening, today an indictment was unsealed. Charging Donald J Trump with conspiring to defraud the United States, conspiring to disenfranchise voters, and conspiring and attempting to obstruct an official proceeding. The indictment was issued by a grand jury of citizens here, in the district of columbia, and it sets forth the crimes charged in detail. I encourage everyone to read it in full. The attack on our nations capital, on j
that is jeffrey rosen, and acting dutattorney general, that is richard donahue, to sign and send clarks draft letter, which contained false statements estate officials. he told them that donald trump waconsidering making him, clark, the new acting attorney general, but that clark would decline trump s offer if rosen and donoghue had agreed to send the proposed letter to the targeted to states. but they refused. that is an allegation of a criminal act, to commit crow fraud against the united states. it is, it s part of the factual predicate about all of this. sometimes cases come down to one question, why? why did you engage in all of this behavior? conspiracies talk about that phrase the meeting of the mind, a conspiracy at its core asks the jurors to understand the why. what was the purpose, why were you agreeing, as they articulate in the actual