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
Cable news. well, i do appreciate the way you want to spend my evening but i do want to hear what you understand. because when you think about what we were all watching engineer six. seeing the events unfold. this indictment talks more about than just what happened on the, day it talks about what led up to as well. not the moment, the hours that were spent by you and so many of your brave colleagues trying to hold the line to defend really the seat of democracy as talked about today but you have been concerned consistently of whether people would really face consequences for what happened on that day in particular as well. when you read through this indictment, you are a former member of law enforcement. so you are no strangers to indictments. the idea of what is charged. reactions to it. when you should do these indictments, is it enough?