counsel jack smith. the 45-page indictment accuses the former e president of three counts of conspiracy and one count of obstruction for his alleged efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. culminating in the january 6th attacks on the u.s. capitol. here s the special counsel tuesday after the charges were handed up. the attack on our nation s capitol on january 6th, 20211, was an unprecedented assault on the seat of american democracy. as described in the indictment, it was fueled by lies. if lies by the defendant targeted at obstructing a bedrock function of the u.s. government, the nation s process of clerking, counting and certifying collecting, counting and certifying the results of the presidential election. paul: let s bring in wall street journal columnists dan dan henninger kim strassel and editorial board member kyle peterson. dan, it s interesting, he cited the riots at capitol, but that s
unconventional an couldn t very hall legal view that the electors in this presidentialplc race could be replaced with new electors. well the indictment according to that analysis is ah complete sham. if this is how low the bar is set going forward, then smith and garlands and every prosecutor whoec pushd this fraud of a case should all expect to face similar treatment to what they are putting trump through. and this indictment, the drama queens in smith s o office claim that trump was determined to remain in power is conspiracies thapit targeted act bedrock function oiof the united states federal government, the p nation sro process of collectini counting andng certifying the results of the presidential election. now again, by thisme same logic, an aggressivean republican lawyer could argue that the biden prosecutors themselves are the ones currently conspiring to target bedrock function of the u.s. government. in this case, the 2024 presidential election. i
which built on the widespread mistrust the defendant was creating for pervasive and destabilizing lies about election fraud targeted a bedrock function of the united states, of the united states federal government, the nations process of collecting, counting, and certifying the results of the presidential election. on page three of the indictment, we get the sort of narrative explanation of the first conspiracy count, and this indictment, in total, it goes on for about 45 pages. the explanation of that first conspiracy count does basically all the work of the plot of this movie. it sort of spells out the bulk of everything that jack smith and his prosecutorial team have brought in this indictment to levy against donald trump. in that part of this, it starts off with this. the purpose of the conspiracy was to overturn the legitimate results of the 2020
the attack on our nation s capital on january 6th, 2021 was an unprecedented assault on the seat of american democracy. it s 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 nation s process of collecting, counting and certifying the results of the presidential election. since the attack on our capitol, the department of justice has remained committed to ensuring accountability for those criminally responsible for what happened that day. this case has brought consistent with that quitment and our investigation of others continues. now, special counsel smith singled out members of law enforcement who had been defending the capitol on january 6th. they are patriots, he said, and they re the very best of us.
charged in detail. i encourage everyone to read it in full. the attack on our nation s capital, on january six, 2021, was an unprecedented assault on the seat of american democracy. it is described in the indictment, that 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 presidential election. the men and women of law enforcement who defended the u.s. capitol on january 6th are heroes. they are patriots and they are the very best of us. they did not just defend a building, for the people sheltering in it, they put their lives on the line to defend who we are as a country and people. they defended the very