including from people who spent their careers helping donald trump because they have agreed with other parts of his vision. and now they are staying under oath and penalty under a lot of trouble or going to jail. that is what happens. we are going to have with us tonight, someone who served as the lead manager in the second impeachment trial of donald trump, which was about january 6th. and the house investigation into january 6th, here is one of the most effective and consequential members of congress from either party, either house, congressman jamie raskin is going to join us right after this. he ll want to see this. the attack on our nation s capital on january 6th, 2021, was an unprecedented assault on the american democracy. it is described in the indictment as fueled by lies. lives by the defendant, targeted at obstructing a bedrock function of the u.s. government, and the nations process of collecting, counting, and certifying the results of the presidential election. entia
described in the indictment that was fuelled by lies, lies by the defendant, targeted at obstructing a bedrock function of the us government, the nation s process of collecting, counting and certifying the results of the presidential election. our north america correspondent nomia iqbal joins me from outside the court. what will we see on thursday? these charges as you outlined there, the department of justice believes it is held a strong case to show the former president of the us tried to select the election results of 2020 and essentially tried to overturn the policy. we mention one of the charges, conspiracy to defraud the united states, obstruct official proceedings, and others. this is the most serious indictment set by the donald trump basis, one of the most serious indictments the
conspiring to defraud the united states, conspiring to disenfranchise voters and extending and from disrupting the scene. it sets forth the crimes charged in detail. i encourage everyone to read it in full. the attack on our nation s capitol on january 6th, 2021, was an unprecedented situation. it was filed in the indictment 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. . the men and women of law enforcement who defended the
the scene 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 nations process of collecting, counting, and certifying the results of the presidential election. let s take a step back, everyone, for a moment here, and let s begin with what we have actually learned tonight from this historic indictment. new justice correspondent evan perez actually at the courthouse in washington, d.c.. evan, another historic indictment against former president. walk us through exactly what is being alleged tonight. the former president obviously stands now as the first ever president to be indicted for crimes that he committed while he was in office and that is what we have here in this 45-page indictment,
when the country finally came for the certification process was back on track and progressing smoothly, donald trump and his coconspirators were still. the man who almost never speaks spoke for the second time today in his role as a special prosecutor, when he laid out the criminal case against donald trump, he began with the last day of donald trump s crime spree. the attack on our nation s capital on general sucks, 2021, was an unprecedented assault on the sea of american democracy. it s described in the indictment and fueled by lies. lies by the defendant, targeting and obstructing a bedrock function of the u.s. government, and the nations process of collecting, counting and certifying the results of the presidential election. the men and women of law