unnamed coconspirators. earlier tonight, the special counsel jack smith smoke, which very rarely does, about the indictment. the attack on our nation s capital on january 6th 2021 was an unprecedented assault in 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 at the u.s. government, eight nations process of collecting, counting and certifying the results of the presidential election. donald j trump is set to be arraigned in federal court in washington, d.c. on thursday. this is the former presidents third indictment in the last four months. he s already facing charges in classified documents case and the manhattan d.a. s hush money investigation. he s pleaded not guilty in both of those investigation cases.
the 45th president indicted by a grand jury and jack smith s investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election. and it s 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 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
proceeding, and conspiring against the rights of voters. it ties these to the violent attack of trump s voters at the capitol on january 6th. special counsel jack smith spoke on that after it was filed. it was fueled by lies. lies by the defendant, targeted at obstructing a bedrock function of the u.s. government, a 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. capital on january 6th, are our heroes. they are patriots, and they are the very best of us. since the attack on our capitol, the department justice has remained committed to ensuring accountability for those criminally responsible for what happened that day. this case has brought consistent with that commitment, and our investigation evander individuals continues. the indictment names trump
and it would make the reader understand this is a very serious case, that didn t happen here. tim, people have to know we actually read the indictment and quoting from it. each of these conspiracies, which builds on widespread mistrust, the defendant was creating through pervasive and destabling lies about election fraud, targeted a bedrock function of the u.s. government. tim, to reference, destabling lies after this justice department facilitated the russian collusion investigation, all the other hits on trump, the fisa application, the fraud and the filing of those and the dossier, that didn t stabilize the public s view of the implementation of justice tase in the united states, that s the standard? well, then they violated it. that s a great point when you
the attack on our nation s capitol on january 6, 2021, was an unprecedented assault on the seat of american democracy. 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. trump is scheduled to make his first court appearance in this new case tomorrow, thursday, at 4:00 p.m. in washington, d.c. the indictment against trump alleges that he knew his claims of the election being stolen were false and that he was notified repeatedly that those claims were not true. the document begins with this statement. reading in part, quote, the defendant lost the 2020 presidential election. despite having lost, the