congress set the inauguration date as march 4th because that is the date, in 1789, that the constitution officially went into effect and became the law of the land, march 4th. on march 4th of next year, donald trump will stand trial in federal court in washington, d.c., on the charge of conspiracy to defraud the united states. donald trump is charged under a 1948 law on defrauding the united states, which was proceeded by a 19 09 version of the same law, which was interpreted by the supreme court in an opinion written by chief justice william howard taft in 1912 to mean, quote, to interfere with, or obstruct one of its lawful governmental functions by deceit, craft, or trickery, or at least by means that are dishonest. joining us now is bob woodward,
1861 on march 4th. congress set the inauguration date as march 4th because that is the date, in 1789, that the constitution officially went into effect and became the law of the land, march 4th. on march 4th of next year, donald trump will stand trial in federal court in washington, d. c., on the charge of conspiracy to defraud the united states. donald trump is charged under a 1948 law on defrauding the united states, which was proceeded by a 19 09 version of the same law, which was interpreted by the supreme court in an opinion written by chief justice william howard taft in 1912 to mean, quote, to interfere with, or obstruct one of its lawful governmental functions by deceit, craft, or trickery, or at least by means that are dishonest. joining us now is bob woodward, a two-time pulitzer prize -winning author and associate editor at the washington post where he has worked since 1971. his audio book, the trump tapes,