Impede the counting of electoral votes. All he wanted to do is impede the process that is stated in the constitution, thats all he wanted. All i wanted to do was rob a bank. Take all the money. I mean, this is exactly what he is charged for. And he admitted it. Yeah, you know watching mr. Laura and political defender like Lindsey Graham, attempt to defend donald trump over the last couple of days, its clear they dont have a lot to work with. Mr. Lauro is a real attorney, not like the other attorneys that mr. Trump had around him, he was a prosecutor, and if he cant seem to come up with a cogent theory of the case of why donald trump was acting legally around the 2020 election in the days leading up to january six, its because the evidence in that indictment are so overwhelming, they are hopscotching around hoping to find something, but nothing is hitting yet. Well, of course they wont find anything illegal because they are boxed illegally, they will lose legally, what theyre trying to
The special coverage. He is of course innocent until Proven Guilty and he will and should mount a robust defense against these charges, and he should be acquitted if he didnt do what he is accused of. But if the allegations made by the Justice Department in this indictment are proven, if the former president did what he is accused of, history is going to ask a different question of this time than what we might have otherwise been expecting. If the allegations in this indictment are proven Beyond A Reasonable Doubt and a jury convict some of these crimes, history will not ask, wow, how did america get to the point where they indicted a former president . History instead is going to ask, how did america get to the point where such a person could be elected to the presidency of the United States. Where actions such as these could be carried out from the oval office directed by a person who was elected president by the American People, along with his advisers. This is a grave day and a ser
All he wanted to do was impede a process thats, well, its stated there in the constitution. Thats all he wanted. Like a bank robber, all i wanted to do was rob a bank. Take all the money. This is exactly what he is charged for, and he admitted it. Yeah. You know, watching mr. Lauro and political defenders like Lindsey Graham, well talk about him in a minute, attempt to defend donald trump over the last couple days, its clear they dont have a lot to work with. Mr. Lauro is a real attorney, unlike some of the other attorneys trump had around him. He was a prosecutor. If he cant seem to come up with a cogent theory of the case of why donald trump was acting legally around the 2020 election in the days leading up to january 6th, because the evidence in the indictment, the allegations in that indictment are so overwhelming, theyre Hopscotching Around, hoping to find something. Nothing is hitting yet. Well, of course, theyre not going to find anything legally because theyre boxed in legal le
killed in 2018 in the deadliest attack on the jewish community in our nation s history. this hour, trump-appointed florida district judge aileen cannon issues her first order in the former president s classified documents case as trump ramps up his attacks on the justice department and calls again for the case to be thrown out. attorney general merrick garland making a major announcement after doj s review of the minneapolis police department in the aftermath of the death of george floyd. george floyd should be alive today. the patterns and practices we observed made what happened to george floyd possible. as one city leader told us, quote, these systemic issues didn t just occur on may 25, 2020. president biden will speak at an event in connecticut to tackle the rise in gun violence and will be joined by gaby giffords. i will speak to chris murphy who will also be in attendance. hello and thank you for joining us. i m ryan nobles in washington. andrea is on assignm
we re live outside the federal courthouse on long island where he s scheduled to appear in just hours. also breaking this morning, we are hearing now from e. jean carroll for the first time since former president donald trump was found liable for sexually abusing and defaming the former magazine writer. a jury awarding carroll $5 million after a contentious civil trial, but today carroll says it was never about the money. i didn t even hear the money. this is not about the money. this is about getting my name back and that s what we accomplished. i m overwhelmed with happiness for the women of the country. it s really not about me so much. it s about every woman. we have the latest on both of these developing cases and what santos and trump s legal problems mean for the future of the republican party. let s begin with that breaking news involving new york congressman george santos who is in custody right now, and we ve just learned he s facing those 13 federal counts. n