obstructing the process of congress to certify the election results and of course, denying the right of millions of americans of their having their vote counted. this is how jack smith put it yesterday after the indictment had been released. the attack on our nation s capitol on january 6, 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. and one of the things that you see in this indictment is prosecutors tying the violence that you saw on january 6th, tying it to the former president s, fort to exploit that violence, to try to find a
jenkins. trump is supposed to appear in court tomorrow. good afternoon, rich. a little more than 24 hours from now, 4:00 p.m., we expect former president trump to arrive here, possibly arraignment and comes in the wake of special counsel jack smith s indictment and brief remarks which some saw as being political charged. watch here. the attack on our nation s capitol on january 6, 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. smith is not accusing trump of inciting the january 6th riot, and some legal scholars are criticizing the grounds on which smith brought the indictment. that was one of the most
out of washington where former president donald trump, who took an oath to preserve, protect and defend the united states constitution, has been indicted for allegedly trying to subvert that very same document. a federal grand jury convened by special counsel jack smith voted to charge the president for his alleged efforts to stay in power after losing the 2020 election. the 45-page indictment lays out four felony charges against trump. conspiracy to defraud the united states, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction of and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding, and conspiracy against rights. trump is scheduled to make his first court appearance in the new case tomorrow at 4:00 p.m. in washington. special counsel smith spoke about the case after the indictment was unsealed and emphasized the seriousness of the charges. the attack on our nation s
disenfranchise voter and conspiring to obstruct an official proceeding. the attack on our nation s capitol on january 6, 2021 was an unprecedented assault on the seat of american democracy. it was described in the indictment and fueled by lies. . special counsel jack smith speaking within this hour about this second indictment of donald trump by his office, the first ever federal indictment of any former president for election conspiracies, to put in plain english, donald trump tonight is now indicted for his attempted coup and attempts to overthrow the democracy of the united states. we turn now to somebody with
donald trump has been charged with four criminal counts, conspiracy to defraud the united states, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction of and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding and conspiracy against rights, specifically the right to vote and to have one s vote counted. and as we now now, trump did not attempt to do this alone. the indictment names six unnamed co-conspirators who assisted him in his criminal efforts, four attorneys, one justice department official and a political consultant. just in the last hour we heard from special counsel jack smith about this indictment. the attack on our nation s capitol on january 6, 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