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Substantive charge of obstruction, that relates to the january six proceedings. its a very simple, very eloquent indictment, the same facts are used to support each of those four counts, but smith as we have been discussing is making strong strategic choices here that let the case move forward efficiently, this decision to charge trump alone, its something else that will help to streamline the proceedings. >> not about what he said, about what he did. glenn, this indictment does go into detail a...

Because he has different teams of people handling different cases and that gets expensive. doug, thanks for that reporting. lets bring in chris swekker. conspiracy to fraud the united states, obstruct proceedings, obstruction of official proceedings and conspiracy against rights. to most americans that sounds likelily human bow jumbo, what exactly do those four charges mean? >> first of all, let me say this, this is an extraordinary indictment, when i read it, i thought i was reading a "new york...

Obstruction of an official proceeding and conspiracy to defraud the united states. >> he wanted to take away your right to vote, and today weve charged him with it. >> the first ever indictment of a former president of trying to steal an election. >> this is the greatest political crime since the depression. >> this is happening the same day we have donald trump and joe biden are running neck and neck. >> this guy could be in charge again. >> my office will seek a speedy trial so our evidence ca...

Indicted on 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, laura. >> its extraordinary to think about that being on the screen, that being a former president of the united states, let alone the fact that this is now the third, the third criminal indictment of the former president, and by the way that is just this year alone, really in fo...

Trump took actions based on those beliefs and its the actions, the actions of obstruction, impeding, election, certification and the counting of votes that the indictment focuses on. it blends an attack on the first amendment which one could see this as, it goes beyond that and focuses on the actions as the actual criminal offense. >> carley: the judge assigned to the case is tanya chutkin, an obama appointees, associated press, the trumps january 6th h punisher of capitol rioters. she has tough...

>> were out of time, thank you kt mcfarland, kat timpf. i love you america. >> laura: im ink this is "the ingrahm angle" from washington tonight. i read through this so-called january 6th charging document indicting donald trump on four counts, two counts of obstruction, two counts of conspiracy. this is a complete embarrassment. at this point they might as well hang a banner over that main entrance to the department of justice building tonight covering the credo with biden 2024. now if democrat...

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Now, they say he did this by spreading "pervasive and destabilising lies" and that he repeated those claims to "create an intense national atmosphere of mistrust and anger". the reason all this language is important because what they are trying to prove and what is key to their case is intent. and to prove intent, they need to prove that donald trump knew what he was saying was not true. now, lets look at the legaljargon itself. the first charge is conspiracy to defraud the united states. now, t...

And pundits across the regime media. i think the sum total of their knowledge about law and history seems to be whatever they remember from the lyrics of the broadway musical hamilton. >> its about the office. this is not just about donald trump. as i was washington this morning look over mt. vernon. george washington left the white house. left the presidency after two terms. that was the plan, the model. so its about more than donald trump. >> george washington teaching him thousand say goodbye...

Astray by these other co-conspirators who are lawyers, is that a strong defense? >> clearly, the special counsel anticipated this line of defense, that he believed everything that he was saying and he believed he had won the election. and right at the top, as you say, it refutes that as a question of fact. i mean, it is a question of fact and its going to have to be resolved. but theres a ton of evidence in here, as youve suggested, that says that his people told him all along and at every step ...