federal court on four felony charges stemming from his alleged efforts to block the peaceful transition of power following his 2020 election loss. the charges are 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. members of the d.c. police department could be seen setting up security barriers outside the courthouse last night ahead of the former president s arrival. gene robinson, we haven t had a chance to get your take since this came down. it s a remarkable document, 45 pages. the president of the united states, the former president of the united states once again marching into a courthouse to be indicted. yeah. we get used to this because this is the third arraignment we will
case, you ve had, what, more than 1,000 people, i think, face justice. many go to jail, some for seditious conspiracy, after donald trump fired them up and sent them off to sack the capitol, essentially. it is amazing, and it would be a travesty for all these other people to suffer the consequences of donald trump s selfish, egotistical, egomaniacal behavior, and for trump himself not to face consequences. jackie it is right he is facing consequences. jackie alemany, what will you be watching and looking for today as we watch this historic moment happen before our eyes? i don t know if we ll actually see donald trump, but there will be reporters in the room. the former president, his third
but he could win pennsylvania. everyone was like, you re joking. joe biden was there, too, in the get-together, live from the convention. he said, oh, no, no, it s a real danger here. the fact that barack obama is still saying this eight years later, something that everybody needs to pay very close attention to. i ll be honest with ya, i m so glad that he sent that message directly to joe biden. joe, i couldn t agree with you more. look, donald trump can win again. i ve got to say that out loud, he can absolutely win again. forget what the polls are saying. he owns the base. he s going to get the nomination. last time, even despite the four years we saw of, what was it, 80,000 votes that separated them if they went the other direction, out of 80,000 votes, he still would have won. we need to say it out loud, donald trump can win. unfortunate, and we ve talked
have a decent security situation set up here. let s hope it is a peaceful day. president of the united states, the former president of the united states will be arraigned today at 4:00 eastern time in that courthouse behind you. justice reporter ryan riley, thanks so much. john, he mentioned potential change of venue, highly unlikely. donald trump yesterday suggesting the state of west virginia would be an appropriate place for this trial. coincidentally, he won by 40 points there in both his elections. this was trump s take on social media. he says, let s move it to an impartial venue, such as the, quote, politically unbiased, nearby state of west virginia. a, west virginia had nothing to do with january 6th. b, he won it by 1,000 points in 2016 and 2020. no ulterior motive there, i m sure. i was talking to someone yesterday concerned about security around it, and makes the point that donald trump s most violent supporter, those likely to cause trouble, well,
documents and burroburrowed they in his beach club in florida. now, they ve got i don t know if i told you this we ve got a 45-page indictment, and everybody in here that s testifying against donald trump, they re all trumpers. there are no democrats here. citizens. they re citizens. servants. public servants who were serving donald trump. people that said, we really wanted him to win badly, but not so badly that we were willing to destroy the united states constitution and american democracy in the process. as we said yesterday, every one of these people that testified were testifying against their own self-interest, because if donald trump had been in the white house four more years, they would have gotten more powerful, ultimately more richer and more well-connected in washington and the world. there you go. networks and little members of