Thats the center of jack smiths case. Donald trump is not being prosecuted for lying. Hes being prosecuted for the deliberate and criminal steps he took alongside his six coconspirators to stay in the white house and the quote, unlawful means they pursued to subvert the results in several key states. After the election, in michigan, the indictment noting this, in a private oval office meeting, with the States Senate majority leader, donald trump raised a false claim of an illegitimate vote dump in detroit. The Senate Majority leader told trump that he, quote, had lost michigan, not because of fraud, but because the defendant had underperformed with certain voter populations. Prosecutors then say trump brought his false vote dumping claim to his ag, who told the former president what happened in michigan was, quote, the normal vote Counting Process and that there was no indication of fraud in detroit. The very next day donald trump say this, made a knowingly false statement that in mich
O, say can you see by the dawns early light what so proudly we hailed at the twilights last gleaming . Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous figh or the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming. And the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. O, say does that starspangled banner yet wave oer the land of the free and the Home Of The Brave Pete love that last shot right there. Rachel thats so is pretty. Pete by the way, so we play the National Anthem every morning. Come on in, welcome to fox friends, its warm in the studio. Rachel i like it today. [laughter] pete i dont. Will im not. [laughter] pete lets just get it going right now. Holy cow, its warm in here. Well turn the temperature down a little bit. We just played the anthem, we love it, every saturday and sunday. Guess what today is though . Its National Anthem day. Rachel it is. Pete yes with. So watch other programs on other networks to se
Tonights laid, campaign crunch time. A handful of caucuses and primaries this weekend will be among the lost opportunities to change the president ial picture ahead of super tuesday. Former President Trump is campaigning in virginia tonight as a divided Republican Party holds a Caucus Convention and michigan. Caucus is also being held in missouri and idaho. Meanwhile, tomorrows primary and the District Of Columbia could offer nikki haley one of her a few opportunities to win a contest outright. Main while, President Biden is preparing for his state of the union address, thursday, we are hell have an opportunity to speak directly to the American People about his accomplishments, including the Recovering Economy with Stock Markets at alltime highs. And possible progress in the middle east. They administration has begun airdrops of humanitarian aid into gaza and stays far discussions are underway. A well received speech could help reverse a different popularity that has the president lock
i was pleased to see they reached a firm conclusion that no charges should be brought against me in this case. this was an exhaustive investigation going back more than 40 years. even into the 1970s, when i was a new senator. the council acknowledged i cooperated and did not throw up any roadblocks. i sought no delays and i was determined to give the special counsel what he needed, i went forward with a five hour in person interview over two days on october the 8th and 9th of last year, even though israel had just been attacked by hamas on the seventh and i was occupied. i was handling an international crisis. i was pleased to see the special counsel may clear the distinction between this case and mr. trump s case, the council wrote several material distinctions between mr. trump s case and mr. biden s are clear. most notably, after given multiple chances to return classified documents to avoid prosecution, trump did the opposite. he not only refused to return the documents f
former president to speak considering the caucus night in nevada where trump will likely pick up all of the delegates. and we also expect comments on the disastrous day for his political opponent. president biden now facing questions about whether he should step down following the blockbuster report from special counsel robert hur who investigated the classified documents stored in the garage. the report broadly and boldly called into question the president s mental acuity, something biden tried to dispute in a very unusual evening news conference in the white house. the president tried to assure americans that his mind is sound, but then immediately made a series of mistakes, including calling egypt s leader the president of mexico. now republicans are asking biden s cabinet to consider invoking the 25th amendment, removing him from office. it all comes while former president trump is about to claim victory in nevada. we have team talk coverage tonight. the senior national c