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Large interest most significant federal indictment of donald trump ever. This is in a way that well document more significantly than the legal headaches he already has. This will be tonight the first time any former president has been indicted by the Justice Department for trying to steal an election. Now, i mentioned, if you have been walking our breaking coverage, we have been going through what is a voluminous filing. Jack smith found six other coconspirators that are named in the filing. It alleges that trump spread lies, that there had been outcome determinant fraud, fraud that would have...

Its very significant. The weight of resources are no longer in your favor, i dont care how much money you necessarily have. What theyre doing now is likely expected a not guilty plea where he will formally tell the court he has notice of all the charges against him, and they will set some date in the future in terms of when he will have to either have discovery provided to him, there likely is not going to be a Motion Schedule for the things that you would argue about what would come into evidence, thats going to be longer down the road. But the notion of a rap sheet is so significant with the...

in the united states and around the world. i'm john avlon in for kasie hunt. it is friday, december 22, yes, i'm wearing a candy cane tie. stunning new revelations into just how far donald trump went to overturn his loss in the 2020 election. a new report from the detroit news alleging that then president trump pressured two election officials in wayne county, michigan to not certify the results of the vote, that is according to audio recordings they have reviewed for a phone call trump made in 2020 following the election. the newspaper reports that he told them we can't let these pe...

Basic blocking and tackling. we need to make sure that election security officials have appropriate clearances so they can be informed if we see patterns of election interference. well need to make sure every voting machine has an auditable paper trail. even if they hack, there is a paper trail that we can audit. we need to make sure we provide very information sharing so we are on guard. because these russian tactics did not end in 2016, and they will continue unless we're better protected. that's why i thought it was important for us to act as a committee. again, i would point out in a bipar...

Potential meddling from russia and potentially other foreign powers came out yesterday. it involve some simple measures as making sure you have a paper trail or using paper ballots to secure elections. they also said, maybe don't attach your voting machines to the internet, that's another simple step that you can take. today, we're going to hear from election security officials, state and local, cyber security officials and plus the secretary of the department of homeland security opinion what is being done. the clock is ticking toward the med terms elections coming up this fall. in the bruder...