This city. But he returned as a criminal defendant. He faces four charges and is accused of orchestrating an astonishingly Broad Campaign to overturn the Election Results of 2020. Its alleged he used unlawful methods to try to getjoe biden s victory blocked. Inside court, mrtrump s biden s victory blocked. Inside court, mr trumps lawyer pleaded not guilty on his behalf. The former president did speak as he left the city. When you look at what is happening, this is a persecution of a political opponent. This was never supposed to happen in america. Its easy to almost become immune to donald trump legal problems but this case is bigger than all the other indictments and that is because ultimately, its about american democracy. And how the former president stands accused of trying to overthrow it. January the sixth of the painful and indelible mark on the uss image here and worldwide. Five people died and more than 1000 were arrested. Donald trump is charged with inciting violence but acc
convicted one. but if for example, and the big difference maybe whether in this hypothetical trump convicted of state charges. the federal charges, for example, this allegation of conspiracy and january six, it s a federal charge and they involve classified documents, he and his team will probably argue that a re elected president could pardon himself because the president has it s never been done before, no one has tried it, buti been done before, no one has tried it, but i believe it would be their argument if you imagine he were convicted, federal charges. on state charges, which is an issue in the new york case about business fraud, then i think a sitting president would claim his federal constitutional responsibilities may override that inferior state law and would at least delay any prison term, for example, until after the presidential term were over. these are all wildly speculative scenarios and