And I'm Jeff Bennett on the NewsHour tonight.

A federal grand jury indicts former president Donald Trump in a case involving the insurrection

on January 6th and efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

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military protocols for investigating sexual assault.

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battle in Ohio. It's such a patchwork. Every state is doing things differently,

and there's very few requirements for states to publicly report how they use this money.

Welcome to the NewsHour and historic day here in Washington. A federal grand jury here has

indicted former president Donald Trump on four counts, including conspiracy to defraud the United

States and obstruction of an official proceeding. It comes after a more than nine-month investigation

by special counsel Jack Smith of Mr. Trump's involvement in the January 6th insurrection

and efforts to overturn the 2020 election. This is the third time Mr. Trump has been

indicted this year. He was first charged in March in a New York court with 34 counts

related to hush money payments made during the 2016 campaign. His first federal indictment

then came in June as part of the special counsel's probe. A Florida grand jury charged him with 37

felonies related to classified material found in his home. Our White House correspondent Laura

Barone Lopez has been following all of this and joins us here. Laura, good to see you. Good to be

here. So as we mentioned, Jack Smith has been following two lines of investigation this January 6th

probe being one of them. Just remind us how we arrived at this moment in this particular probe.

So in November of last year was when the special counsel Jack Smith was named by attorney general

Merritt Garland as being the one who would oversee these two probes. The one into the classified

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