BONUS: Ari Melber breaks down Trump's coup arraignment
The Beat with Ari Melber
Ari Melber, MS NOW
4.6 • 4.2K Ratings
🗓️ 7 August 2023
⏱️ 25 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, this is Ari Melber from MSNBC, thanks for listening to Beat With Ari Melber Podcast. |
| 0:05.2 | We want to share some extra programming today, so buckle up and stay tuned for a special |
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| 0:14.6 | Special counsel Jack Smith has charged Donald Trump now on four counts, conspiracy to defraud |
| 0:19.8 | the U.S., conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction and attempt to obstruct |
| 0:24.4 | an official proceeding, and a conspiracy against rights. |
| 0:27.3 | Those are four different crimes that Donald Trump has now been indicted on. |
| 0:31.8 | This is a huge and significant development. |
| 0:34.6 | As we've mentioned, our breaking coverage, if you've heard about legal issues with Donald |
| 0:38.6 | Trump before, if you've heard about him even being indicted before, this is the largest |
| 0:42.3 | and most significant federal indictment of Donald Trump ever. |
| 0:46.2 | This is in ways that we will document more significant even than the serious legal |
| 0:50.0 | headaches he already has. |
| 0:51.6 | This is also to be clear, tonight, the first time any former president has been indicted |
| 0:57.0 | by the federal justice department for trying to steal an election. |
| 1:01.0 | Now, I mentioned if you've been watching our breaking coverage here, and we've been |
| 1:03.9 | going through what is a voluminous filing, that this is in some ways broader than people |
| 1:09.5 | expected. |
| 1:10.5 | Indeed, while a conspiracy only requires one or more other people, Jack Smith has found |
| 1:15.0 | six other co-conspirators that are named in the filing. |
| 1:20.0 | It alleges that Trump spread lies that there had been outcome-determinative fraud, meaning |
| 1:24.2 | fraud that would actually have swung the election back to him. |
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