Lawmakers, Presidential Candidates React to Former President Trump’s Third Indictment, Harris Won’t Meet with DeSantis, Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooter Sentenced to Death | August 2

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TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: President Donald Trump’s third indictment Lawmakers and 2024 presidential candidates reactions to the former president’s third indictment Vice President Kamala Harris does not have plans to meet with Gov. Ron DeSantis after he offered to meet with her to discuss the state’s new black history teaching standards. The shooter responsible for killing 11 people at a Pittsburgh synagogue in October 2018 has received the death penalty. Fitch rating agency downgrades U.S’ credit rating Relevant Links Listen to other podcasts from The Daily Signal: https://www.dailysignal.com/podcasts/ Get daily conservative news you can trust from our Morning Bell newsletter: DailySignal.com/morningbellsubscription Listen to more Heritage podcasts: https://www.heritage.org/podcasts Sign up for The Agenda newsletter — the lowdown on top issues conservatives need to know about each week: https://www.heritage.org/agenda Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Samantha Cheris, I'm Virginia Allen, and this is the Daily Signal Top News for Wednesday, August 2nd.
0:08.0	Here are today's headlines.
0:20.0	Former President Donald Trump was indicted for the third time on Tuesday over the former president's efforts
0:27.0	challenging the 2020 election results, our colleague Fred Lucas reports.
0:32.0	Special counsel Jack Smith, who has led the investigation into the former president's actions after the 2020 election,
0:39.0	said on Tuesday, today an indictment was unsealed charging Donald J. Trump with conspiring to defraud the United States,
0:47.0	conspiring to disenfranchise voters, and conspiring and attempting to obstruct an official proceeding.
0:55.0	Smith also said the attack on our nation's capital on January 6th, 2021, was an unprecedented assault on the seat of American democracy.
1:05.0	As described in the indictment, it was fueled by lies.
1:08.0	Lies by the defendant targeted at obstructing a bedrock function of the U.S. government.
1:14.0	The nation's process of collecting, counting, and certifying the results of the presidential election.
1:21.0	Trump will reportedly be arraigned in Washington, D.C. federal court on Thursday.
1:26.0	The four count 45-page indictment accuses Trump of three criminal conspiracies.
1:32.0	One is a conspiracy to defraud the United States using dishonesty, fraud, and deceit.
1:38.0	Another alleges a conspiracy to corruptly obstruct and impede the January 6th, 2021 congressional certification of votes.
1:46.0	The third alleges a conspiracy against the right to vote.
1:50.0	Trump's 2024 presidential campaign said any statement,
1:54.0	this is nothing more than the latest corrupt chapter in the continued pathetic attempt by the Biden crime family,
2:01.0	and their weaponized Department of Justice to interfere with the 2024 presidential election,
2:07.0	in which President Trump is the undisputed frontrunner, and leading by substantial margins.
2:14.0	The statement also asks, why did they wait two and a half years to bring these fake charges,
2:19.0	right in the middle of President Trump's winning campaign for 2024?
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