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WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

The Fraught Jan. 6 Indictment of Donald Trump

WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

The Wall Street Journal

News, Society & Culture

4.22.8K Ratings

🗓️ 2 August 2023

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Special counsel Jack Smith charges the former President with trying to overturn the 2020 election in the runup to the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol. What does the indictment allege, and how does it try to prove that Trump knew he had actually lost to Joe Biden? Given that lying to the public isn't a crime, could Trump potentially appeal the use of these laws against him all the way to the Supreme Court? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch.

0:36.9

President Donald Trump faces his stirred indictment, this one for his conduct trying to

0:42.0

overturn the 2020 election and leading up to the January 6th ride at the U.S. Capitol.

0:47.6

Welcome, I'm Kyle Peterson with the Wall Street Journal.

0:50.8

We are joined today by my colleagues, columnists, Kim Strassel, and Bill McGurne.

0:56.1

Let's start with special counsel Jack Smith,

0:58.2

here he is announcing the new charges on Thursday.

1:01.1

The attack on our nation's Capitol on January 6th, 2021,

1:06.2

was an unprecedented assault on the seat of American democracy.

1:11.2

It's described in the indictment, it was fueled by lies.

1:15.9

Lies by the defendant targeted at obstructing a bedrock function of the U.S. government.

1:22.0

The nation's process of collecting, counting, and certifying.

1:26.0

The results of the presidential election.

1:29.3

In this case, my office will seek a speedy trial so that our evidence can be tested in court and

1:35.3

judged by a jury of citizens. In the meantime, I must emphasize that the indictment is only

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