Our special breaking news coverage continues now of the third, yes, third criminal indictment

of former president Donald Trump.

I'm Laura Coates.

And I'm Erin Bonette.

And the news tonight, you know, still stunning, even though people had expected an indictment

to come, right?

Now it's here.

If you let it sink in, the 45th president indicted by a federal grand jury and special counsel

Jack Smith's investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election, and it's not lost

on anyone that while Trump is facing charges over the last election, he is, of course, in

the middle of his reelection campaign, Laura.

I mean, this is the third time, the third time that Donald Trump has now been criminally

indicted in what, four months at this point, special counsel Jack Smith charged him in the

classified documents probe in June.

He had that Manhattan grand jury charging the former president for business fraud back

in March and just listen to what special counsel Jack Smith had to say tonight.

The attack on our nation's capital on January 6, 2021 was an unprecedented assault on the

seat of American democracy.

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

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

the nation's process of collecting, counting, and certifying the results of the presidential

election.

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