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The New Old Trump Indictment

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ABC News

News, Daily News, Politics

4.56.4K Ratings

🗓️ 28 August 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Special Counsel Jack Smith issues a superseding indictment against Donald Trump in his election interference case. Mark Zuckerberg issues a rare “apology letter” to a Republican-controlled House committee. And Latino advocacy groups are outraged after a series of search warrants targeted organizers in Texas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

It's Wednesday, August 28th. We're less than 70 days to election day.

0:04.5

Plenty of time for an indictment. We start here.

0:07.5

Special Council Jack Smith issues an updated indictment against Donald Trump.

0:14.6

Jack Smith is still moving full steam ahead believing that the former president was still at the

0:19.1

head of this conspiracy.

0:20.3

Walk you through what the former president is and isn't being charged with.

0:24.0

Mark Zuckerberg tried to make conspiracy theories less deadly.

0:28.0

Now he's apologizing for it.

0:30.0

The Republicans will say, look, look at the scalp we got. A political victory for it. The Republicans will say, look at the scalp we got. A political victory for Republicans

0:35.2

is also a pivot for social media companies. And is this about voter fraud or punishment?

0:41.0

I said a search warrant for what?

0:43.0

Because you're in your nightgown.

0:44.0

Yes.

0:45.0

Why Latinos say they're being targeted in Texas.

0:48.0

From ABC News, this is Start Here.

0:53.0

I'm Brad Milkie.

0:56.4

The Department of Justice has a longstanding policy. it does not like to get involved in politics.

1:05.8

Even the appearance of favoring one side of the other can cause the entire system to rot.

1:10.8

So for years the unwritten rule has been that within 60 days of an election day

1:16.4

they are not going to charge a political candidate with a new crime. The thinking is

1:20.1

we should not impact an election with new unproven charges, which is why it was so controversial

1:25.1

in 2016 when FBI Director James Comi announced he was reopening his investigation in the Hillary

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