Wednesday, August 2, 2023
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🗓️ 2 August 2023
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| 0:00.0 | Donald Trump faces an unprecedented third indictment. |
| 0:05.4 | This went over his efforts to subvert the vote and stay empowered. |
| 0:08.2 | It was fueled by lies. |
| 0:10.0 | Trump is accused of conspiring to defraud the U.S. and deprive voters of their rights. |
| 0:15.0 | I mean, Martinez with Laila Faddle, and this is up first from MPR News. |
| 0:21.3 | Despite the weight of these charges, here's how one Fox News host is spinning them. |
| 0:25.4 | The timing of this indictment was coordinated to take the heat off Biden. |
| 0:28.9 | Trump is the frontrunner in the Republican presidential primary by a lot. |
| 0:32.7 | His conservative media trying to avoid alienating his base. |
| 0:35.8 | And Fitch has stripped the federal government of its AAA bond rating. |
| 0:39.8 | The agency says there's been a steady deterioration of governance in the U.S. |
| 0:44.3 | Is it a wake-up call for Congress? |
| 0:46.6 | Stay with us. |
| 0:47.6 | We've got the news you need to start your day. |
| 0:59.3 | The latest indictment against Donald Trump, the third against him, |
| 1:02.7 | results from what Attorney General Merrick Garland called the largest investigation |
| 1:07.3 | in the Justice Department's history following the January 6 attack on the Capitol. |
| 1:12.3 | Trump is now facing four felony charges stemming from his efforts to overturn the vote in 2020. |
| 1:18.3 | He did that, the indictment says, by repeatedly and knowingly lying about the elections outcome |
| 1:23.3 | in order to hold on to power. |
| 1:25.3 | He's accused of then exploiting the violence on January 6 to delay the election certification. |
| 1:31.2 | And special counsel Jack Smith, who was leading the investigation, |
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