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The ReidOut with Joy Reid

Why Trump's third indictment is the most historically significant

The ReidOut with Joy Reid

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4.53.1K Ratings

🗓️ 2 August 2023

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Joy Reid leads this episode of The ReidOut as we continue to follow the breaking news that Donald Trump has received indictment number three courtesy of the DC grand jury investigating his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Never has a president of the United States refused to relinquish power until Trump. Never has a former president come up with a conspiracy that involves having their vice president overturn the will of the people through the use of a fake electors scheme until Trump. Never has a former president incited an insurrection with armed extremists to storm the U.S. Capitol until Trump. No U.S. president has ever been indicted, before Trump. For Trump this is indictment number three, and in many ways it is the most historically significant one. Chair of the former House January 6th Committee, Rep. Bennie Thompson, reacts to these historical developments, joining our expert guests on this breaking news edition of The ReidOut on MSNBC.

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0:00.0

We do continue to follow the breaking news tonight.

0:02.1

The Donald Trump has received indictment number three courtesy of the DC grand jury investigating

0:07.7

his efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

0:11.2

And let us just be clear, this isn't a historic moment in this country.

0:15.0

Never has a president of the United States refused to relinquish power until Trump.

0:20.4

Never has a former president come up with a conspiracy that involves having their vice president

0:24.7

overturned the will of the people through the use of fake electors until Trump.

0:30.6

Never has a former president incited an insurrection with armed extremists to storm the US Capitol

0:37.2

until Trump.

0:38.5

And no US president has ever been indicted before Trump.

0:41.5

And again, for Trump, this is indictment number three.

0:45.0

And in many ways, it is the most historically significant one because it's not just about

0:49.4

his personal conduct.

0:51.1

It is about us, our democracy.

0:53.8

And now to the substance, Donald Trump has been charged with four criminal counts, conspiracy

0:58.8

to defraud the United States, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction

1:05.2

of an attempt to obstruct an official proceeding, and conspiracy against rights, specifically the

1:11.8

right to vote and to have one's vote counted.

1:15.8

And as we now know, Trump did not attempt to do this alone.

1:19.0

The indictment names six unnamed co-conspirators who assisted him in his criminal efforts for

1:25.2

attorneys, one justice department official, and a political consultant.

1:30.6

And just in the last hour, we heard from special counsel Jack Smith about this indictment.

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