Trump facing new indictment over alleged attempts to overturn 2020 election results

Published: Aug 27, 2024 Duration: 00:02:43 Category: News & Politics

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CHANCE OF A SLIGHT RISK BUT A 20% CHANCE SOUTH OF NEW YORK CITY THAT SOME OF THE STRONG COULD BE STRONG OR PRODUCE SOME DAMAGE. WE'LL WATCH ALL THIS FOR YOU BUT RIGHT NOW LET'S GO BACK TO YOU. >>> FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IS FACING A NEW INDICTMENT OVER HIS ALLEGED ATTEMPTS TO OVERTURN THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION RESULTS. >> THE CHARGES WERE REFILED BECAUSE OF THE RECENT SUPREME COURT RULING ON PRESIDENTIAL IMMUNITY. DICK BRENNAN HAS BEEN COVERING THIS CASE AND JOINS US NOW TO EXPLAIN WHAT IT ALL MEANS. >> IT COULD MEAN A LOT IN THE REVISED LUCIFERIN SEATING INDICTMENT THE FORMER PRESIDENT IS FACING THE SAME FOUR CHARGES FOR HIS EFFORTS TO OVERTURN THE 2020 ELECTION BUT THE SPECIAL COUNSEL JACK SMITH TAILORED THE ALLEGATIONS TO RESPECT THE SUPREME COURT'S NEW IMMUNITY STANDARD. A BIG PART OF IT CAME DOWN TO ARGUING WHAT IS AN OFFICIAL ACT OF THE PRESIDENT VERSUS A PRIVATE AT. >> Reporter: THE NEW INDICTMENT STILL ALLEGES TRUMP ENGAGED IN A CONSPIRACY TO HOLD ONTO POWER BUT IT REMOVED ALL THE CHARGES CONCERNING FROM'S ATTEMPTS TO PRESSURE THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT INTO SUPPORTING HIS FALSE CLAIMS THAT THE ELECTION WAS RIGGED. TRUMP HAS LONG CLAIMED HE DID NOTHING WRONG. >> THIS IS A PERSECUTION OF A POLITICAL OPPONENT. THIS WAS NEVER SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN IN AMERICA. >> Reporter: THE NEW INDICTMENT IS A REACTION TO A SUPREME COURT RULING THAT PRESIDENTS HAVE BROUGHT IMMUNITY FOR OFFICIAL ACT. >> WHAT THE COURT SAID IS WHEN IT COMES TO ONLY THOSE THINGS THAT UNDER THE COST VISION A FORMER PRESIDENT CAN DO, THE COURT PRESIDENTIAL FUNCTIONS, ABSOLUTE IMMUNITY. >> Reporter: IN AN EXCLUSIVE CBS 2 INTERVIEW WITH NORAH O'DONNELL, JUSTICE KETANJI BROWN JACKSON ADDRESSED THE STINGING DISSENT THAT SHE WROTE TO THE LANDMARK RULING. >> I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT A SYSTEM THAT APPEARED TO PROVIDE IMMUNITY FOR ONE INDIVIDUAL UNDER ONE SET OF CIRCUMSTANCES. WHEN WE HAVE A CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM THAT HAD NARROWLY TREATED EVERYONE THE SAME. >> Reporter: STILL INTACT IN THE INDICTMENT, THE CHARGE THAT TRUMP ENGAGED IN A CONSPIRACY AGAINST THE RIGHT TO VOTE AND HAVE ONE'S VOTE COUNTED. TRUMP LEAD SWEEPING EFFORTS IN THE COURTS AND THEN WHEN THAT FAILED, BEGAN TO PRESSURE OFFICIALS IN CONGRESS AND STATES TO HELP HIM, INCLUDING GEORGE'S REPUBLICAN SECRETARY OF STATE, BRAD RAFFENSPERGER, AFTER TRUMP LOST THE STATE. >> I JUST WANT TO FIND 11,780 VOTES. >> Reporter: IN A TRUTH SOCIAL POST TRUMP WROTE, JACK SMITH HAS BROUGHT A RIDICULOUS NEW INDICTMENT AGAINST ME WHICH HAS ALL THE PROBLEMS OF THE OLD INDICTMENT AND SHOULD BE DISMISSED IMMEDIATELY. >> PRESIDENT TRUMP'S LAWYERS ARE GOING TO SAY, THERE IS NO INDICTMENT YOU CAN BRING THAT DOES NOT INVOLVE OFFICIAL ACTION, BECAUSE FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS IN OFFICE AT THE TIME. >> SO WHAT'S NEXT? A

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