John Lauro, the attorney for former President Donald Trump in the January 6 case, reacts to special counsel Jack Smith indicting the former president on 'Special Report.'
"It's under attack by the Biden administration. We now have a political incumbent who is attacking Americans for their beliefs, attacking Americans for their speech and attacking Americans for their politics. This has never happened in the history of our country, and it's playing out right now," he continued.
Host Bret Baier read part of the indictment about Trump’s actions after the 2020 presidential election. Former US President Donald Trump speaks to supporters from The Ellipse near the White House on January 6, 2021, in Washington, DC. - Thousands of Trump supporters, fueled by his spurious claims of voter fraud, are flooding the nation's capital protesting the expected certification of Joe Biden's White House victory by the US Congress."The Defendant lost the 2020 presidential election. Despite having lost, the Defendant was determined to remain in power.
Lauro responded to the allegations against his client, saying he would like the Justice Department to"prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Donald Trump believed that these allegations were false." He claimed Trump saw changes in election procedure and received advice from counsel that he had the ability to ask former Vice President Mike Pence to pause the certification on January 6 and have certain states audit and recertify the results to"know ultimately who won the election." "And that's the only thing that President Trump suggested. There's nothing unlawful about that. He was entitled to do that as the chief executive officer carrying out the laws.
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