WRAP: Trump in court for arraignment on 2020 election charges

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A recap of Donald Trump's travel to Washington, DC, to face new charges that he conspired to obstruct the 2020 presidential election. The former president pleaded not guilty on all counts. Before heading back to New Jersey, Trump slammed the charges brought against him in court, saying he was a victim of "persecution of a political opponent" after he pleaded not guilty. (Video Courtesy of AFP)  Subscribe to the Manila Bulletin Online channel! - https://www.youtube.com/TheManilaBulletin  Visit our website at http://mb.com.ph Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/manilabulletin Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/manila_bulletin Instagram: https://instagram.com/manilabulletin Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@manilabulletin  #ManilaBulletinOnline #ManilaBulletin #LatestNews

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00:00 [BLANK_AUDIO]

00:10 >> Mr. President, Mr. President.

00:16 [BLANK_AUDIO]

00:26 >> You're dealing with a master of spin.

00:45 He's already using it.

00:47 This is for political reasons.

00:49 This is my freedom of expression, freedom of speech.

00:54 I have the right to say that the elections were rigged.

00:58 And I have the right to interpret it in my mind that it was rigged and stolen.

01:04 That's his defense.

01:06 That's his right.

01:07 And he's spinning it.

01:08 >> No, no, no, no, no, no, no.

01:11 I don't wanna go to jail.

01:14 Go to jail.

01:16 >> This is Hillary.

01:18 Look at her.

01:19 What she lost.

01:20 >> Beauty pageants.

01:21 >> And the other, last week, it's gone too far, this left wing gender ideology.

01:28 >> Yeah, Trump is a victim.

01:30 This is a weaponized system that has been using him as a target.

01:35 >> We literally see the Biden administration using the courts to go

01:40 after a political opponent and a former president.

01:43 That is stuff you see in Venezuela.

01:45 That is stuff you see in dictatorship.

01:47 We see it in the United States of America.

01:49 >> All backgrounds, all incomes, all races, all sexual orientations.

01:54 >> Louder than they are, and I believe you will.

01:58 >> I have read all 45 pages of the DOJ's indictment, and

02:02 I can tell you that the truth is simple.

02:07 Trump deliberately lied about voter fraud.

02:10 Accountability for Trump and his co-conspirators is crucial if we want to

02:14 stop the next Trump or Trump from undermining the will of voters again.

02:21 >> Election denialism will take root in our country.

02:23 This nation's noble.

02:26 [BLANK_AUDIO]

02:29 >> Well, thank you very much.

02:30 This is a very sad day for America.

02:34 And it was also very sad driving through Washington DC and

02:38 seeing the filth and the decay and all of the broken buildings and

02:44 the walls and the graffiti.

02:45 This is not the place that I left.

02:48 It's a very sad thing to see it.

02:51 When you look at what's happening, this is a persecution of a political opponent.

02:56 This was never supposed to happen in America.

02:59 This is the persecution of the person that's leading by very,

03:03 very substantial numbers in the Republican primary and leading Biden by a lot.

03:09 So if you can't beat him, you persecute him or you prosecute him.

03:13 We can't let this happen in America.

03:15 Thank you very much.

03:15 >> Do you want these elections?

03:16 [BLANK_AUDIO]

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