being fined the maximum penalt of one point $6 million. all of the logistics like weight, it not a lot has happened yet but, trump and many have his allies have already bega criticizing and accusing the justice system of being corrup and biased against him donald trump, like anyon accused of a crime in th united states, is presumed innocent until proven guilty and is also entitled to his da in court in order to defen himself. but, his focus of the moment seems to be delegitimizing the justice system altogether. i think that lebron support of the republican party the vast majority of you elected members of which hav already come to his defense. and latinos continuing to ru against him as the leader of the party in the 2024 gop trum presidential nominee like his own vice president, mike pence i think the unprecedented indictment of a former president of the united states for a campaign finance issue i an outrage i think it s clear to th overwhelming majority of the american p
growing outrage in tennessee one of the ousted lawmaker s justin jones joins me live wit his former boss congresswoma barbara lee. vice president harris speaks out. they understood the importance, these three of standing to say that peopl will not be silenced donald trump s pinch. jack smith is about to get his most important witness in th january six insurrection yet former vice president mike pence. i m jonathan, this is th saturday show. a house divided against itself cannot stand the focus of abraham lincoln s 1850 speech was slavery and th most in the minority of mostly southern white wealthy lan owning men who wanted to maintain it. in this democracy. the same men would start and lose a war to keep that evil institution. but more than two centurie later, the fury of that battle still smolders the tennessee three face expulsion votes this week, following a protest in the state house chamber demandin stricter gun safety measures after a mass shooting at a national ele
good morning to you on saturda april the 8th, i m velshi. it is been a short week in american politics. former president donald trum appeared for arraignment i manhattan, criminal cour political tensions are on th front. his extremist ideology wil carry on whether or not he succeeds in getting back to th white house. on tuesday, we saw trump i unfamiliar territory inside courtroom waiting for the judg to give him the criminal charges division filed against him. former president already twice impeached and still currentl facing eleni of other criminal and civil complaints, he pleaded not guilty to the 34 felony accounts of falsifyin business records in relation t the hush money payments made t stormy daniels with whom h allegedly had an affair. trump continues to lie those allegations. he s also reported to making dozens of social media pos criticizing the manhatta district attorney, alvin brang the judge assigned to his case and even their family member who have nothing to do
today on velshi, federa judge in texas orders abortion pills on pharmacy shelves in all 50 states. only a seven-day window for an appeal the very latest on the pressures of donald trump as his former vice presiden prepares to testify abou january 6th. and, how the trumpian tactic o attacking and silencin political opponents is being mainstream by republican across the country including famously this week i tennessee. then, another sign that th american people are rejectin republican politics. i ll talk about the remarkable with the man who famousl crumpled the conquest of the state in the 2019. velshi starts right now.
as this indictment in manhatta promises an appears to be. i want to ask you because w have some comments from michae pence right now. and he has mention among other things, when he was asked abou january 6th. he s a donor trump and i m paraphrasing here which fe incorrect information from his advisors that day but that pence was always confident i what his duty was in terms o certifying the vote. not on was quoted to the situation they knew because it was my pence s lawyer wh contacted you to say can you give us some cover, in terms o your legal scholarship do you believe that to be true pence was always confident tha he was not in a position to do with donald trump wanted i overturning the election i congress i don t have any insigh into the conversations and imaginations within the whit house. but i have no question at al that the former vice president