Never been in before to watch someone run for president , nonetheless a former president facing several indictments and several court dates during the process leading up to the election. Mike to that point, martha, you had the republican candidates on your program, his former Vice President mike pence on yesterday. What about the challenge for the other candidates to stay on message, get on message, whatever you want to call it, when the former president is constantly the story . Martha its rough, obviously. These campaigns all are raising money, they are, you know, putting ads out there, trying to make their mark, trying to break through, which you know, has been they are basically in a pretty tight heat in the polls and the 10 to 6 range, some at 3 in the top, and those are the top candidates. The former president is more than 37 points ahead of his nearest competitor who is ron desantis, supposed to come on to the scene and make a big splash. But i think even the former president ,
Will be putting out yet another fake indictment of your a favorite president , me, at 5 00 p. M. Provided and they do this 2. 5 years ago . Why did they wait so long . They wanted to put it right in the middle of my campaign. Prosecutorial misconduct. A grand jury who will decide whether or not to indict trump over election interference, they met earlier today. Hes outside the d. C. Court house where they ran meeting. Can you give us your report . What did you see . Good afternoon. Obviously, that truth social post was made by the former president at 4 41. Being that there was going to be this 5 00 news. We have not yet yet. All day long about whether or not we could see indictments come. Security around this courthouse did pick up your noticeably the first thing we notice is when we came here, dana, it was no federal protective service but some patrol cars out in front of the courthouse still here behind me. The grand jury as you mentioned gay men met today. Slowly they trickled all a
United states has been arraigned on fell analyst charges. This time for alleged crimes against democracy itself. After pleading not guilty, im told he was in a sour and dejected mood. This is a very sad day for america. This is the biden plolitical law fair. This is election interference at its finest. It feels like a great vindication of the rule of law. They turn. Very concerned about the charges and privately hes been really frustrated. What it means for his legacy. This is going to be a threat to public trust in the Justice System going forward. Theres no question that donald trump. Absolutely laughable. Whats the fraud . Tell me what the fraud is. Youre entitled to raise a question. Thats the uniqueness of the first amendment. Thats the uniqueness of america. Were going to have to lose another psych toll figure you we have to pick somebody else other than donald trump. This could be an inflection point. Demonstrating our commitment to the rule of law. This is a huge case. They are
Interference charges. Now, i will remind you, the court could have just affirmed the u. S. District courts ruling that, no, a president ial does not have absolute immunity. But that was not the decision tonight. And while hearing the case does not mean that ultimately they will rule in trumps favor, the highest court in the land just gave trump something that he has been aggressively fighting for, time. The Oral Arguments in the case have been set for the week of april 22nd, nearly two months from now. Why so much time . And after that, even in a best case scenario, it will be a few weeks before a decision comes down. That is the best case considering we know that there are at least some of the Supreme Court justices who dont agree with the earlier rulings. Otherwise, they would not be hearing the case. And if the court does decide to affirm the earlier ruling, as they should, and hand the case back to District Court judge tanya chutkan, she would need a few months to get the case back
Pressing, one of the most pressing issues in not just the American Court system but American Society given the role of the courts. Im going to get into something later in the hour and im very specifically avoiding and that is commenting on Robert Kennedy junior. I have reasons for my reluctance, including my experience with him in my college class, which im gonna talk about a little bit. But today was the day with his testimony that i can no longer avoid it, and im going to have to, itll be more than a few years words, and it will be later in the hour. There is much to say about him. I have a bit to say about him, and this is the night for that. I am eager for a deep cut on you and robert f. Kennedy junior in college. So i will be tuning in for that. For many reasons. Have a good show. The attorney for the dammed, thats how the newest member of Donald Trumps Criminal Defense Team was described in a New York Times profile written about him over 15 years ago. John laurel served as a fede