Fascinating interview. Weve all been leaning into see what bill barr had to say. A lot of us, waiting to figure out what he would think about all this. Im laura coates. Everyone. And thank you all for joining me right here in washington, d. C. Its the capitol on high alert tonight. Why . Because the nation is bracing for the arrest and arraignment of a former president. Shall i say, again . The third time in, what, three months . He will appear in court tomorrow, as expected. In now his third indictment on charges of trying to overturn an election. And weve learned at cnn that the Secret Service is already done a walk through of the courthouse and Law Enforcement is now monitoring even potential threats. Meantime, everyone, we are getting an early look at what his potential Defense Strategy might be. Including whats called, this is not my term, but the delusion defense, that he actually believed his own lies. Plus, suggestions that hes about to throw his legal advisors under the bus. I
and also former house republican investigative committee counsel, beta johnson s also here in associate professor of law at george howell university. and on kuch could or, is a former federal prosecutor as well. in other words, we ve got his panel and i m glad that you re all here because the number one question i keep getting, including at the grocery store today, was, what s up with his whole free speech discussion? the political speech notion. is it true that as long as trump was saying something about his views on the election that he s protected? what do you think? well, yes and no. the attorney general, the former attorney general said it best. you can have free speech, you can say what do you think. you can even lie. but you can t engage in a conspiracy to commit fraud and do other things that are crimes. that is the line that jack smith is going to have to walk. i mean, the network, and that s a great point because