why we do is figure take care of it or the political system will. we don t criminalize them. ands that what this indictment attempts to with with the incrime. stuff, this is stuff that prosecutors are not supposed to do. if you have got evidence that trump committed incitement. then charge him with incitement. of course i can say as somebody who actually successfully prosecuted a seditious conspiracy case they don t have a prayer of a creates like that for precisely the reasons that jonathan was laying out. so what do you do? you are supposed to put it aside and plead what you can that actually do. what smith does here is a nod and a wink. there is a exception called exploiting, you know, the violence of january 6th. i forget exactly how it s articulated but he talks about exploiting it because he can t accuse him of actually aiding
that could call into question her square fairness. bret: u.s. district judge tonya described by the a.p. as the toughest funner of the january 6th cases put all cases some way or another all of them behind bars. describing it as the appropriate punishment for their participation in the riot that halted the certification of president biden s victory. that s according to the associated press. so, bret, then i go right back to what i said before about jack smith s remarks. if you have a judge and that s where she is coming from and i would be the fact to say the fact that a judge mets out sentences wouldn t be a basis to seek her disqualification. if she is passionate about january 6th and the violence of the day and you have jack smith making non-in court statements, you know, extra judicial
january 6th, have these states audit and recertify and that way we 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. and nothing about that was obstructive. it was quite interesting that mr. smith talked about the violence on capitol hill. he is not being charged with that there is no allegation that he incited violence or did anything. just the opposite. he is being indicted for free speech. is he being indicted for objecting to the way that the 2020 election was carried out. and any american that takes that view should be equally concerned are they next because the reality is that if a president can be indicted for free speech, then anybody can be indicted. so, when this case goes to trial, we re going to be representing not just president trump, but every single american
d.c. is a swamp unfair to stand trial before a judge that is reflective of the swamp mentality. one of the reserves our country is decline is the politic situation of the rule of law. i will end the weaponization of the federal government. trump s other two indictments in florida. new york. will hurd says trump s presidential bid an attempt to stay out of prison and scam his supporters into footing his legal bills. got booed over that this weekends. his denial of the 2020 election results and actions on january 6th show he is unfit for office. another trump critic and rival, former arkansas governor asa hutchinson says in a statement this is another sad day for america where the former president being charged criminally for obstructing the peaceful transfer of power from one administration to the next. january 6th is a day that calls for accountability for those responsible. i have always said that donald trump is morally responsible for
you look at the situation already ongoing in the world there are major drought problems and food problems in places like africa. this is only exacerbating it. bret: all right. rich, thank you. new york s highest court has rejected former president trump s last ditch effort to avoid testifying in the attorney general s civil investigation into his business practices. the ruling clears the way for his deposition next month as well as the deposition of his children ivanka and don jr. about the trump business. the state s court of appeals said there was no substantial constitutional question that warranted its intervention. the court also dismissed a motion by former president trump s lawyers to stay the subpoenas. the house committee investigating last year s capitol riot january 6th has postponed tomorrow s scheduled hearing. the schedule was to feature dramatic testimony, they say, from former justice department officials who threatened to resign over then president trump s pursuit