defense attorneys have been trying to push this case until after the 2024 election, but prosecutors insist these new charges should not change the current schedule, which has this case possibly before a grand jury in may 2024. paula reed, cnn, washington. trump s former vice president mike pence is campaigning in iowa again today. pence along with trump and several gop contenders were in the hawkeye state last night to make their pitches to iowa voters. while most of those republican presidential candidates, including trump, steered clear of the latest indictments, some used the opportunity to pounce on the new charges against trump. cnn s kyung lah is on the campaign trail in iowa for us. how are these gop candidates handling trump s latest indictments? reporter: well, we re waiting to hear if there s going to be any sort of adjustment today. former vice president mike pence, as you just mentioned, is
almost all of his challengers continue to tiptoe around his growing pile of legal baggage. former congressman will hurd was the only candidate at the linner dinner in iowa who dared to call trump out. donald trump is running to stay out of prison. and if we elect [ boos ] i know. i know. i know. i know. i know. listen, i know the truth the truth is hard. cnn s kyung lah is on the campaign trail today with former vice president mike pence. how are iowans responding to the gop media blitz? reporter: well, i think you heard at least if there s any criticism like will hurd took at last night s dinner is that they weren t so welcoming. it is those types of comments that really this field is
constitution of the united states required of me that day. [ applause ] i m sorry, ma am, that s actually what the constitution says. no vice president in american history ever asserted the authority that you have been convinced that i had. i want to tell you with all due respect, i said before, i said when i announced, president trump was wrong about my authority that day, and he s still wrong. fascinating exchange. cnn s kyung lah is in sioux city, iowa. you were there for this. how did it play out? reporter: it was inside the extra room, the rental room of a pizza ranch. and abby, when we stepped into the room, you could tell it felt different than all of the multiple events we d seen the former vice president in throughout his iowa swing here. it was a bit more confrontational. there was a man wearing a trump 2024 hat. there were vocal trump supporters including that woman who asked that question. and that woman in her question was clearly blaming trump, saying that she believe
lost their lives, and as our nation celebrates independence day we pray for the day when our communities will be free from gun violence it is within our power to, once again, ban assault weapons on high capacity magazines to require safe storage of guns to end gun manufacturer s immunity from liability and turn up to universal background checks. well, the fourth of july was no holiday for some of the republican presidential candidates, former vice president mike pence walked two miles in a fourth of july parade in the state of iowa. and florida governor ron desantis marched through the rain and tour event in new hampshire. the first republican caucuses will take place in iowa where pence made a big push this independence day. but notably missing from any campaign appearance was his former boss, gop front runner donald trump. cnn s kyung lah is with pence
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