on this show but i have to ask tonight, how would an indictment effect i the 2024 race? trump is not just a former president, he is the front runner that raise. who better to ask than a lon time observer of presidents an chief white house corresponden from the new york times pete baker thanks for coming back o the show, peter. politically, do you buy th argument from some of hi supporters as well as people like elon musk that an indictment would help trump in electoral terms, in terms of garnering sympathy from the go base that has slowly, ever s slowly been moving away from trump? i think you are exactly right to point out that we don t know we have never seen anythin like this before, right? there is no history to base ou judgment on. we ought to be careful about making predictions in, as yo put, it uncharted territory. we do not know they are very confident, obviously, that this will help them you want to be confident you ve got to be careful o politics about things you ar confide
trump? i think you are exactly right to point out that we don t know we have never seen anythin like this before, right? there is no history to base ou judgment on. we ought to be careful about making predictions in, as yo put it, uncharted territory. we do not know they are very confident, obviously, that this will help them you want to be confident you ve got to be careful o politics about things you ar confident about. often, it turns out you are no right. i ve seen that so many times before i would say that clearly, ther is a sense of grievanc politics that has animated his appeal to his base for man years. he has used that successfull in the past two generate support from fellow republican who like him already people who are outraged at the mueller report or outraged a this prosecution or that investigation, this impeachment, or that impeachment. he has used it before, he using a playbook, in that sense, that has worked in the past. it s never been with a crimina indictment lik
christopher wrap is eight abject failure. nobody should have confidence i his leadership, you decide per. the documents investigation in the rate that happens at mar-a-lago, that show of force in that way as opposed to the documents investigation for president biden and how that went down, you find out about those documents before the november election, the guy that does the search of the house after that, but does not say anything prior to the midterm election. so we have a long history of handling investigations into mishandling of classified information. our standard for approaching those investigations is this a matter who it is. our basic approach is the same. that too is not true great deal believe that s true? no parrot. equal treatment regardless o politics he saying. really?