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well as making false statements and conspiracy to obstruct justice. trump is accused of holding on to sensitive documents that he had no right to keep. and resisting requests from the national archives to return them, even against the advice of his own lawyers. the charges are serious and consequential and yet trump s response is all too familiar. in georgia today he called the indictments baseless and accused to the biden administration of weaponizing the justice department. the former president is hoping that once again he can dodge a counter ability about riling up his maga army of supporters and pressuring the republican party to rally behind him. but when donald trump voted for the federal judge in miami on tuesday, he will face the music along. joining me now is congresswoman
kind of independent way that we did not see under the previous president. and i think that if democrats were to say anything vocally about these charges and it will just fuel the flames of those who think this is a political indictment. and i think if you read the indictment and you listened to special counsel jack smith s. it is anything about that. and the president s right to continue his arms length distance from the proceedings. donna, a quick follow-up to you. when you consider the upcoming campaign. how challenging will it be for biden to attack trump politically if he s the republican nominee? while his justice department is also investigating him for similar charges? well if you think about when the primary season ends and when the general election really gets going with two
to storage lockers. giving some back when he knew he was caught red-handed and not giving it all back. and then deceiving his own attorneys as he secretive away more and more of these documents. i want to hold you right there. 500 documents. would give them away a little bit of time. therefore suggesting that he knew he wasn t giving everything over. he would be smell about. it wasn t like a, oh, i just didn t realize what i had. exactly right. and he had his temporary move the documents. what we also have is revealing evidence, take a look at the text, take a look at the verbatim language of the president. take a look at the progress of the documents. so carelessly stacked in very strange places. but the president trump, the former president knew exactly what he was doing. he obstructed justice. this is a very damning indictment. and i m very pleased that he
because i don t have to tell you that many if not most of these people are never inclined to fight the power when a four unarmed black person is killed by a police or even civilians. but when it is a rich white republican former president with a history of subverting the law? they are ready to burn our legal system down. what is your thoughts, attorney crump? [silence] i think the mute you are on mute. they have been trying to meet you for the last decade, attorney crump, go ahead. [laughter] thank you, mentor. first of all, i want to say, we must commend american general merrick garland for having the courage to say nobody is above the law. and then as you and i, reverend, al isil gallantly across america to say that we can t have two justice systems in america. it has to be one justice system.