He chose to react differently, tweeting that he would b directing congressiona committees to, quote immediately investigate if federal funds are being used t subvert our democracy by interfering in elections wit politically motivate prosecutions the district attorney has done nothing yet. he hasn t announced if there will be charges. he hasn t said what thos charges might even be. but kevin mccarthy is so beholden to donald trump tha he believes whatever is coming is wrong if anything is coming, n matter what, he want investigations launched becaus trump posted on social media this is the kevin mccarthy w have always known the same kevin mccarthy wh embraced trump just weeks afte he incited a violent insurrection at the capitol in an attempt to stay in office and many other elected republicans echoed the sentiments of kevin mccarthy these republicans are so programs to defend donald trum that their statements resemble
Witnesses directly, but will in fact, be reviewin transcripts and such so, it s an odd construct. it s a construct that came about partly through the legislature and partly through case law so, it s not necessarily the construct that the legislature envisioned but that s what they have. so, if there is an indictment, if that indictment include donald trump, and if the manhattan da indites donal trump which, donald trump said, is going to happen on tuesday - he will have the unusual situation of facing tw prosecutions at the same tim in different states. and it s important for folks t realize that states are thei own sovereign. this is not run by the department of justice in washington they are their own sovereign with their own state laws, their own rules. and even if he becomes the president again, he will not have the power over thos prosecutions that he does, a least nominally, over th department of justice. so, it is a lot to handle as a
Potential case against a forme president of the united states you know that you can t take a case where the odds ar significant, that you are goin to lose that case. so, i would not criticize hi for going for the smaller case brittany, i mentioned it at of the top of the show - supporters believe this migh strengthen trump s hand. what do you make of this being used to his political advantag among republicans and among hi base, to help his candidacy in 2024 i am sadly terrified that they could be correct. i mean, this is why you leak information that is not actual information. because it doesn t seem to b based on any evidence or facts but we know that facts don t really matter to donald trump. and they don t matter to man of his supporters. look, january 6th was practice he figured out how to make the truth sound like a lie, how to use that lie to rally his base
Violent offenders and prison gang leaders the characteristic similaritie she saw between trump and then candidate trump prompted her t go on the record about what sh and her colleagues call trump dangerous psychology she went on to author th best-selling book the dangerou case of donald trump: 37 psychiatrists and mental healt experts assess a president and dr. bandy lee joins me now we should note that dr. lee ha not conducted a psychiatri examination of trump and we ar not going to make any diagnosi on the air now but there is a lot that we can certainly unpack dr. lee, it s great to have yo on the show. thank you for your time. based on what you and your colleagues studied, what do yo think was going through trump mind when he posted on his social media site this morning was his motivation deliberat or reactive, do you think? well, first of all, thank you for having me.
Standpoint, it does not bode well that there is no federa prosecution, only a local ne york state prosecution for something he did before he was even elected as president, whe in fact there are enormous offenses that are bein ignored. he incited an insurrection he attempted a coup, as neve before in our history. right he killed - hundreds of thousands of peopl through his deliberate mismanagement of the pandemic. these are huge matters that he should be prosecuted for but he is not. much like the first impeachment, when only two charges were brought, instead of an encyclopedia of charges, as wa warranted. can i - outmaneuver - no, no, i appreciate yo outlining a lot of his issues. i think a lot of our viewers are very familiar with a lot o the allegations against donald trump and his missteps and mismanagement and allege crimes over the years. but i want to ask you abou something he said today again, we don t want to repeat exactly what trump said in his post but he did cal