trial. reporter: can trump overcome this case? house judiciary chairman jim jordan will join me next. and political shock wave. the historic indictment further unsettles the presidential contest. it is a horrible thing for this country. i have never once suggested to the justice department what they should do or not do. reporter: will trump be on trial while he is on the trail? i ll speak to former impeachment prosecutor and democratic congressman dan goldman, ahead. plus, pardon power. one republican presidential candidate said he d pardon trump if he wins. this is not about politics to me. this is about principle. reporter: another says trump needs to drop out. the country doesn t need this distraction. reporter: how does the indictment change the gop race? two presidential hopefuls join me in moments. hello. i m dana bash in washington where the state of our union is once again in uncharted waters. this weekend a defiant donald trump is once again pre
jordan will join me next. and political shock wave. the historic indictment further unsettles the presidential contest. it s a horrible thing for this country. i have never once suggested to the justice department what they should do or not do. will trump be on trial while he s on the trail? i ll speak to former impeachment trial dan goldman ahead. plus pardon power. one republican press daidential candidate approximately. this is about principle. another says trump needs to drop out. the country doesn t need this distraction. how does the destruction change the gop. vivek joins me? just moments. hello. i m dana bash in washington where the state of our union is once again in uncharted waters f. this weekend a defiant donald trump preparing to meet in court this time on tuesday in miami where the former president will face 37 federal count over mishandling classified documents and obstructing an investigation after he left office. at campaign events on
last wednesday we deposed steve dan antonio the head of the washington field office who was running the washington field office when they raided president trump s home. the things he told us. he actually told the justice department where is the u.s. attorney assigned to this case? we shouldn t do the same thing we did with crossfire hurricane. no. we ll run it out of headquarters. i m sure all of that is going to be part of the trial. we depose people every single week to try to get to the bottom of how these federal agencies have been turned on the american people i want to play some sound of fellow republicans who have a very different view of this indictment. the fact is these facts are devastating. the conduct donald trump engaged in was completely self-inflicted. this issue of mishandling of classified information is a very, very serious one. these are serious charges that merit serious consideration by the public. your response?
well, i suspect that he s going to raise money on the indictment as he did before. and obviously with a lot of republican leaders saying that this is selective prosecution, and this is unfair, that there is a sympathy factor that is built in. all i could do is speak the truth, and say what i believe is important in this case, that these are serious allegations that are relevant in this campaign and it should not be dismissed lightly. the republican party stands for the rule of law and our system of justice. let s not undermine that by our rhetoric, by making up facts, and by accusing the department of justice of things that there is no evidence of. and so let s let let s build confidence on institutions of democracy and justice and not undermine those, that is my hope and prayer and i think as time goes on, you ll see more republicans responding to that
classified information and knew he was doing it. that is the critical distinction here between mr. trump and former vice president pence, president biden, and secretary clinton. there was no evidence they willfully concealed material that was national defense information and that they attempted to obstruct the efforts by the national archives and department of justice to retrieve that information. when vice president pence learned he had that information, when president biden learned that he had that information, they immediately notified the authorities and turned it back over. and that s the critical distinction here that mr. jordan wants to ignore and all of the house republicans want to ignore in their what about-ism. unless there is evidence of knowingly and intentionally holding this information, that is material to the national defense, then there is no criminal charge. i want you to listen to what a former attorney for former