time he holds these rallies, he criticises the same people and he kind of, says the same things. he does, it s not surprising. former president does, it s not surprising. former president trump is speaking to his base at president trump is speaking to his base at these rallies. these are die-hard base at these rallies. these are die hard trump fans, sycophants who will vote die hard trump fans, sycophants who will vote for die hard trump fans, sycophants who will vote for him no matter what, post will vote for him no matter what, post january six, on his third indictment, he will soon have a fourth indictment, he will soon have a fourth one. indictment, he will soon have a fourth one, he s not even participating in the first republican debate he is so far ahead of those republican debate he is so far ahead of those who are also on that primary of those who are also on that primary stage. this isn t surprising. he is talking to people who is surprising. he is talking
happen. jack smith, merrick garland for appointing him, tim heafy. and the people who are in this 45-page indictment who jack smith makes a deliberate point of pointing out over and over again weren t just republicans, they weren t just conservatives. they were die hard trump supporters who only drew the line at overturning the results of the election in their state. a line that republican members of congress were not willing to vote. after the insurrection they came back and voted to overturn the results. what does this indictment do to whatever sort of i don t even want to call it fragile piece, whatever the dynamics are on the hill. yeah, i don t think it changes the dynamics on the hill much at all because, you know, republicans have they ve become the party of trump, and
mr trump responded by posting a campaign statement on his social media channel truth social. he likened his prosecution to the lawless persecution in nazi germany. shortly after the charges were announced, he sent out a campaigning email vowing to continue his campaign for the white house. here s our north america editor, sarah smith is in washington and has sent this report. die hard trump supporters were anything but distraught as they learned of the latest charges against him. these people do believe he s being unfairly persecuted, but also that he can beat the rap. he s going to be the case. i think it s helping his popularity. most people will believe he s a martyr, you know, just being persecuted, and i think he will get more votes. i pledge allegiance! keeping a vigil outside of a washington prison that has some
criminal charges for trump. including one for assisting an insurrection. a congressional committee, they do not have the power to prosecute. that power lies with the special counsel s office, whose potential indictment could drop as soon as next week. guess what bennie thompson told me about the committee s correspondents with the department of justice last year? there were people that we deposed, that justice had not deposed, there were electors in various states that justice couldn t find, we found them. you found them? we found them, we deposed them. so we have a lot of information, but now, we will make that information available to him. and if they come back and want to interview staff or mask for any additional information, we d be more than happy to do it. we don t know for sure when