records? or as peter baker put it in the new york times, republican voters may be care if their leader slips money to a porn star to keep quiet, but will they be indifferent about impeding authorities seeking to recover clandestine materials? that s today s poll question which i ll share in a moment. it may depend upon responses by trump s gop opponents. most were quick to weigh in before the indictment was unsealed. ron desantis said the weaponization of federal law enforcement represents a mortal threat to a free society. mike pence used the same word while calling for the unsealing of the indictment. the american people should be able to judge for themselves whether this is just the latest incident of weaponization and politicization at the justice department or if it s something different, he said. ditto for south carolina senator tim scott on the weaponization charge. another went further comparing pardoning trump immediately upon his own swearing-in. chris christie ke
will they be indifferent about authorities seeking to recover classified materials? that s today s poll question, which i ll share in a moment. it may depend upon responses by trump s gop opponents. most weren t quick to weigh in before the indictment was unsealed. ron desantis tweeted, the weaponization of federal law enforcement represents a threat to a free society. mike pence used the same word while calling for the unsealing of the indictment. the american people should be able to judge for themselves whether this is just the latest incident of weaponization and politicization at the justice department, or if it s something different, he said. ditto for tim scott on the weaponization charge. the committing to pardon trump immediately upon his own swearing in. chris christie kept his powder dry initially saying we don t get our news from truth social, trump s account. let s see what the facts are when an indictment is released. asa hutchinson called for trump to withdraw
tr trump. my office will seek a speedy trial in this matter, consistent with public interest and the rights of the accused. we very much look forward to presenting our case to a jury of citizens in the southern district of florida. smith did not go into details of the indictment but said people ought to read it. joining me is elie honig, former assistant u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york. so great to have you back. let s talk about big picture. first of all, he s investigating both january 6th and mar-a-lago documents. what do you make of the fact that this was an indictment pertaining to one and not the other? mar-a-lago has essentially lacked january 6th. they have been investigating january 6th essentially since it happened. so we are two and a half years ago. mahmoud march didn t surface
as between hunt er and joe, if any, he says it s malarkey. all legitimate questions. but left remaining is why trump take a all that stuff? why didn t he just give it back? i m absolutely convinced if he had, i wouldn t be sitting here having this type of conversation. i want to know what you think. go to smerconish.com. answer the poll question. did donald trump s indictment in the classified documents case guarantee him the republican nomination? ahead, he s polling at 20% and has the backing of some of the most powerful people in silicon valley, but rfk claims he s being censored by the media. why it s such a challenge when you interview him and why many journalists maybe avoiding him. former president trump set to appear in court on tuesday to face charges. legal expert elie honig will be here to break down all the charges, next.
came in during the course of the program this week? enough with the what aboutisms, right now we re talking about trump, no one else, focus on his crimes, this is not a witch hunt, he is not innocent. okay, well, you were doing great until the end when you say he is not innocent because obviously you ve pre-judged, and are not giving him a presumption of innocence. i get it. it s a very compelling indictment. something about the indictment that i wanted to say earlier and i never got the chance, the pictures, i ve been wondering, i spoke to elie honig about this, i ve spoken to others about this as well. what form of evidence, demonstrative evidence might we see that would otherwise remove the dryness from a documents case? and the photographs are, you know, compelling in that regard, they kind of bring it home. i think the video tape, which we haven t seen, will be as well because when i read on may 24, between 5:30 and 5:38, his valet removed three boxes from the storage area tells m