spill over into the case? oh, absolutely. i mean, it doesn t matter that he is the former president of the united states of america. right now, he is no different than any other criminal defendant charged in fulton county. so anything that he says can and absolutely will be used against him if fani willis can use it against him in his criminal prosecution. gwen, one thing there s no question about it. pretty clear cut, huh? one thing i think is very notable from what the judge said yesterday, trump cannot make any direct or indirect threats, can t intimidate witnesses but specified for trump as a defendant not for the other defendants. he can t do it on social media. would things like trump saying, you know, a few weeks ago, calling out lieutenant governor, former lieutenant governor of georgia from testifying, saying he shouldn t testify, would that be seen as witness intimidation? i think that would be up to a
i can tell you she has a team of prosecutors and investigators in that office that have been assigned to this case exclusively and that are going to be monitoring his social media, monitoring his team, monitoring anything that he says at any speech, any public forum. so, i can absolutely tell him if i was his attorney, do not speak because madame da fani willis will absolutely use what he says, if she can, to her benefit. she will use it against him in a criminal prosecution. there s aen effort, gwen, right now in georgia because of new legislation that was passed and signed into law by the governor brian kemp, to target fani willis, to try to take away her ability to prosecute this case. specially sanctioning her. the law said you can sanction prosecutors for neglecting their duty. clint dixon explained this effort this way. we can have them investigate and take action against fani willis in her efforts to weaponize the justice system against political opponents. this is our best me
do you have any thoughts on that? again, i think it s important each case needs to be viewed separately. and i can speak to you about what it s like to be the d.a. in georgia faced with presenting a case of this caliber, this complexity. but the key really is to stay focused on your oath, stay focused on the facts and law, and that s exactly what d.a. willis is doing. gwen keyes flemming, thank you as always for your time and thoughts. great to see you. my pleasure. when we come back some anew reporting about the presidential campaign of florida governor ron desantis. it reminds us of this very odd video of republican senator mitch mcconnell that was taken nearly ten years ago. there he is. stick around for the explanation why. that s coming up next. explanatn why. that s coming up next. rsv is in for a surprise. meet arexvy. ( )