law and can do whatever he wishes with impunity and he s finally facin accountability we re sending a powerful message to the world that no one is above the law, not even a former president that in the united states of america, there is no king or queen, or the only king or queen is the majesty of th law. when you say we are sending a message, who is we the american legal system american democracy, that s what s at stake. the decision to indict donal trump was not made on the basi of politics, it was made on th basis of law by a grand jury o his peers. and as a criminal defendant, donald trump is entitled to du process, he s entitled t presumption of innocence and he should surrender himsel to manhattan district attorney and defend himself in a cour of law, rather than attempt to delegitimized the process. and i find it outrageous tha house republicans have bee intent on intimidating alvin bragg, district attorney, an
american democracy, that s what s at stake. the decision to indict donal trump was not made on the basi of politics, it was made on th basis of law by a grand jury o his peers. and as a criminal defendant, donald trump is entitled to du process, he s entitled to th presumption of innocence and he should surrender himsel to manhattan district attorney and defend himself in a cour of law, rather than attempt to delegitimized the process. and i find it outrageous tha house republicans have bee intent on intimidating alvin bragg, the manhattan distric attorney, and interfering with a ongoing criminal prosecution that, to me, is a violation of ethics, it s abuse of power. you know, republicans ofte decry the weaponization of government, and here you have republican weaponizing government against the manhattan district attorney is that what concerns you the most as this process begins? because it s not about political weaponization, thi is about the american lega system and that s gettin
counsel, jack smith, on trump handling of classified documents and his alleged role in the january 6th insurrection joining me now, rhode island congressman david cicillin author of house on fire, fighting for democracy in th age of political arson also a house impeachment manager in donald trump second peach meant for the january 6th insurrection congressman cicilline, welcome back to the sunday show. thanks. great to be back good to see you. first, let me get you reaction to trump s post yesterday. saying he was going to b arrested and his calls for protests once again this is a clai made by donald trump apparently, without any basi at least with respect to his arrest on tuesday. i think it is also very typica of the former president. he attacks the person who is leading this investigation i new york rather than addressin the underlying conduct which i at issue here.
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