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he wants the make calls about nothing with the presidency. i m just doing my work as a federal employee. it would be a complete e vis raof what is and is not your role as an officer. he had any number of responsibilities to serve the president in that capacity. nothing tied to the campaign would have been within that scope. nothing tied to campaign litigation would have been in that scope. the federal government, the executive branch is excluded from these parts of the process of deciding who won the presidency. there s no role for the white house there. i was just happy that mark meadows testified today. that s something we didn t get on the january 6th committee. going back to the evidentiary hearing. it wasn t an issue of facts. it was an issue of interpretation of law. you have the mark meadows said, saying there s broad powers of the scope of chief of staff. and you have the litigators saying it was a call of raffensperger. it s what is an official duty
this is it has truly been amazing, and if anybody is prepared for this, it s d a fani willis. this has been pending in her office for a couple of years with the best lawyers she could gather from around the prosecutorial areas of the state. she s assembled a team of some really strong litigators. they ve spent enormous time and in fact that maybe a criticism as we watch this trial move forward. but she is prepared. i would be very concerned if i m the top people in this indictment, because she is not playing around. she wants to put these people into jail, rice street is the first stop. she wants to end them up in the georgia department of corrections. one of the attorney internees representing don trump, is part of the arsenal of tools are talking about, we ll see how that all plays, out but as you know the false claims by trump and his allies
roles. they rise to occasions. they consult with more senior judges on the bench. by the time this case goes to trial, this is a judge that will have a handle on how to move forward. harry, what about the fact that he hired another attorney down there? he switched lead lawyers in georgia. both are described as being very well qualified, leading, experienced litigators. do we know anything about the back story there? i think they are. i think the new hire is somewhat more aggressive. very respected. to me, i do think there have been initial signs of nerves by trump. even though the piece you played where he said, we had every right to do it if we believe. that s because lawyers have gotten to him and said, stop with these total categorical lies. cushion it by saying it was your opinion. i think he is beginning to flinch when he is in the court