For next weeks debate, his super pac has advised him to take a hammer to Vivek Ramaswamy but defend trump if trump is attacked by chris christie. Here was some reaction after Fulton County d. A. Fani willis indicted trump and 18 codefendants for state rico violations. South carolina senator tim scott said this. We see the legal system being weaponized against political opponents. That is unamerican and unacceptable. Vivek ramaswamy said that should he become president , he would pardon trump. The reality is this, these are politicized persecutions through prosecution. Trumps former Vice President mike pence, who has criticized trump for putting himself above the constitution, says he prefers that trumps fate be decided, quote, by voters, not criminal courts. Ron desantis said i think its an example of the criminalization of politics. I dont think this is good for the country. Even chris christie, who has been consistently critical of trumps underlying conduct told cnn, he thought that
Were learning about what should have happened when former President Trump surrenders to officials at the Fulton County jail in georgia. How this will look different from his previous booking and how the Secret Service is prepared. This loss we have suffered is unspeakable and devastating. We will continue to mourn as we care for the survivors and begin to move forward together. Trying to move forward as the death toll in maui continues to climb. Were getting a look at the scope of the damage and the painstaking efforts to find all those still missing. Hurricane hilary is closing in on the u. S. With parts of the southwest bracing for a years worth of rain. Weve got a look at the forecast and areas most at risk. Scientists are warning of a triple respiratory virus throughout this winter. Our dr. Sanjay gupta has more on how to protect yourself and when to look to the covid boosters and flu shots. Former President Trump has less than a week to turn himself in to the Fulton County jail in
worry about the issue of pardons when deciding to bring charges? the problem with pardon proofing, should a prosecutor, someone in your old role, ever worry this defendant may get pardoned and then act accordingly? michael, fani willis s d.a. prompted me to think in depth about that question. my answer is, no, i don t think it s proper or appropriate for prosecutors to worry about trying to counteract or prevent pardons. i base that on two principles. the first one is the constitution. the u.s. constitution and most state constitutions vest the pardon power in the chief executive, the president of the united states, and in most states in the governor. if you re a prosecutor, as i once was, you are working as part of the executive branch. whose job is it then to hand out
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good evening. i m michael summer connish in for chris matthews. president obama calls for congress to act on a scaled down deal that would spare the middle class on tax hikes from the first of the year. he spoke with john boehner tonight but is grand bargain still possible when everybody is leaving town. then in the weeks since the shooting massacre in a town that left hand 20 children and six educators dead, we ve been hearing for plenty calling for new gun control laws but little from the nra until now. in a bizarre meeting, the head of the nra said the solution to gun vie lerchs in this country is simple. more guns. armed officers, in fact, in every school. it s the same line we ve heard from nra, but has the country s