these new federal charges are not the only legal issues faced by mr. trump. he s been charged in new york, related to hush money payments. and as pleaded not guilty. but those are state level crimes. so a presidential pardon is off the table there. the cause in the constitution limits a presidents pardon powers to offenses against the united states. commonly understood to mean it federal offenses. reporter: down in georgia, mr. trump also faces an investigation belt around his 2020 election fraud lies. he denies any wrongdoing there. but the potential to pardon himself would depend on the specific charges the district attorney might bring. and whether they were to involve multiple states, or jurisdictions. say, georgia, along with d.c.. again, it s that federal versus state difference. once it becomes federal, then there is that possibility of a presidential pardon. so that s a reason to keep things in state court, if you re the state prosecutor. reporter: bottom line, could mr
that was of course, the sole decision of a grand jury of american citizens, and special counsel jack smith. i m calling on the attorney general to stand before the american people, and explain why this was necessary, in his words. attorney general, merrick garland, stop hiding behind the special counsel. and stand before the american people, and explain why this indictment went forward. after the indictment was announced on thursday, before we even knew the details of it, house speaker, kevin mccarthy, came to trump s defense. calling it a, quote, grave injustice. trump s other rival for the gop nomination, florida governor, ron desantis, calls the indictment a, quote, weaponization of the federal law enforcement that represents a threat to a free society. right-wing media, when they are covering the story, mimic trump s language. paint the case as political persecution, the not the by the book investigation that it is. matt dowd is back with us, and joining, us angelo carusone,
me the most is that when you have these appeals that trump is making, that will then make their way into the right-wing media. and to the more violent parts of the right-wing media. to say hey, we have to call to arms. here you have to do something. there is to be a spark. you have to get out. there you have to take action. you have to be willing. you have to threaten. you have to use force. you have to escalate. what that basically does is it ratchets up that temperature a little bit more, and it keeps those people quiet. because everybody naturally ducks and covers when there is a risk for violence. especially when you are benefiting from it publicly. even if you re not participating in it. that s what concerns me. is that you not only have the potential for violence, but you also have a flexing in exercise of power. political power. increasing the authoritarian ways. angelo and matt, as always, thank you both so much for your time. next, what could trump do if he runs again, and w
thank you so much, reverend sharpton. a big show indeed, i am alicia menendez. welcome to a new weekend of american voices. with our country now in uncharted waters with the federal indictment of donald trump. this hour, the former president is going to make his second public parents it today. stopping in north carolina. we are not going to air his speech live. but we will bring you any news that he makes. we expect his speech to mirror his remarks, just hours ago in georgia. the former president, the only president in u.s. history to be federally charged with a crime, firing up his base. acting without a care in the world. repeating his same tired lie that his indictment is a product of a deep state witch hunt. instead of his own misdeeds. which we learned yesterday, not just hearsay, but caught on tape, and on camera. well trump can go out and say what he wants, the rubber meets the road this tuesday in miami. where this country, and the world, we ll see him face federal charges in
this means politically. mark, let s start with you. right, so these are great bits to air. they are discussed in the indictment. didn t need to be. this is what we call a speaking indictment. it goes into far more detail than what we would normally see. but it sends a message. because it is all about, as jack smith was saying, the rule of law. obviously, in those clips, president trump, at the time, or candidate trump, is talking about his co-candidate. his opposition candidate, hillary clinton. and it is incredibly hypocritical, which is customary from what we ve seen from him. but it is all about enforcing what the rule of law, and that this is what this indictment is all about. he is presumed innocent until guilty. it is the governments verdict to prove its case against him. and we will see, obviously, at the end of the day, or day it will be a year and a half or so from now, where that leads. matt dowd, you can see the