terri sewell, who sits on the armed services committee. , plastile trump has vowed to stay in the race for the republican nomination, even if he s convicted. we re gonna dig into why both his primary competitors are criticizing ham. with donald trump s former attorney general, bill barr, he s someone who s actually not holding back. saying if half of what s in this indictment is true, donald trump s quote, toast. he called this indictment detailed, and very, very damning. i agree with mr. barr, and it doesn t happen every day. i m symone sanders townsend, and i have something to say. former president donald trump is set to appear in court in two days. he s accused of violating seven federal laws and he s facing 37 federal counts. 31 of the counts deal with the espionage act, specifically for the willful retention of national defense information, the re-counts for withholding or concealing documents in a federal investigation. two counts of false statements. and one coun
representation, a fair representation. and this decision will reverberate around the nation when it comes to making sure that minority voters, african american voters in the case of alabama, that their power is not diluted. that they have an opportunity to elect candidates of their choice. that state legislators cannot redraw maps such that the candidates that are available for them to vote on our candidates that would not represent their best interests. i think this has huge implications for this nation, and like i said, it s not about me, it s not about alabama, alone and it s not about republican or democrat. it s about what s fair. and what s fair, symone, is that african american voters, minority voters across this nation their power, whether voting power should not be diluted. and you know, i know that john lewis and those foot soldiers that marched, that blood, that died in my hometown of selma,
welcome, congresswoman. let s start with the trump indictment. you re someone that sits on the armed services committee, he received classified briefings, you are well versed on some of the most sensitive conversations happening at the highest levels of our country. what was your reaction to the extent of the defense argument that the former president possessed? well, these allegations, symone, are serious. no one is above the law, our president is not above the law. or any former president above the law. this is really important not only to make to the rule of law, but especially torrential security. as you stated, i was formally on the intelligence committee, the house intel committee for eight years. and privy to the same briefing of the president get on a daily basis, i can t tell you that the allegations against former president trump are very serious.
under the provisions of the voting rights act. the new decision that paves the way for a potential second majority black district in alabama. talk about the impact of that, and your reaction when you heard the decision? you know, symone, this is a historic victory. a great victory. not just for alabama s black voters but for minority voters across the country. and a victory for democracy itself. as you sad, if this particular decision upholds voting right act of 1960. five and section two in particular we are really concerned those of us that had the oral argument that the supreme court would use this opportunity to further got the voting rights act of 1965. we know we re on the cusp, the eve of the tenth anniversary of the shelby versus holder decision. and that decision, the shelby
greetings, everyone. you re watching symone. the twice indicted former president set to appear on tuesday to face in the classified documents case. but this weekend the turmoil hasn t sold donald trump down. in fact he says and i quote, in a sick way i kind of enjoy it. it would have to be a sick way indeed to enjoy endangering our national security and the safety of the people who serve our country. i m talking to congress woman,