sat in jail on january 6 charges, relatively simple cases about trespassing on the capitol grounds and those kinds of things, versus how quick they re trying to move this trial. mario, one thing interesting the growing chorus of republicans who aren t total trump cheerleaders like chris christie and bill barr who are questioning this georgia indictment because they re saying jack smith did this, and usually a federal indictment would supersede something on the state level, and it just seems like piling on. i m paraphrasing here. you have a good point about trump canceling his press conditions on monday to try to debunk and try to refute the georgia indictment. phil is making fun of me here. that s not true. because your point is it shows how seriously trump is taking it that he canceled it, right? no, no, we ve been expecting this georgia indictment to drop for a while now, ever since going back to shortly after the
state basis, but dealt with it as a federal issue. it was a federal election. and the special counsel brought an indictment. this just looks like another indictment that was piling on. it is different in some ways. the co-defendants have been charged in this indictment, so there are 18 co-defendants that will be brought to trial unless they enter into plea agreements, but to me, when we re talking about a former president of the united states has never been indicted before, now we have our fourth indictment that has the same subject matter as one of the federal indictments, it appears to be piling on. you mentioned that the 18 coconspirators are named and charged in this indictment. one of those is a former colleague of yours. mark meadows from north carolina. i m interested just as somebody who served in the chamber and the conference with him, what do you make of his journey from one of the leaders of the freedom caucus to now alleged
doj from jack smith relating to january 6th or the effort to steal the election, if they send charges, the effort to steal the georgia election, that will really contribute to public perceptions of piling on. if jack smith has georgia covered, why suz duz an elected da then need to pile on. the other thing is the timing really matters here. and i think these charges are well justified. i think if we charge january 6th, it will be well justified. but why did it take two and a half years. why did it take us until after donald trump announced his candidacy. i believe doj could have charged these cases a long time ago. the fact that these are coming now as the election really heats up is going to only fuel that public perception. i feel the same way about willis case in georgia. people are going to say this pertains to the perfect phone call that trump made in the aftermath of the last cycle. we re within three weeks of the first debate in this cycle.
that will really contribute to public perceptions of piling on. if jack smith has georgia covered, then why did fani willis need to pile on? and i think these charges are well justified. i think if he charges january 6th, it will be well justified. but why did it take two and a half plus years? why did it take us until after donald trump announced his canned aes candidacy? i believe doj could have charged these cases a long time ago. the fact that these are coming now as the election really heats up is going to only fuel that public perception. i feel the same way about willis case in georgia. people are going to say this pertains to the perfect phone call that trump made in the aftermath of the last cycle. we re within three weeks of the first debate in this cycle. thank you for being here. always appreciate your expertise. thank you. up ahead, words i have never
david s right. i talk to trump voters every single day. he s built this wall around himself among his supporters. he s a victim. he s a victim, as david said, of the deep state. this is all a witch-hunt, and his voters and supporters believe that. every new charge look, trump deserves every new charge and indictment because he s a criminal, and no one is above the law. but legally politically, anderson, every new charge and every new indictment strengthens donald trump within the republican party, within the base, because they see this. they really do see this as a piling on and a witch-hunt. he s convinced them of that. david, i mean, it s so interesting how just the hypocrisy on there s a lot of hypocrisy on all sides, but if this was president obama having