Whatwe that means, its to use e power of the office to obtain an improper personal benefit while ignoring orfi injuring the national interest, or acts in ways that are grossly inconsistent with and undermine the separation of powers that is the foundation of our democratic system. Now, this question of whether the president engaged in abuse of power came up before when this congress considered the impeachment of president nixon. And president nixon famously said, if the president does it, it is notde illegal. And this body rejected that because thats not so. That goes directly contrary to what the founders said. But President Trump has said the same thing in responding to the prior investigation by the Department Of Justice and defending his conduct. Heres what he said. I have an article 2 where i have the right to do whatever i want as president. That he has the right to do whatever he wants as president. That is as wrong as when president nixon said a similar thing. That is not what
tonight, conservative activists are gathered just outside of the nation s capitol for an event that showcases presidential hope vls. it s a test for president trump s hold on the gop base. christian holmes is at kristen, what are you seeing there? reporter: brianna, this is a who s who s of mag world. we heard from matt gaetz and don junior and steve bannon filmed his podcast and gave a speech saying donald trump should be president again in 2024 and win and nobody should take him on. that s really been the sentiment of many speakers and some of the attendees that we have talked to here. a lot of trump merchandise, trump flags, trump bumper stickers and perhaps that s why we re not seeing so many of the major potential 2024 republican
as doshameful, suggesting you r becoming gay by drinking tap water? properly not. i don t see gay conservatives in florida trying to challenge governor desantis when they supported him on so many issues in the recent past. kristen, desantis skipping cpa r cpac there so he gets to avoid a nickheckled. he can t avoid the larger issue and the hold trump clearly has still on part of the gop. well, that s right, brianna. that s a big question, how he s going to walk this fine line. the thing to remember is that desantis in 2018, not only ran with the endorsement that he sought for donald trump, he also ran on a maga platform. we all remember that ad for governor in 2018 in which he is reading the art of the deal to his child, he s teaching another
boat cash paul murdoch was driving tipped this whole thing off according to the state. he was here today and he said it helps bring a little sense of justice, the fact that this case made sure his daughter s name and what happened to her has stayed in the media and people did not forget what happened to her. that s how all of these victims felt in the end hoping they, too, will get justice. diane gallagher, thank you for your reporting coverage and shan woo thank you for your al n al nalysis. how far are former president trump s rivals willing to go to drive home their differences? blatche ever analysis. how far arare former presidt trump s rivals willing to go to drive home their differences
prairies all across this great land. we re not going back to the days of the bushes and the mccains and the romneys. our way, america first, is the way forward for america! that is what we re hearing from the stage. what are you hearing from the people in the audience? reporter: you know, when we were last here, it was just two days before the rayiots, presidt trump had his last rally here. and back on january 4th, people were unable to accept trump lost the message. it s very much the same today. have a listen. you would agree the 2020 election we re in new territory. this is the first forensic audit of a presidential election. forensic. so we don t know. do you genuinely think