a former president and current presidential candidate puts ou democracy in uncharted territory. trump is already lashing out attacking the investigators, them integrating our justice system, and calling on his supporters to protest. that s all without making an of the pleas for peace w normally expect from someone seeking to lead our nation and republicans, for the mos part, have rallied around him, echoing his claims that th legal system has bee weaponized for those of us with lon memories, no trump has littl regard for the rule of law he did not care about du process when he was calling fo the central park five to b executed before the had thei day in court he did not care about politica witch hunts when he campaigned on lock up, locking up his opponent hillary clinton, with chance of lock her up. and now it appears as if trump s refusal to live by the same rules as the rest of us may finally be catching up wit him. and if it does, the paybac will be richly deserved. it s a
a former president and current presidential candidate puts ou democracy in uncharted territory. trump is already lashing out attacking the investigators, them integrating our justice system, and calling on his supporters to protest. that s all without making an of the pleas for peace w normally expect from someone seeking to lead our nation and republicans, for the mos part, have rallied around him, echoing his claims that th legal system has bee weaponized for those of us with lon memories, no trump has littl regard for the rule of law he did not care about du process when he was calling fo the central park five to b executed before the had thei day in court he did not care about politica witch hunts when he campaigned on lock up, locking up his opponent hillary clinton, with
actually have to see the indictment itself. one of the most troubling yet predictable developments t come out of this indictment, donald trump s allies in the so-called law and order part taking their cues from the former president are targeting alvin bragg along a la enforcement official for doing his job. house gop chairs have been trying to pressure alvi bragg to term over sensitive information related to thi investigation. threatening t federally defund him. it is tactic you are no doub familiar with. republicans hel you in contempt of congress. something that had never happened before two an attorne general. while they are trying to jet up a scandal over operation fast in the furious. do you think it is a misuse of congressional authority to try and target prosecutors for political purposes sure. it is an obvious abus of the power that they have, that they now have in th house. there is actually n
now is probably the leas relevant to the national interest. and also, th smallest. compared to januar 6th and any involvement that h had there. certainly compare to allegations about his involvement and trying t overturn the 2020 election. so i do think that it was easie for republicans to come out an defend trump the way som democrats did back for bil clinton in 1998 when there was a case about infidelity and al of that. that lewinsky case. so, i think this was easier fo republicans. i think it will get progressively harder if we see georgia prosecutors and th doj issue indictments agains trump for assaults against our institutions. that is when i think you will especially see lot of senate republican coming out and distancin themselves from trump. all right, i have to leav it there, doug jones and carlo
[inaudible looking independently from eac other. they are looking at the facts, and the law on thei particular jurisdictions. an the fact of the matter is, thi is not a political issue. ther is only one person that go themselves into this position, and that is donald j trump. he is the one that committe whatever acts may or may not b actionable. and when you d that, you have got you eithe pay the consequences, or a least have the facts investigated. and that is what is happening here. and eac prosecution, each investigation, will stand on their own merits not in conjunction with carlos, if more trump indictments come down anothe cases, will that promp republicans to rally around hi even further, or could his defenders eventually hit a breaking point reverend, i think that of all donald trump s sins, of al of the since he has committe in recent u. s. history, tha one that we are dealing with