The wall street Journal Editorial Board said this will be a Campaign Carnival that rotates between courtrooms, rallies around the prosecution of a former president that they write is able to convince most americans that this rather, the courts have been unable to convince most americans that these indictments are just brought. Theres not broad acceptance of that across the board. The Wall Street Journal saying unless you have that broad acceptance that that there was no other chance for these indictments, that could present a combination that could be difficult and dangerous months ahead. Were going to talk to the former Vice President , mike pence, a crucial player in everything that has unfolded in many ways on the Campaign Trail and also back during the president presidency. Jonathan turley says this case is free speech killing and john yoo who calls the charges a stretch. Lets go to david spunt live with the very latest on all of this and what to expect tomorrow at the just its the
in defrauding the government or stopping congress illegally from counting the electoral votes. martha: jonathan, very quickly. do you think this trial takes place before the election? no, i think the good money is on the may date for the florida trial. even that i think is questionable. they just put in a superseding indictment, added a party. i think the trump people can say this is now a didn t case. you should give us a different trial date. it s going to be tough. this guy s dance card is filling up fast. martha: thanks, gentlemen. great to have you. thank you. great to have you both. mike pence obviously a very central figure in the election case against president trump. he was referenced dozens of times in part because of detailed notes that he was taking while all of this was unfolding when he was vice president. he shared those notes with the investigation. the gop presidential candidate
family at my side, with my key advisers at our side and with the courageous work of law enforcement, we quelled the violence, reconvened the congress and completed our work. the only job the constitution gives the vice president of the united states in that role is to preside over a joint session of congress where the electoral college votes that are certified by the states are opened and counted. the constitution, martha, says that they shall be opened and they shall be counted. the electoral couldn t act adopted more than 150 years ago also specifies the amount of time and the procedure. i was going to make sure that we heard any objections and we heard any evidence that people wanted to bring forward. but the idea that i as vice president had the unilateral authority to overturn the election had no basis in the constitution, no basis in history. i want the american people to know that.