politicsnation. tonight s lead, justice for all. . tonight, from a president and current candidate donald trump. responding to news of his federal indictment. special counsel jack smith unveiled of the charges yesterday which included 31 counts of willful retention of national defense information as well as making false statements and conspiracy to obstruct justice. trump is accused of holding on to sensitive documents that he had no right to keep. and resisting requests from the national archives to return them, even against the advice of his own lawyers. the charges are serious and consequential and yet trump s response is all too familiar. in georgia today he called the indictments baseless and accused to the biden administration of weaponizing the justice department. the former president is hoping that once again he can dodge a counter ability about riling up his maga army of supporters and pressuring the republican party to rally behind him. but when donald trump v
you will hear from several witnesses who talk about this 50 year old white woman. she would terrorize the neighborhood children for just playing in the field. so absolutely they should look at the eight crime charges on the federal level when you hear her calling them little black children the n-word on a repeated basis. and telling them, you slaves, this isn t the underground railroad. those are the things she was saying, reverend. also you have to ask yourself, was there a racial dynamic when she shot with that melon locked door? absolutely, reverend, all we are calling for charges to the full extent of the law. because if the rose would have been reversed and i know i am preaching to the choir when i tell you this. what would those charges have been if a.j., a black woman, shot through a lot for middle filler, killing a white woman in front of her children?
trump shared the classified intelligence of unauthorized individuals in july of 2021 during a sit down with an publisher were not coming back on his presidency. why do you think trump was holding on to all of these materials knowing the risks were involved? you talk about sensitive intelligence here. there is no doubt in my mind here that he believes that this can provide him with some kind of benefit. i have even said it on your show nicole wallace show, our s show, i believe he considered it to be almost like a get out of jail free card. that you really want to play with me? i have copies of all of this. and if you indict me and if you intend to prosecute me and incarcerate me? i will ensure that all of our adversaries have copies of all of these sensitive documents. and there is no way that you can stop it. i believe he is using it to hold america hostage.
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because i don t have to tell you that many if not most of these people are never inclined to fight the power when a four unarmed black person is killed by a police or even civilians. but when it is a rich white republican former president with a history of subverting the law? they are ready to burn our legal system down. what is your thoughts, attorney crump? [silence] i think the mute you are on mute. they have been trying to meet you for the last decade, attorney crump, go ahead. [laughter] thank you, mentor. first of all, i want to say, we must commend american general merrick garland for having the courage to say nobody is above the law. and then as you and i, reverend, al isil gallantly across america to say that we can t have two justice systems in america. it has to be one justice system.