I believe in the american people, and i believe in the fact that jurors will listen fairly and impartially. And for people who say they wont, dana, those are people who believe only in themselves, like donald trump and not the american people. Former Vice President mike pence says he has no plans to testify in a federal trial of trumps efforts to overturn the 2020 election, but he says he will comply with the law if called to be a witness. The day before january 6th, if memory serves, they came back, his lawyers did, and said we want you to reject votes outright. They were asking me to overturn the election. I had no right to overturn the election. You can say right here that you will rule out voting for donald trump again for president . Dana, i will tell you, i dont think well have to make that decision. What if you do . Im confident ill be able to support the republican nominee, especially if its me. Lets get some reaction now from one of the contenders vying for the republican nomi
To overturn the lelection is within his rights of free speech, saying it all comes down to the way he asks. When it comes to political speech, you cannot only advocate for a position, but you can take action, you can petition. You can ask even your Vice President to pause the vote. But you cant break the law, which is what this indictment alleges. What was the ill tell you what the indictment says. The indictment says that he attempted to cause actions like approving fake electors, Opening Sham Fraud Investigations and obstructing the certification of the lelection. Whether he can prove that, thats going to happen in the trial. Im just saying whats in the indictment. Let me take the first thing, the question about electors. Alternate electors are used in every four year cycle, okay . T none of those electors were counted. Vice president pence was completely aware of the nature of the they werent counted because mike pence rejected the scheme. Thats why they werent counted. Absolutely.
This is gps the Global Public square. Welcome to all of you in the United States and Around The World. Im Fareed Zakaria coming to you from aspen, colorado. Today, an extra special program with three, yes, three former secretaries of the treasury. First, ill talk to Henry Paulson and Timothy Geithner about the state of American Politics and the downgrade of the uss Credit Ratings and the struggles of the chinese economy and then robert ruben talks to me about how to make hard decisions and what a yellow legal pad has to do with that skill. Finally, david burn came to fame with his new wave band talking heads, some 40 years ago. Ill talk to him about his latest wave of creativity which includes a musical about former fill pina first lady Imelda Marcos. Performed in a Broadway Theater thats been transformed into a disco. But first, heres my take. For years American Politics has been shaped by the idea of the china shock. The term coined by three economists in a paper captured the widespr
Indictment. Special counsel jack smith requested a protective order after trump posted on social media, quote, if you go after me, im coming after you. Smith wants the judge to limit trump and his legal team in terms of what they can publicly discuss about that sensitive evidence in the election interference case. Former Vice President mike pence, who is now challenging his former boss for the republican president ial nomination, testified in the special counsel investigation of the case, and he may again get called as a witness if trump goes to trial. I have no plans to testify, but, look, well always well always comply with the law. But, look, i want to tell you i i dont know what the path of this indictment will be. The president s entitled to a presumption of innocence. Hes entitled to make his defense in court. There actually are profound issues around this pertaining to the first amendment, Freedom Of Speech, and the rest. Im confident he and his lawyers will litigate all of thos
Off the post. Sweden can win on this kick. Plus, oneonone with Donald Trumps lawyer who claims trumps efforts to overturn the 2020 election were aspirational, not criminal. And lost at sea for two days in a boat only 12 feet long. Well show you the incredible rescue and youre live in the cnn newsroom. Hello, everyone. Thank you for joining me this sunday. Im fredricka whitfield. Former president Donald Trumps lawyer speaking out this morning doubling down on his argument that trump was within his First Amendment rights when he asked former Vice President mike pence to overturn the election results. And that it all boils down to the way he asked. And all of this played out in the open. Its all free speech. There was a Supreme Court decision, which is right on point, that says when youre exercising free speech, youre not engaging in a fraud on the government. And thats what unfortunately, most people dont understand in this context. Thats just one example of the actions. Thats just one e