role there has brought this case against the ex-president. throughout this proceeding trump clearly had he was clearly looking forward, he wasn t really looking around, except when he exited the room, he took a good long look at the people behind him, both public, some of his supporters, even, in the courtroom and then the press before he was let out separately from his attorneys. so he did have the chance to provide that not guilty plea through his attorney. his attorney is the one who actually stood up and told the judge that he would be pleading not guilty to the charges he faces at this time. and then the other thing that happened that was so intriguing about this was it took a long time for donald trump to sign on the dotted line that he was going to be agreeing to conditions of release, that the judge would be placing upon him, including not to talk to his co-defendants about his co-defendant walt nauta about the details of the case or even other witnesses.
terms of the charges. i think it s important for your viewers to understand there is no comparison between the actions and conduct of these other individuals with respect to what s being alleged in this indictment. how, then, would you characterize the arguments that the former president and some of his allies are making because they re saying exactly those things? purely political as far as i m concerned. and there s nothing else to say. how can you defend this conduct? you notice they are not saying that the president is innocent of these charges. what they re saying s well, these other folks weren t i invited and, therefore, why is president trump being singled out? the reason he s being singled out they claim is because he is a leading republican challenger to president biden. so as far as i m concerned it s very political, it s very discouraging. i think that these kinds of accusations and these kinds
ago the republicans were gnashing the teeth worried about the political brand coming out of virginia and new jersey. and now we re dealing with this. after having lost the majority of women votes coast to coast the other night. suburban communities struggling to rebuild a gop in a donald trump conservative movement if you want to call him a conservative and now we re wrestling with today s version of the todd aiken legitimate rape moment. this is exactly what mitch mcconnell is afraid of. he s lived this before after the emergence of the tea party. the question is, does mcconnell do what you demanded of him tonight which is to answer questions of roy moore ahead of the election, not after the election. steve bannon is teaching republicans how to pick loser candidates for the senate. let s listen to what he said the day before the primary election in this race about how what a good man roy moore is. let s listen to this. judge roy moore is a good
to turn it into a positive. lawrence, in alabama there s an old saying about elections that a candidate can only be derailed by a dead girl or a live boy. i think we re about to find out in alabama politics whether this still holds true or whether in the day of harvey weinstein and kevin spacey roy moore gets a more critical assessment from the voters or does he get a pass like donald trump did? after the access hollywood tape was released, 62% of alabama still voted for donald trump. may be forgiving of roy moore if the allegations, if this is the totality, if more women start to come forward, then roy moore i think will have to step up to the microphone and answer these questions more directly. and, daniel dale, you surveyed alabama politicians, political officials today. what did you find? it was honestly incredible, lawrence.
to the washington post. the post found them. i think we re learning the phrase if true are prayers are for mass murders. an effort to dodge what needs to be addressed straight on and and avoid responsibility. but as david said, the republicans in the senate cannot avoid this question. if they do not do something, if roy moore himself doesn t step up and answer questions, if he s on the ballot, if by some chance he wins, then the republicans will have to face the question whether or not he should be seated as a united states senator and no dodging this and if trueing out of the dilemma they re in. david jolly, if he is elected, the senate ethics committee will begin investigating him right away on this. presumably. who knows? this is donald trump s america and republican party. lawrence, think just 24 hours