investigation, an incoming indictment is a state indictment so the former presidents, were to become president again cannot pardon himself from the state of georgia s indictment. that is a very important. jack smith, special counsel s indictments, the federal indictments, if the former president or to become president again and pardon himself in those cases, if he pardoned himself there, even though the department of justice theoretically could appeal that issue through the court system upset this ring, court remember it would be donald trump s department of justice we don t know what would happen there. we can guess. there would probably be no appeal of that particular party. what do you think the likelihood of trump allies starting to flip on him are, like in the federal case he wouldn t be able to pardon them if he wins the white house again on a state level.
he is president, could he pardon himself? and if not, does that make him much more worried about what happens in georgia? should it make him more worried and his legal team more worried about what happens in georgia since he will have no power to pardon himself? so, the constitution is not clear about whether president can pardon himself. so, it puts yet one more we are not sure paid on the board here. it s an uncomfortable place for lawyers to be we like to be certain of it. things this is an untested area. can a president pardon himself. what we do know is that presidents, even if they could pardon themselves or if they were to pardon others they can, only do so for federal crimes or federal investigations. this of course, fani willis s investigation, an incoming indictment is a state indictment so the former president, were he to become
to say this, we did much better in 2020, the election was rigged. so we ll be back and will be taking any chances. will be up over the country. over 50 points, that s a lot. but we don t want to take any chances. we ll be back. so as i was, saying there is an interesting dilemma here. i mean, if the judge does sign off on the prosecutor s proposal date for this trial, january 2nd, it could affect his ability to campaign ahead of the states caucuses, which are scheduled written for january the 15th. how do you think the trial will play generally, well to disrupt trump s campaign. is this going to have an actual material impact on his ability to campaign? even if it doesn t necessarily impact his standing with voters? , right and this is just one of many. right? i mean, there is the this is the second one state indictment, and another one probably coming next week. so yeah, i mean, look, he is going to play this politically.
better in 2020, the election was rigged. so we ll be back and will be taking any chances. will be up over the country. over 50 points, that s a lot. but we don t want to take any chances. we ll be back. so as i was saying, there is an interesting dilemma here. i mean, if the judge does sign off on the prosecutor s proposal date for this trial, january 2nd, it could affect his ability to campaign ahead of the states caucuses, which are scheduled right now for january the 15th. how do you think the trial will play generally, will it disrupt trump s campaign. is this going to have an actual material impact on his ability to campaign? even if it doesn t necessarily impact his standing with voters? , right and this is just one of many. right? i mean, there is the federal this is the second federal one state indictment, and another one probably coming next week. so yeah, i mean, look, he is going to play this politically. it has worked with the gop base so far. the other candidate, yo
indictment is imminent. how does this case differ from the others? yeah, rahel, good morning to you. so just, you know barksking up, obviously, this is the fourth indictment of the president and, you know, the other indictments are somewhat different. you have the new york county indictment. that s in manhattan. certainly, that department with the hush money payments. we know that. of course, then we have the special counsel jack smith and one of those indictments that mr. smith proffered against the president dealt with the whole issue of these classified documents. so we know that s different. then there is one that may be somewhat mirroring but different from this one, and we toe that that relates to election enter feerngs, a federal indictment. in all, it s important to understand although there are two federal indictments and one state indictment in manhattan, this would be the second indictment, a lot of moving