trial. reporter: can trump overcome this case? house judiciary chairman jim jordan will join me next. and political shock wave. the historic indictment further unsettles the presidential contest. it is a horrible thing for this country. i have never once suggested to the justice department what they should do or not do. reporter: will trump be on trial while he is on the trail? i ll speak to former impeachment prosecutor and democratic congressman dan goldman, ahead. plus, pardon power. one republican presidential candidate said he d pardon trump if he wins. this is not about politics to me. this is about principle. reporter: another says trump needs to drop out. the country doesn t need this distraction. reporter: how does the indictment change the gop race? two presidential hopefuls join me in moments. hello. i m dana bash in washington where the state of our union is once again in uncharted waters. this weekend a defiant donald trump is once again pre
and that no one is above the law. when you read this indictment and you think to yourself, man. this person should not be charged with it, the only person that you re basically saying as mr. jordan is that mr. trump is above the law. and that is not how our rule of law works. that s not how our system works. president biden also has a special counsel looking into the way he classified excuse me he handled classified documents after he left the white house. he is also a candidate for president. do you want the justice department to move quickly on their investigation of biden so that the american people have information about what s going on with that investigation just as much as trump? absolutely. absolutely. i think it is very important that the special counsel do a thorough investigation to determine whether president biden will fully concealed
i m dana bash in washington where the state of our union is once again in uncharted waters. this weekend a defiant donald trump is once again preparing to appear in court, this time on tuesday in miami where the former president will face 37 federal counts over mishandling classified documents and obstructing an investigation after he left office. at campaign events saturday trump lashed out at the justice department and predicted the charges would only help his standing as the gop front-runner. the baseless indictment of me by the brags s weaponized department of injustice will go down as among the most horrific abuses of power in the history of our country. it is an extraordinary situation. the first ever u.s. president under federal indictment who could stand trial in the middle of his re-election campaign against a sitting president. the charges against trump range from willful retention of national defense information to
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trial. reporter: can trump overcome this case? house judiciary chairman jim jordan will join me next. and political shock wave. the historic indictment further unsettles the presidential contest. it is a horrible thing for this country. i have never once suggested to the justice department what they should do or not do. reporter: will trump be on trial while he is on the trail? i ll speak to former impeachment prosecutor and democratic congressman dan goldman, ahead. plus, pardon power. one republican presidential candidate said he d pardon trump if he wins. this is not about politics to me. this is about principle. reporter: another says trump needs to drop out. the country doesn t need this distraction. reporter: how does the indictment change the gop race? two presidential hopefuls join me in moments. hello.