really smacks of him having his cake and soften the blow to russia s african alliances, that it s trying to cultivate since the beginning of the war. threatening the food supplies by promising to replace it. at the same time, getting sanctions and concessions from the west. he s promising having another record harvest. our thanks to clare sebastian, joining us live from london. this could be a historic week for former u.s. president donald trump, who is facing the possibility of a third criminal indictment this year. this time, for trying to overturn the 2020 election. even trump himself believes the indictment is coming. the question is when? a third indictment could be a game-changer in the battle for the republican nomination. but some of trump s challengers
are shrugging off his role in the january 6th insurrection. among those questioning the case against him, his former vice president, mike pence. pence was whisked to safety that day, you will recall. as rioters chanted hang mike pence after trump claimed that pence had the power to overturn the results but refused. here s what pence said about it on sunday. while his words are reckless, i m not convinced they were criminal. president trump was wrong on that day. he is still wrong, in asserting i had the right to overturn the election. what his intentions were as you know, criminal charges have everything to do with intent, what the president s state of mind was. and i don t honestly know what his intention was that day. whether as he spoke to the crowd or tweeted during the riot.
unfortunate attack. what s your legal and political assessment of these claims from two gop presidential hopefuls? i don t think they re making legal assessments. those are political comments. they are both running for president. they are trying to thread the needle of getting the former president s supporters and theying say will hold up the mantle, and they will be trumpism without trump. they are careful not to turn off those who support him, which potentially means saying, what most of us see. there was an insurrection on the capitol. there is likely the potential of a criminal indictment when it comes to the 2020 election. those are things they don t want to say out loud. that s a political calculation. i don t read that as a legal assessment. overall, what is trump s legal or likely legal jeopardy, as all of the various
2021. when the president speaks to his base, they are listening and will mobilize and sometimes become violent. if i was the president s attorney, i would be very upset. this is not good for him. the potential future judge is watching. when it comes to gag orders and exchange of disdiscovery, you h to know what kind of litigant you have, that threatens revenge on the department of justice. this is a different story. this is what his base wants to hear. this is a witch hunt and they have to reclaim the president s good name. and they need to take action to do. and, jessica, former vice president mike pence says he is not convinced that the actions were criminal. and florida governor, ron desantis, says january 6th was not an insurrection, but an
were criminal. and florida governor, ron desantis, says january 6th was not an insurrection, but an unfortunate attack. what s your legal and political assessment of these claims from two gop presidential hopefuls? i don t think they re making legal assessments. those are political comments. they are both running for president. they are trying to thread the needle of getting the former president s supporters and saying say will hold up the mantle, and they will be trumpism without trump. they are careful not to turn off those who support him, which potentially means saying, what most of us see. there was an insurrection on the capitol. there is likely the potential of a criminal indictment when it comes to the 2020 election. those are things they don t want