at special counsel jack smith deranged jack smith. reporter: and what he called political weaponization. the ridiculous and baseless indictment of me by the biden administration s weaponized department of injustice will go down as among the most horrific abuses of power in the history of our country reporter: the current republican front-runner also vowed to fight back in 2024 every time i fly over a blue state, i get a subpoena we re going to evict a totally corrupt president, joe biden, from the white house and we re going to finish the job that we started. reporter: the 37-count federal indictment unsealed friday accuses mr. trump of illegally taking classified, national security documents with him to mar-a-lago when he left the white house. storing them insecurely in boxes stashed in a bathroom and on a ballroom stage sometimes showing them off, then conspiring with an
administration s weaponized department of injustice will go down as among the most horrific abuses of power in the history of our country. jack smith. what do you think his name used to be? sounds so innocent. he is deranged. this is a political hit job. reporter: and that was just a small snippet of what he said. he also gave reasons why he couldn t have been doing something bad, went after joe biden, said it was unfair he was being prosecute nd and not bide. he spent the majority of his speech talking about them, not just the federal indictment, but the multiple legal battles that he faces. while he may be somewhat consumed by them, the people here in the audience did not seem to care. they cheered him on. i spoke to voters who said that they were happy he was running in 2024, they planned on voting for him, that none of this made a difference. obviously, this is just a sect
even if convicted. well, the charges are extremely serious, and trump has his first court appearance tuesday in southern florida. the indictment alleges trump violated the espionage act on numerous occasions and obstructed government efforts to recover the documents. cnn s kristen holmes was at trump s rally in columbus, georgia and has our report. reporter: former president donald trump appeared to be consumed by his legal issues when hearing a political speech talking to the georgia gop convention. he responded to that indictment, f that federal indictment for the first time in public, calling it a joke, saying it was horrible for the country, blaming biden and the department of justice. take a listen. the ridiculous and baseless indictment of me by the biden administration s weaponized department of injustice will go down as among the most horrific abuses of power in the history of our country. jack smith. what do you think his name used
house in georgia and said waffles on trump to the whole crowd. but it was the first time he d made public remarks since being indicted. what would the former president say meeting with republicans, about a 35000 of them in columbus, georgia, here s a portion of what donald trump said. the ridiculouses and baseless indictment of me by the biden administration s weaponized department of injustice will go down as one of the most horrific abuses of power in the history of our country. democrats have even said that. this vicious persecution is a travesty of justice. biden is trying to jail his leading political opponent, an opponent that s beating him by a lot in the polls, just like they to do in stalinist russia or communist china. rachel: there was a time when invoke ising stalin arist way of
will: i think we re about to take away a letter. b s out. b has got to go. it doesn t make sense with the others. it implies there s two genders. rachel: that sounds transphobic. will: i think it sounds inclusive. [laughter] pete: they re telling me to please read. rachel: all right, go ahead. pete: former president trump firing back after he was indicted over his handling of classified documents. the ridiculous and baseless indictment of me by the biden administrations weaponized department of injustice will go down as among the most horrific abuses of power in the history of our country. biden is trying to jail his leading political opponent pete: or he was indicted because he s trump. meanwhile, msnbc host rachel maddow making this suggest. whether participant of the issue here is not just that trump has committed crimes, but that trump has committed crimes