so good to see you again. when this all happened last night, i thought of many things, but i did think of you, and i ll tell you why. it s evidence related. you have used your knowledge, your program over the many months of this to talk about how initially it was pretty clear that the justice department was not going beyond the events of that day, and you and i talked about that. other reporters have weighed in, and i m curious even though i know you have been talking about it for two hours how you think we got here. because what we saw in this indictment that i thought was both strong, gripping and bad for the indicted donald trump, was how long and repeatedly they tried to end democracy in america. yeah, the indictment is so harrowing, and i think that jack smith was at this for just ten months, obviously he built on all of the good work of the committee. i have learned that things are never as clean as what they
defense sort of, at least loosely updated on where you are. and usually, that kind of meeting, which happens, where defense lawyers come in and make a pitch and say, hey, here s why you should not charge our client. that s something that logically and normally would happen towards the very end of a case. elie honig, appreciate. it also today, tough sentencing in connection with january 6th. 18 years for stewart rhodes, the leader and cofounder the so-called oath keepers. 12 years for kelly meggs, head of the groups florida chapter. both men were convicted of seditious conspiracy. the judge in the case telling, stewart rhodes, quote, you pose an ongoing threat to democracy in a fabric of this country. earlier today, newly declared presidential candidate, ron desantis, weighed in, not on these two specifically, but on the criminal justice system that convicted. the in his power, if elected, to grant pardons. appearing on a conservative talk show, he was asked, quote, do you think the j
always be abused for the wrong reasons. but the more dangerous precedent to set here would be to do nothing, would be to essentially say, if th president of the united states you don t get accountable. you can do what you like you can violate the law with impunity that is the far more dangerous precedent here the author of that article als makes the point that h believes that joe biden coul have weighed in, and essentially got the manhatta da, the fulton county da, an the justice department t coordinate the reference, an the order of accountability. can you imagine what would happen if the president of the united states involve himsel in a prosecution of one of his potential opponents? i don t agree with that at all and while i certainly do agree that the justice departmen took way too long, and it woul have been much more desirabl for the most serious case to g first, if indeed the justice department ends up movin forward with charges, that s not the responsibility of the, or the faul
argument you know, we see variations of this over the last severa years, which is, if you do the right thing, that is hol someone accountable for th right reasons, it doesn t set precedent that can be abused for the wrong reasons. and, yes, i mean, things can always be abused for the wrong reasons. but the more dangerous precedent to set here would be to do nothing, would be to essentially say, if you re president of the united states you don t get accountable. you can do what you like you can violate the law with impunity that is the far more dangerous precedent here the author of that article als makes the point that h believes that joe biden coul have weighed in, and essentially got the manhatta da, the fulton county da, an the justice department t coordinate their efforts, an the order of accountability. can you imagine what would happen if the president of the united states involve himsel in a prosecution of one of his potential opponents? i don t agree with that at all and whil
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