Underscored by new reporting from nbc news on how he single handedly blocked a bipartisan piece of legislation that would have tightened the rules around foreign influence and lobbying in washington. But perhaps more pressingly for the democrats is what Senator Menendez will do to the party as a whole in next years election. The democrats have been working for years to paint republicans as the ones tolerant of corruption, the ones who have locked the other way at wrong doing, the ones who are okay with their standard bearer being someone under indictment. The comparison of course is not apples to apples, but here is how Democratic Rep Dean Phillips of minnesota put it, saying, quote, if we aspire to be a party recognized for its Prioritization Of Ethics and the restoration of faith in government, we must collectively condemn and seek the resignation or removal of anyone whose Behavior Results in a federal indictment period. Joining us now, nbc news investigative Correspondent Tom Winte
i mean trump may not find himself being charged in georgia just as he may not find himself being charged in new york state where a grand jury is investigating him as well. he may not find himself being charged in federald court in washington where multipleer gra juries are investigating him now, too. it s possible he won t face charges in any of these places, right? but if he is that process of us adjusting to that as a democracy is about to start now because the first grand jury we re going to hear from substantively is the one in georgia and going to hear from them this week. if youth thought it was a bad lk for the american version of these guys to be attacking the press what s around the corner as a democracy if he is indicted? what s around the corner for us if he ise indicted is an attac on the specific system that now poses the threat to him, the