chair of the january six committee. we re going to get into what he expects to see in the next indictment and what s at stake for democracy now. meanwhile, trump is out on the campaign trail joining opponents in iowa. most of them are still dancing around the elephant in the room. i m simone sanders townsend, and i have something to say. this week was full of surprises, the classified documents case just got a whole lot worse for former president donald trump and some of his employees. a superseding indictment unsealed on thursday comes with new charges. previously undisclosed evidence and additional defendant and the historic case. for trump, this includes one additional counts of willful retention and two additional counts of obstruction. for a grand total of 40 criminal counts. trump s personal aide walt nauta saw at the same to obstruction charges in addition to the 60 already faced in the initial indictment. and now, there is a third defendant, mar-a-lago property mana
Republicans out there who are willing to vote somewhere else, or are open to an alternative. and i think a lot of these people need to realize that there s an opening there, trying to be a trumpy trump like candidate doesn t work with donald trump being in the race. and once again they seem to be unwilling to do it, afraid to do it i guess. and meanwhile, he continues to hold a 30 or 40-point lead. okay, let s talk about the economy, because you ve got the 2024 candidates on the campaign trail. in the midst of all of these improvements in the economy, the gdp grew by 2.4% from april to june, the inflation race, everyone was talking about inflation. the i word has vanished, maybe because inflation has slowed to its lowest point since early 2021. you ve got unemployment returning to pandemic levels. president biden recently insisted, he gave a speech earlier this week any insisted that he s not declaring victory on the economy, and that there s still more work to do.
Or even if this third indictment against donald trump will happen, but if he is held accountable for attempting to overturn the 2020 election, it is solely due. due to the exhaustive work that started with the january six committee and its commitment to democracy. joining me now is a democratic congressman, former chair of the january 6th committee, bennie thompson. congressman, good to see you. first of, what is your reaction to these additional charges against donald trump in this superseding indictment? well, it s consistent. first of all, i think you documented what had occurred after january 6th. we re talking about activities over a year after january 6th. where the president was still hiding information, he was also basically not telling the truth either directly or indirectly
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Yes, the prosecutor said no. that is sort of unheard of. the only time i ve ever seen a plea breakdown, and i took a lot of police, is when the defendant suddenly gets cold feet. and says i m not doing this, i can t do this. i ve never seen it where both sides were not on the same page of what the agreement was supposed to be. so, amateur hour may have a chance, they have a 30-day period to come back to court and be more professional next time. all right, we ll leave it there. but catherine christian, i cynthia alksne, thank you both very much. up next, republican presidential candidates were campaigning in iowa. they re back in familiar territory, just trying to stay on message with donald trump s legal problems sucking all of the arc oxygen out of the room. my panel joins me next to discuss what we heard from the candidates, including one who took a direct swipe at the former president. all learning to save and spend their money with chase. the chef s cooking up firsts with her n