and he was aware of the proper procedures for handling classified documents. the evidence, his own words. the federal indictment lists five specific public comments trump made about this subject, and here they are. in my administration i m going to enforce all laws concerning the protection of classified information. [ cheers ] no one will be above the law. we can t have someone in the oval office who doesn t understand the meaning of the word confidential or classified. one of the first things we must do is to enforce all classification rules and to enforce all laws relating to the handling of classified information. we also need the best protection of classified information. service members here in north carolina have risked their lives to acquire classified intelligence to protect our country. cnn s evan perez joins me. what stood out to you the most in this detailed indictment? reporter: one of the things that i think we should focus on is, you know, something that
Real understanding of who can come and go. clearly it s not secured. the ballroom, the boxes of classified material in the bathroom. it s crazy-making. knowing what we know now in addition to all the details in the indictment as this unfolds, is there any question now that donald trump is a clear and present danger to the united states of america? and for any any american to continue to pretend otherwise is simply unrealistic. will heard, my question is speculative. what s your suspicion? sure. look, it s hard for me to say, you know, whether they were vulnerable here s what i do know if donald trump would have given these documents back, we wouldn t be in this situation. my read of the charging documents is he s not being charged for any of the documents that he had and he returned, he s only being charged for the ones that he lied about having and we found out after the fact.
That women and black people were their property. okay. we look to our past to learn lessons. and to have justice alito or even to listen to you, alice, frankly say that because these people didn t put abortion in the constitution that that means that there is no right to constitution, it s crazy making. you know, because there s no way to ever get out of that loop because this idea of even of the test that he s putting on it, you know, nothing really can pass these tests. let me ask you this there are other issues beyond christianity where people find sacred, right, and should that if people were wanting to espouse their religious beliefs or put their religious beliefs on the courts or make them legal, alice, would you be okay with that? there are many religions that
Machines and stuff ballot boxes and engage in the wee-hour ballot dumps and collect ballots from dead people and coordinate with chinese and venezuela and government to change the outcome of elections. two-thirds of americans believed that s what happened in 2020. and yet, one year later, democrats have lost a nack. kirsten, this is why you are here today. this is the crazy making. come on, what happened? the thing is, i guess i am optimistic than you guys are. i hope you are right and i am wrong. it s a very difficult thing to get past and so i think that we do have such a polarized world where we have democrats and republicans basically if you
Really matters because that s not what they re they re not called to do a trial to change people s minds. they re called to try to get the best facts and make a determination about whether the president should be impeached. and i think having people who have firsthand knowledge about what happened seems like a reasonable thing to want to have. and to say to blame democrats for not going to court to get these people is just kind of crazy-making when they could just come and testify, you know, like other presidents have had their staff do when they ve been in an impeachment process. jeff, do you think john bolton not talking is just because he has a book that he s writing to sell, and if he gives it away now, then it s hard to think of any other explanation when you consider that, you know, his own staff members agreed to testify. so there s not some principle that applies to him and not to his staff members. you know, there is the issue of, you know, he has direct communicatio