greetings everyone, you are watching symone. former president donald trum indicted by a grand jury o tuesday. he will be formally charged an fingerprinted. it s the first in american history. we are digging into why there a debate over whether president, former current should be hel to the same legal standards as you and i. and in true trump fashion, h is lashing out district attorney alvin brag and his staff, even the judg in the case. targets of attacks on social media and we re talking to reverend al sharpton, a man wh knows all about donald trump s history in new york. last republicans, while they are falling in line. the former vice president elec the leaders, even people trump could be riding against in the 2020 primary all defending donald, trum right now. before we even know the charge or the evidence. i am symone sanders-townsend and i have something to say. no one is above the law. it is not just a slogan, it an american principle that i supposed to guide the ju
Calling the former president indictment on american and you know what? that is technically true since it is never happened in th united states until now. but if we look around the, world it s a different story in france, italy, brazil, al of these countries leaders hav been charged and convicted o crimes current israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is facing corruption charges right now so why doesn t it happen here? well it turns, out the department of justic established a policy in 1973 that was during watergate. that policy said that no sitting president could be indicted that memo from the justice department faded quote the spectacle of an indicted president, still trying to serve as chief executive bottles the imagination. joining me now, presidential historian, douglas brinkley. doug, it is very good to see