very professional operation down here, and if there is fraud to be found they will find it. what does donald trump turn around and tweet right after receiving that information? that the officials down in georgia are covering up election fraud and they are, quote, terrible people. it s almost laughable how easy it will be at trial to put the lie to donald trump s public statements, and it proves his determination to sow distrust and to put everybody in a position where they are going to be whipped up because their votes were being stolen. and then he exploited it, and who is a star witness against him in that regard? it s mark meadows. peter, i keep getting tangled up in logic. for those who are arguing this is all politically motivated, they want to keep donald trump out of office, if the main ingredients, if the roadmap for
the nixon hearings times ten. and i think that will have an impact. it s hard to imagine it not having an impact of being a criminal defendant is very time consuming, and it s gonna be an interesting exercise for don trump to run for president of the united states while he is a criminal defendant in multiple venues. that s actually what i don t get, jason, the logistics of this. if you re republicans, and charlie s point, you re worried that this could suck up all the oxygen of the campaign, it will also suck up the calendar. how do you run for president when it s like, oh, he can do earlier had to debate stage because i ll be on trial three different crimes. stephanie, the gene feel cases the same day is the iowa caucuses. we ll have a split screen whether we re in iowa or. not that we have march, which is the stormy daniels case. and then you have made, which is the documents case. both cases where trump has to be in attendance.
i keep saying to my more cynical and pessimistic democratic friends that you don t recognize how much of an albatross in an anvil this is going to be around on trump s neck next year. this is beyond january six, this is gonna be the og trial. it s every single terrible despicable thing this man is been involved with during his presidency and in the four-year subsequent to his presidency, and that s what people are going to be seeing. that can be overcome by twitter or fox news or something else like that. this is a very bad moment in time, campaign wise, for trump. it s a good moment in time for this country, but i don t think that anyone who thinks that he s going to skate through this or that temporary pull bumpy might get four republicans, i don t think anyone smart thinks this is going to benefit next year and it s definitely going to be something that heats up a lot of time. charlie, can you explain this one to me? how is ron desantis even claiming to be running for president if
the justice department engaged in what has become the largest investigation in our history. the counts included obstruction of an official proceeding and conspiracy to defraud the united states. he wanted to take away your right to vote, and today, they charged him with. it the first ever indictment of a former president for trying to steal an election. this is the greatest political crime since succession. what we have right now is a test on democracy. this is happening at the same date that we have a poll showing that donald trump and biden are running neck and neck. it is a charge ball, this guy could be charged again. i wish for a speedy trial, that there be and mike pence is going to be the star witness. every one now will need to concede that things about to get complicated. good evening, once again, i
a ban from future federal office. and an insurrection charge does provide the in the event of conviction, the person shall be prohibited from holding office, so i have to admit that i was a little disappointed, but i agree with joyce that what jack smith has sent out here is so compelling, that is really hard to envision donald trump mounting any kind of persuasive defense. and the other thing that i do find a little bit curious, and i know he wanted through streamlined charging only trump and hopefully giving donald trump and the american people the right to a speedy trial, well in advance of the november 2024 election, you have six other coconspirators named in this indictment, but an charged in the indictment, which raises lots of questions about the status of those six individuals.