United states indicted on State Charges stemming from his and others efforts to overturn joe bidens election win in the State Of Georgia. I make decisions based on the facts and the law. We look at the facts and look at the law and bring charges. Having another indictment for him questioning the integrity of this countrys elections is what we are doing to a president that served this country. The governor of georgia i guess cant pardon. I dont know how you get out of this. Do i intend to try the 19 defendant in indictment together . Yes. The calendar is getting crowded. All the possible trials that the former president is facing. This case has a couple of twists on advice of counsel. You see some of the lawyers on whod advice they relied indicted. An abuse of power by angry democrats who decide the rule of law doesnt matter to them anymore. Its bigger than watergate. It goes to the foundation of democracy. This is very different and much more serious and much more troubling. Good morni
The lead starts right now but first where disinformation prevails and democracy fails, putin celebrates a resounding when cementing another six years power, the lies that got him here, and the threat it could pose to the World Order Plus Chaos On America as doorstep, haiti collapses into a gang, stayed in get cnn is in their capital to capture how violence is now the law of the land. And we start with a moment to give us hope i finally got to meet Cj Ricin Person as he finally tastes freedom after more than 12 years behind bars for a shooting, he insists he could not have committed welcome to the lean. Im jake tapper in philadelphia and im going to start with some good news for once. Im in philly because there are major developments here and a legal case that weve been following for years here on the lead involving cj rice who is now a free man as of this morning, the Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania officially considers ej rice to be legally innocent of the crimes he was convicted of in 2
classified documents. the special counsel found evidence that president biden, quote, willfully retaineds classified materials found no reason to press criminal charges. drew distinction between the criminal probe of handling of documents and his findings regarding president biden. the long standing justice department priniple that you cannot indict a sitting president does not apply and would not bring charges even if joe biden were no longer president. we ll have more on that later in the program. we begin with a hearing at the nation s highest court. an historic hearing for some very big questions about the constitution. the future of our democracy and at the heart of the case, a request from voters for some accountability for an unprecedented insurrection. first up, jonathan mitchell, the attorney for donald trump, argued among other things, that january 6th was not an insurrection. it was a riot. he also argued that the president is not technically an officer of the unit
exploit for your political purposes my opponent s youth and inexperience. if kitty dukakis were raped and murdered, would you favor an irrevocable death penalty for the killer? no i don t bernard. i think you know i pose the death penalty during all of my life. he mentioned the navy for example. we have fewer ships than we did in 1916. governor we also have fewer horses and bayonets because the nature of our military has changed. i was looking at my watch to, even the simple act of checking the time can her and the debate. president bush went on to lose that to bill clinton with a little bit of help from ross perot. debates allow us to see the candidate side-by-side, to not only hear the answer but watch their facial expressions and body language. after all, we are going to be spending a lot of time with whoever wins the white house so were likely to be watching everything. the first gop presidential primary debate is less than two months away. candidates are crisscro
exploit for your political purposes my opponent s youth and inexperience. if kitty dukakis were raped and murdered, would you favor an irrevocable death penalty for the killer? no i don t bernard. i think you know i pose the death penalty during all of my life. he mentioned the navy for example. we have fewer ships than we did in 1916. governor we also have fewer horses and bayonets because the nature of our military has changed. i was looking at my watch to, even the simple act of checking the time can her and the debate. president bush went on to lose that to bill clinton with a little bit of help from ross perot. debates allow us to see the candidate side-by-side, to not only hear the answer but watch their facial expressions and body language. after all, we are going to be spending a lot of time with whoever wins the white house so were likely to be watching everything. the first gop presidential primary debate is less than two months away. candidates are crisscro