As he hits the road. And we turn our focus to this general election. Well, just these dueling rallies certainly provided a window and what were expected to see in the months to come between President Biden and his republican rival, donald trump were the president ticked through multiple themes over the course of his remarks to a rowdy audience. But one of the prominent themes and one that his Campaign Launched on was protecting democracy. And on that front, the president kicked off his remarks, talking about Donald Trumps coziness to authorities, syrian regimes, and also making clear that its a stark contrast between him and donald trump. Take a listen my lifetime has taught me to embrace The Future Of Freedom and democracy and trump and i have a very different value set of an obvious already biden is based on core values of the defined america. And the rest of the world looks at us that way decency fairness, equality were all know donald trump sees a different america and american sto
Lying about election results, mailing personal insults at its critics. Making famously veil threats towards those who seek to hold him accountable. But none of trumps can change the cold, hard fact that the former president now faces serious criminal charges in three separate cases. In the coming days and weeks, it could even be one more. We start tonight with congressman benny thompson, democrat of mississippi. The former chairman of the january six commission. Congressman, thank you for joining us. Its always good to talk to you. Lets talk about trumps lawyer, john moreau. He did it washington and said recall the full ginsburg today. Almost a little bit about what he had to say becho and get your response on the other side. Take a listen. The defense is quite simple, donald trump, President Trump believed in his heart of hearts that he had won that election. As an american citizen, he had the right to speak out under the First Amendment. He had the right to petition governments aroun
Not exactly here in the federal statute, but fairly coast to catch up to defendants that we re trying to disperse their conduct as a way to avoid accountability. what you have here in fani willis and her team what they ve done with this indictment is tell the entire story. there s nowhere to hide. so that the jury when this gets to trial has a full understanding of the context of all these actions that were taken. it s a strong case. every case is only as strong as the evidence in trial. an indictment, there is allegations but once we get to trial we see a, i ll tell you this about fani wallace, she doesn t put a charge down unless she has evidence to back it up. it tells a strong story about the attempt to overthrow our election here in georgia. i wouldn t want to be one of the defendants in this case all tell you that. charlie bailey, thank you, sir, stella had the work being
Swayed or intimidated by political ties or high profile defendants like the defendant. lastly, it shows the governments readiness to show sensitive material, like the grand jury proceedings. like the witness testimonies. it shows the readiness to prosecute the case. as you are talking about with representative thompson, if it critiques his ability to deal with case details. this protective order is important to be ready and to go. especially, as you pointed out, as we enter the 2024 gop primary. trump speech is going to get very complicated. but the significance of this five pm deadline is really that the court seems really determined to keep this case on the fast-track to conduct affair trial and they want to be ready to try this case. in addition we have our eyes on georgia fulton county fani