He faces legal peril from prosecutors, the stronger his standing among republicans, which is no doubt why his gop rivals largely avoid confronting him for the 91 Felony Counts he faces. Its why in Ron Desantiss prep for next weeks debate, his super pac has advised him to take a hammer to Vivek Ramaswamy but defend trump if trump is attacked by chris christie. Here was some reaction after Fulton County d. A. Fani willis indicted trump and 18 codefendants for state rico violations. South carolina senator tim scott said this. We see the legal system being weaponized against political opponents. That is unamerican and unacceptable. Vivek ramaswamy said that should he become president , he would pardon trump. And he said this. The reality is this, these are politicized persecutions through prosecution. Trumps former Vice President mike pence, who has criticized trump for putting himself above the constitution, says he prefers that trumps fate be decided, quote, by voters, not criminal court
million at the box office. until recently i saw it as a chaotic comedy until this week when i read ty burr s opinion piece in the washington post entitled i was on campus when animal house debuted: it changed everything . he argues that the movie was much more than a celebration of fraternity debauchery. he makes the case it was a political and cultural milestone. ty burr is the author of ty burr s watch list. in july of 1978 he attended a preview screening of the film as a student at dartmouth, where he says he saw his classmates inspired by new principles, the right to say what you wanted, offend whomever you wanted, and grab the rewards you felt were yours. thank you so much for being here. you attending that screening for the movie just off campus at dartmouth in hanover at a small theater. what happened that night? what happened that night was that the place went wild,
we start tonight with that very important breaking news. one of the things that was almost most surprising about the former senate majority leader harry reid was just how quiet he was. in fact, during interviews, it was not uncommon to be almost unable to hear him. that s how soft-spoken he actually was. but there was another side to harry reid in all of this. in fact, in the late 1970s, harry reid was the chair of the nevada gaming commission, overseeing the state s very important casinos. this is the story of a man who tried to bribe him from a new yorker profile back in 2005. , in part, it reads, in july of 1978, a man named jack gordon, who was later married to latoya jackson, offered reid $12,000 to approve new gaming devices for casino use. reid reported the attempted bribe to the fbi and arranged a meeting with gordon in his office. by agreement fbi agents burst in to arrest gordon at the point
thank you all. that was great. appreciate it. all right, that is allen in on this tuesday night. condolences of course to harry reid s good evening, ayman. good evening. rachel has the night off and we start tonight with that very important breaking news. one of the things that was almost most surprising about the former senate majority leader harry reid was just how quiet he was. in fact, during interviews, it was not uncommon to be almost unable to hear him. that s how soft-spoken he actually was. but there was another side to harry reid in all of this. in fact, in the late 1970s, harry reid was the chair of the nevada gaming commission, overseeing the state s very important casinos. this is the story of a man who tried to bribe him from a new yorker profile back in 2005. in part, it reads, in july of
in part, it reads in july of 1978, a man named jack gordon who was later married to latoya jackson offered reid $12,000 to approve two new gaming devices for casino use. reid reported the attempted bribe to the fbi and arranged a meeting with gordon in his office. by agreement, fbi agents burst in to arrest gordon at the point where reid asked is this the money? although he was taking part in a sting, reid was unable to control his temper. the videotape shows him getting up from his chair and saying you son of a bleep, you tried to bribe me. and attempting to choke gordon, before startled agents pulled him off. i was so angry with him for thinking he could bribe me reid said at the time. nevada democratic senator harry reid he was quiet, except when he wasn t. senator reid died today at the age of 82. he spent 30 years in the u.s. senate, eight of them as majority leader.