and she s so amazing thanks so much for joining us this afternoon. it ll be sad to say goodbye to pat sajak, but you can say hello to jake tapper is the leader starts right now the themes of the 2024 race today, democracy and revenge, the lead starts right now starkly different messages from two starkly different men, president biden s warning about democracy on the world stage, while donald trump to gain much more personal approach, plus a dramatic turn in the hunter biden gun trial defense scrapping. it s witness list on some level, leaving one major question about the case, yet to be answered. and the judge presiding over one of the most consonant sequential cases in america described as isolated in an experience with judge aileen cannon is really up against as she takes on the criminal classified documents case against donald trump welcome to the lead. i m phil mattingly info jake tapper. it s friday. we start with our world lead and president biden today drawing on the
can go down the list. and so we want james comey prosecuted there is no reason to think that any of those desires would change. and what he is looking for and jonathan swan, charlie savage, and i ve written about this is lawyers who will help him get to a yes on various fronts in a second administration, he is talking about eroding the post-watergate norm of justice department independence. and so i don t see any reason why people would not believe him and his allies when they say this? can we dig it on this a little bit? because again, to your point i feel like you talked to republicans and the say, well he, said this in the past, so they talked to republicans and say, well, he should be pest about what happened because they don t like the new york case. this is different because of who s going to be around to and the kind of the guardrails that have either been winnowed, diminished, or don t exist anymore if he s in a second for years of office, what authority does he have as presi