let s take a look at the week s top stories. as you know, i can t talk about particulars of this or any other ongoing criminal manner. as i said when i appointed mr. smith i did so because it underscored the justice department s commitment to an oath independents and accountability. mr. smith is a veteran career prosecutor. he has assembled a group i ve experienced and talented prosecutors. and agents, whose share his commitment to integrity and the rule of law. any questions about this matter will have to be answered by their filings in the court. attorney general, merrick garland, with some breathe where it s for the first time since donald trump s federal indictment. is it just may or willie are we starting to see again. not a complete breaking of ice. but a more thawing of ice? this is horrible. it s bad, but i m gonna pardon him. day three, too early to talk about pardons. because you know the news came out. i m sure mike pence saw the new jersey nightmare. the p
when dave jolly says things about predicting that joe biden is going to win this and donald trump is going to be defeated again. a bit nervous, right? even though he is facing potential multiple federal indictments, and multiple investigations, i am still like, really? you really think biden can beat him? yeah, i know. nothing is a sure thing. but it s like, if you are trying to get the least popular figure as our nominee, donald trump is definitely that. that just what the data say. that is what the data says. all right, have a wonderful evening. thanks to you at home for joining us this evening, if you are republican running for president in 2024, there is one question that you knew that you would have to answer. what do you think of donald trump being indicted on federal criminal charges? and you would think, at this point, anyone entering the race for the republican nomination would be prepared to answer that question. and you would be wrong. today, miami mayor, franc
trump was being arraigned in florida not only were fake electors from trump s plot to overturn the 2020 election, not only were those fake electors testifying before special counsel jack smith sent january six grand jury, but at the same moment congressional republicans were holding their own bizarro hearing about january 6th. at the exact same time of former president was arraigned on federal criminal charges related to unlawfully hoarding documents. witnesses were testifying in jack smith s other sprawling federal investigation into that same former president all the while that former presidents congressional defenders were hard at work whitewashing the january 6th insurrection. all the same time. that sort of wild convergence belongs in the history books. and while the arraignment and investigation of a former president is clearly of utmost importance here i think it is worth paying attention to the fake story from tuesday as well. the thing that was happening in congress.
he even scowled during his arraignment. his aide and co-defendant walt nauta appeared with him in court. nauta not entering a plea to the six counts he faces because he did not have a local attorney. let s go now to cnn anchor and chief correspondent kaitlan collins who s in miami. trump is calling this one of the saddest days in the history of the country. it is a sad day, though, i m not sure in the same way he means it. give us your take. reporter: yeah, jake, and i think what you re seeing with that comment that trump posted as he was on his way here to this courthouse for that arraignment and the many others that he has posted online also shows, you know, not just what we ve been talking about here today which is the legal strategy and what that s going to look like, but the political strategy that you were seeing the president use when it comes to this visit and how they are going to be fund-raising off of it and using it as, of course, he tries to make his way throug
then we were divided in 2020. so, the way i would go about it is very direct and very simple. that there is no bad opinion. you want to express your opinion in this country, express it i want to hear. and then everybody gets a round table and resolve our issues. one of the time. the same way we used to do at dinner parties for the last eight or ten years. it wasn t like there weren t political differences to discuss. it s just that people did not start throwing their cutlery and it was a little more civilized. and it was not as if our democracy was at stake. see, in the end if you make everything a crisis, and it will be. and i heard the president today, joe biden earlier today talking about how he was concerned about democracy of donald trump getting elected again. and then i heard donald trump yelling and screaming about how badly he s been treated, these two guys need to stop worrying so much about themselves and start worrying about you. my approach to being president wou