Bret, good evening to you. Donald trumps closest advisers are spinning this indictment to advantage. Meanwhile his former number two, former Vice President mike pence who refused to overturn the results of the election is in attack mode. Former Vice President mike pence running against his old boss is coming out swinging. It wasnt just they asked for a pause. The president specifically asked me and his gaggle of crackpot lawyers asked me to literally reject votes and literally coas would have ensued. Indictment pence allegedly told trump he had no authority to do so, according to the indictment, in response, the defendant told the Vice President youre too honest. Trump is staying positive at least publicly. Posting on social media hours ago thank you to everyone. I have never had so much support on anything before. The 45page indictment lays out an overarching theme. The defendant lost the 2020 president ial election despite having lost the defendant was determined to remain in power.
statements by a president that a prosecutor deems to be false. you don t have to be a defender of donald trump to worry about where this will lead. former vice president mike pence is on the trail in indiana saying our country is more important than one man. our constitution is more important than any one man s career. on january 6th, former entrepreneurship demand demanded that i choose between him and the constitution. i chose the constitution and i always will. let s bring in our panel. ben domenech editor-at-large for the spectator. host of the ben domenech podcast on fox news radio. vince coglianese in this case talk radio host editorial director for the daily caller and axios political reporter stef kight. all right, vince, let s start with you. a day to digest, see the fallout. democrats, republicans, pundits. where are you? this is the prosecution and persecution of the leading candidate for president against joe biden. i think we have a justice department with a massive cred