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And im laura coates in washington, d. C. Look, this indictment is like nothing weve actually ever seen before in the history of this entire country and looking at it In Black And White is absolutely extraordinary. It begins with this, everyone. Quote, the defendant, donald j trump, was the 45th president of the United States and a candidate for reelection in 2020. The defendent lost the 2020 president ial election. As you say, laura, it begins that way with those simple words. He lost. That is a...

Really have been doing since the beginning, and they really feel at this point that they had some ground to stand. on that is because of recent polling that shows donald trump is still leading in the primary. they say it shows he is -- could likely be the nominee, and that this is political. of course, as we know, donald trump likes to play things out in the court of public opinion. now, earlier today, talking to kaitlan collins, one of trumps lawyers laid out what might be one of their legal st...

Direction. look at the approvals between trump and biden, 41% approval of joe biden right now, 43% approve of donald trump. thats why there is a statistical tie at 43 to 43. >> but do you know why i think this whole issue, among the republican primary, the whole first amendment thing, the whole trump base, they feel like they are the ones everyone else is going after? its because no one else in the republican primary has had the guts and the backbone to say, donald trump is wrong. to say, donald...

What your reaction is to the fact that this indictment is here, it isnt full black and white. >> it is a very thorough, it is very smart, and its very careful. i will start with careful. it is careful in that they took the first amendment issues and addressed it. they got it off the table, right? they addressed the issue of he has this right to free speech. he can say a lot of things. what he cannot do is conspire to overturn the outcome of the election. he was very smart in that he kept the foc...

At least a phonic has said, a senior member in the gop house, had a conversation with point -- trump tonight, the whole point of it was how she could help more republicans and get house republicans to stay behind it. marjorie taylor greene has just tweeted, i will still vote for trump even if he is in jail. this is a communist attack on americas first amendment to vote on who the people want for president. just putting that aside, wrong amendment, this is the sentiment among many in the gop. >> ...

First amendment. but there are limits. i cant go into the bank and say, stick them up, give me all the money in the cash jar, and say first amendment, you cant prosecute me. >> defamation as well, right? >> yes. and then he says, oh, his second argument was advice of counsel, eastman was one of the most preeminent client is a businessman. no. these arguments that eastman were making were bizarre. they were off the wall. the constitution doesnt let mike pence march in there. >> do you agree with ...

Incredible lack of knowledge about basic things like the constitution and how government works. in the space of that lack of knowledge, it has been filled with lack of respect and lack of trust. >> into the breach. look, from a lawyers perspective, youve got the lawyers on the side here, they only have the same thing to do, try to ignore that part and think what jack smith is going to do and hope he will be able to make that case. to me, the indictment was very interesting because we are blitzin...

But on the front of the first amendment and the political speech, it seems to be from the lawyers perspective the, look, every kind of speech is protected. this is an example of a weaponization based on political speech. do you buy that? >> i dont, i dont. i dont think a jury is going to buy that. right? i think the way they crafted this and said, yes, he has the right to say whatever he wants in the political realm. he does it all the time. what they are saying here is you cant conspire with ot...

Hell has frozen over. take notes, climate change, of why i. >> the first amendment argument, as youve said, is perhaps unlikely to work in a court of law. but in the court of public opinion, especially in a republican primary, i see it being very potent. >> why? >> heres why. if you look at the other things hes been accused, of lets take the mar-a-lago documents, donald trump is always positioning himself as i am the one standing between the deep state, the democrats, and you. they really want t...