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But to go out of their way to use terms like dirty toenails and to attack ahmaud personally knowing that his family was sitting in the courtroom, that was something that got under our skin a bit. and i certainly think that it backfired. were glad to hear that the jury wasnt going to be fooled by the invitation to make this case about ahmauds blackness and some stereotypes about the dangers of being black and male in america. >> and wanda, i was wondering about your thoughts on this. >> regardles...

Case that well all remember for a very long time. thanks for all that analysis. up next, new revelations about former president trumps legal strategy in the fight to keep his presidential records away from the january 6 committee. you get more with aarp medicare advantage plans from unitedhealthcare.

Thank you for your time. >> thank you. coming up, well break down the verdicts in the arbery case. did the defense teams racially charged strategy backfire? also ahead, former president donald trump says that the january 6 probe could permanently damage the presidency. will a federal appeals court buy that. woman: i have moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. now, theres skyrizi. ♪ things are getting clearer ♪ ♪ yeah i feel free ♪ ♪ to bare my skin, yeah thats all me. ♪ ♪ nothing a...

You said that back this 2020, you never thought that this day would come. today your sons killers were brought to justice. what does that mean to you? >> it means a lot. and it means that my prayers has been answered. early back in the case back in 2020, 74 days without an arrest. and we finally was able to go through a lengthy trial and get justice for him. >> and so what went through your mind when you heard the judge say guilty for the very first time? i cant imagine the relief what you were ...

>> should americans tonight have more faith in our justice system do you think? >> i think that what we witnessed was an anomaly. all the media and people around the world are stopping to say oh, my god, they got justice in this case. so that is not a good sign, that people think that case that is open and obvious, one recorded on a bright sunday day and just last year, that it was a big question mark. and there was a strong doubt that we would get justice. and so it represents how far we have t...

So i find it hard to believe that the courts will s s will their own judgment. >> and a federal appeals court will hear oral arguments on this case next week. what do you think that they will look at? >> i think that you will see if the questioning from the hearing a few days ago is any indicator, i think that you will see, you nknow concerns along the same line that you heard from the judge at the district court level, which is basically acknowledging that executive privilege is an outgrowth of...

Defense. were going to tell a largely white jury that only has one black member, look, the neighborhood went down. it got really scary there, things were getting stolen, they had reason to suspect ahmaud arbery even though apparently the only reason they suspected him is because he was jogging through the neighborhood. thats why it was an effective prosecution. thats why this is troubling from a vigilante standpoint, and this is the connection with kyle rittenhouse, is whether or not you get to ...

Provoked the incidents. consider only the few seconds that the incident occurred and then deem whether or not the person on the offense was justified in that case, and it really limits and narrows down what -- what they try to do is narrow down the jurys focus into those few seconds and have people debate whether it was justified or not without consideration of the provocation. >> yeah, understood. i heard you mention that you dont see yourself as a full authority there, although we do given you...

Magically get all those rights. maya. >> thats exactly right. as you teed up at the beginning, ari, this is exactly what the prosecution went hard for which is, look, if youre standing out there -- this is important to say. this is no longer georgia law because it is so dangerous and what happened to ahmaud arbery. no more citizens arrest law which, frankly, is grounded in going after black people suspected of being slaves that folks wanted to return to the plantation. we should not forget that....

Amendment values. >> acquittal is the only verdict that made sense. >> thats why there were riots in kenosha, because people like kamala harris supported. >> it was a victory for self-defense and for the second amendment. >> joe biden, that prosecutor who should never prosecute another case tried that case as a political trial. >> and theres news breaking about how tucker carlson embedded with rittenhouse during the trial for a fox news project, his crew riding in a car with rittenhouse moments ...