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Premeditation would have to be indicted and by suggesting otherwise, the kevin mccarthys, jim jordans, presidential hopefuls, are breeding discredit about the justice department disbelief and distrust of it which means that fbi agents in the future are going to have a harder time getting cooperating witnesses, juries are going to be more suspicious, and that, too, is a danger to our national security. >> and, congressman, that is something that has been part of the national discourse. maybe not ...

A funny indictment. >> i dont care about that. indict a bologna sandwich. >> reporter:s loyalists sherry deep sense of distrust against perceived opponents of trump including the department of justice, the fbi and the press. they routinely brought up joe biden combines pet -- mike pence and hillary clinton, all had sensitive materials in their position while out of public office. one big difference, trump and his aide, walt not to, faced nearly half a dozen charges related to obstruction and con...

What about the republican voters in terms of how serious the classified document charges are serious, only 38% of republicans think theyre serious. 80% say they would vote for trump even if convicted in a primary. these are stunning. i think we can all acknowledge that if this indictment came out and you had these pictures and all of these actions about joe biden, those republicans would feel differently. >> yeah. >> we all -- i can put that out there. does anything change it for them, scott? >>...

Violations of the espionage act. >> it doesnt matter to me. not at all. >> outside the state convention, his supporters are unfazed. >> think its a bunch of bull [ bleep ]. trump didnt do anything wrong. he saved this country. >> theyre not going to let it stop. they cant stand the fact that hes running for president, and i am a donald trump fan. >> its probably altered, but its typical -- its typical liberal propaganda. none of the republican voters cnn spoke with have read the indictment. >> i...

To deliver on issues like federal judges. part of it is antiestablishment ethos where there is a lot of distrust for institutions. and so trumps words resonate with that kind of argument. and part of it is this is trumps brand, attacking the establishment, attacking the people who are causing him is part and parcel of who he has been about since 2015. this indictment doesnt tchange that for his supporters and a lot of the republican party. >> his legal troubles dont change what he is facing, rig...

Congress are accusing the doj of being weaponized. you have how speaker kevin mccarthy who tweeted, its unconscionable for a president to indict the leading candidate opposing him, joe biden cant classified documents for decades. >> what is your response to that? are these two situations at all comparable? what impact can distrust between congress and the doj have on the country? >> look, i think first, the mega republican response especially all the way down from steven mccarthy has been, compl...

Number two, can anything actually be done to prevent that? because if theres a fake and it looks like its real and then the light speed of the internet today it gets out there, you know, a lie -- the old saying the lie is halfway around the world before the truth can even try to catch up. >> yeah. so in turkey weve already seen this in the presidential election there. we had candidates, you know, have all sorts of deep fake content generated against them. and, you know, frankly, the it was the r...

Is it about it? is he just reflecting american culture? back in the day you hear rappers say, im just telling you what i hear on the streets in my neighborhoods. is trump out there doing that now? is he reflecting the community he lives in and sees? >> this has been unfolding for a very long time. this is not something new. this is the project hes been working on. and he was building on things that went before him. and social media has helped contribute to it, the whole modern media environment ...

>> what about red flag laws? i know that there is one in your home state. do you think there should be a national red flag law, the idea of allowing law enforcement and the courts to temporarily remove guns from people who pose a threat to themselves or others? >> i think giving tools to law enforcement to be able to intervene, particularly those resource officers at schools, if they sense that someone is potentially a danger to themselves or others, are useful. but i think weve got to be very c...

That. >> that last part gets you to where donald trump has brought us. the republican base, mistrust, distrust, despise is the fbi. trump has spent years attacking the fbi. so you have republican candidates who i dont know if afraid is the right word, but reluctant to alienate their voters. and that creates this circle. >> even pence last night as he was asked about the closing of his own documents case, which was done fairly efficiently because he cooperated still managed to say that president ...