moment. well, when richard nixon in the weeks after he left office, contemplating his future, he assumed that he would be indicted and he asked some of his former lieutenants who was also caught up in the watergate scandal what it might be like to be in prison. and so richard nixon understood that the founders expected that presidents would be liable for any criminal conduct that they had undertaken while they were president. fast forward to today, donald trump is the first former president to be indicted for crimes, alleged crime, that he committed while he was president. the documents case is about actions that he did after he left the presidency.
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that march date. and mar-a-lago, you have classified documents. that can close things down in terms getting clearance. are those the two reasons why you think that this could be speedier? i think from a practical standpoint that is a fair statement. but substantively, this is not about somebody who maybe arrogantly took the documents and kept them for himself. you have someone in this current indictment number three who is challenging the foundation of our country. i think every american whether you are blue or red needs to see it play out and sooner rather than later. this is not something you want to see extend over time. and in part that is why i m sure that jack smith said we have these co-conspirators but i won t bring them into the mix. let s just do donald trump and do him alone. if we prove this case beyond a
that is not how the law works. the law works you bring a case when it is ready and a judge has a lot of say here and the defendant has more say than a prosecution on when something goes to trial. there is a deference to a defendant. and trump s team has consistently shown a preference for delay because they believe delay is denial. in some cases donald trump is running to stay out of prison. he is fundraising off this, saying you can t possibly prosecute me because we re in the middle of a political season and indeed the prospect of a hypothetical self pardon should he become president. all these hypotheticals because we re in this unprecedented situation. the important thing to remember that i think in part you are getting at is people might not fully appreciate that someone could be elected to office from prison including the office of and trying to talk to tim nafatali about.
and again these are unindicted co-conspirators. at this point donald trump is the only one facing charges. and jack smith making it clear that the investigation is still ongoing. sarah 34 murray, thank you. so let s discuss all of this with our panel. when you look at what actually came out in the 45 pages, you worked on the january 6 committee, you know the narrative, it is still jarring to read it, but from a legal perspective, how strong is this case? it is very strong. and we talk about a speaking indictment which we discussed previously with the prior indictment, this lays out a narrative that is very descriptive, it explains who and what and where, in other words,