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>> so, what is your message to the american government tonight, to president joe biden? on the one hand, the urge the u.s. to speak out in the name of democracy and human rights against what is happening in pakistan right now. but youve also accused the u.s. of being behind a quote foreign conspiracy, a coup against you. you have repeatedly called what happened to quote u.s.-backed regime change. >> well, the facts about what happens, about me receiving a cipher, a coded message from our ambassa...

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Resigned former president. someone who is just a citizen. unfortunately, she opposed both efforts and in the conversations that were going on to bring an indictment after he left office, he got pardoned and a pardon is act salute and forever. we were unable to do that. even though donald trump is a person with no shame and no recognition or value to the laws, i do think that the reality of nixon having been held accountable might have sent a message to him that would have had him under control, ...

So no one can stop them from what theyre doing in terms of another court. but ultimately, the american people are supposed to be in control in this country. we are supposed to have a democracy. and so that is why it is so important for the political branches that represent the american people to assert themselves against this court. and not just let it impose its whims in made of cases. >> yes. and, gentleness question before we run out of time. after askew, what did you make of the sheer arroga...

Chicanery, the dishonesty, coming up for these cases. that is not acting like a court, that is not judging, that is something else. that is partisan politics. whatever you think of the decision, you like them, you dont like them, that is beside the point. this is not a court. as a result, it is not a question of rebalancing, it is a question of correcting and making the court back into a court. it is transforming it from something that is illegitimate into something that would be legitimate and ...

Would take decades for democrats to appoint a majority of members. jen, you support quarter form, things that term limits. but the president you support doesnt, not really. i believe you are part of a group of journalists who met with him privately off the record earlier this week. what is he thinking? why wont you budge on this do you think? >> well, unfortunately that was before these decisions so we didnt have a chance to grill him on it. but i will say this, and this is key, it is not a righ...

In america tonight what you believe is the state of democracy, of freedom, of human rights in pakistan tonight? how bad is it? >> well mehdi, for some of us who have seen the evolution of our democracy over the, especially 20 years, including the marshall law. and then in that marshall up we saw what was called the movement for the independents of judiciary. during that time, the media said of its independence, so we were moving towards a democratic system, to governments came in and stood for f...

On to bring an indictment after he left office, he got pardoned and a pardon is act salute and forever. we were unable to do that. even though donald trump is a person with no shame and no recognition or value to the laws, i do think that the reality of nixon having been held accountable might have sent a message to him that would have had him under control, wouldve had him listening to his lawyers who said, you cant do these things. it would have made a difference. do i think it makes nixon loo...

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