all those theories that were put out, they did not prove to be true. now, mr. trump s next court appearance in the 2020 election probe is in three weeks. that s not slowing down his campaign. trump will be the keynote speaker at tonight s fund-raiser in south carolina for republicans. back to you. back to you that was julie tsirkin. we re gonna head back to glenn kirschner who s just joining us. glenn, what about this timeline of monday at five pm? do you think that s enough time? what do you think the response will be? you know, erin, i have a feeling the response from the defense team will be we agree with the protective order. the protective order is designed to protect the witnesses once the prosecutors turn over the discovery, the evidence to donald trump. to prevent them from disseminating that information, to prevent donald trump from talking about it in his rallies or posting it on his social mediaplform. i fully expect the defense will
digging in on defending donald trump after his latest indictment. marjorie taylor greene tweeted quote, i will still vote for trump, even if he is in jail. and lauren boebert had this to say. i m actually really excited over this agreement. it only ensures that president trump will be the 47th president of the united states. the american people are sick of this. excited. joining me now is california congressman robert garcia, a democratic member of the house oversight and homeland security. thank you for being with us. trump is facing 70 counts in three criminal trials. and more to be on the way. what goes through your mind when you hear your republican colleagues talking about him becoming an ex present or they are excited for another indictment. you hear that comment, you ve seen tweets. it s really insane crazy talk. this idea that there would be excited about the former
he said it best during his first campaign, you can go and literally shoot people on fifth avenue and they would still vote for him. i think that is exactly and fortunately what his base has become. they have become excess with this cold light figure. he can do no wrong. i think donald trump has brought up the absolute worst in people and in our country. he has allowed people to really tap into something really dark in our country. he s got to be defeated this time. he s likely gonna be the republican nominee. i also believe that he is gonna get convicted of some of these crimes. he s going to be held accountable so the republican party, the leadership, especially those that claim to be more serious leaders are gonna have a reckoning with what they re going to do. on that topic, republicans, marjorie taylor greene and matt gaetz are renewing their calls to defund special counsel jack smith s office. how concerning define that rhetoric against jack smith and also, does it go to the l
ten specific items of obstruction of justice he recommended be pursued and pointed out, lest we misunderstand that part, he could not inundate a sitting president according to doj guidelines, but he said in his report, an enterprising district attorney might want to pursue it. according to recent reporting in the new york times, president trump explicitly told chief of staff john kelly that they ought to investigate and get the irs on form or civil servants that mr. trump considered his political enemies. explicit testimony from his own chief of staff, but again, absolute silence on the other side of the aisle, including from the ways and means committee, which purports to be so concerned about any hint of interference by any political entity or individual over the
and different issues related to this investigation. you say i started this investigation in november 2018 after reviewing bank deposits. then you say career irs staff were not initially supportive of starting the investigation. of course in november 2018, joe biden was not the president, correct? joe biden was not the president you re correct. you had a concern about attorney general bill barr consolidating the series of cases into the u.s. attorney s office in delaware. at that point you say what was the potential issue i saw with working the case in delaware? we were working with a small attorney s office who might not have ever worked a case of this caliber. now of course bill barr was appointed by donald trump, correct? yes, that is correct. let me turn to another