The first Warning Signs for the trump campaign. Hanging above the first three indictments trumps team waiting for another shoe to drop in georgia where fulton d. A. Fani willis says she has a duty to prosecute. I took an oath and the oath requires i follow the law. Also sharing see the questions. The shocking news from the Justice Department tied to two u. S. Navy sailors arrested for spying. The Sensitive National secrets at the heart of the case. We begin with former President Trumps next big day in criminal court. Such five days after republican candidates take the stage for the first primary debates later this month. The former president on truth social bemoaning the high cost of his court battles, quote, my political opponent has hit me with a barrage of weak lawsuits which require massive amounts of my time and money to adjudicate. Resources that would have gone into ads and rallies will have to be spent fighting these radical left thugs in numerous courts throughout the country.
exactly. and it s also a great microcosm of what this fight is going to be about. even when it comes to days within a week, you know, the government wants to go early and the defense wants to take as much time as they can. they re arguing about the clock because everyone understand how important the clock is to what happens here. so barbara, judge chutkan who will preside, sent a message she is going to set a trial date during the next hearing, but again, trump s lawyer says he s not going to be rushed. let s take a listen to what he said last night. they want to deny president trump his due process rights to look at documents, to get witnesses, to use our subpoena power. they want to deny him those rights in a rush to judgment for one political purpose, and that s to uphold the biden administration.
the first warning signs for the trump campaign. hanging above the first three indictments trump s team waiting for another shoe to drop in georgia where fulton d.a. fani willis says she has a duty to prosecute. i took an oath and the oath requires i follow the law. also sharing see the questions. the shocking news from the justice department tied to two u.s. navy sailors arrested for spying. the sensitive national secrets at the heart of the case. we begin with former president trump s next big day in criminal court. such five days after republican candidates take the stage for the first primary debates later this month. the former president on truth social bemoaning the high cost of his court battles, quote, my political opponent has hit me with a barrage of weak lawsuits which require massive amounts of my time and money to adjudicate. resources that would have gone into ads and rallies will have
jack smith s approach of just indicting trump at the outset. what do you make of it as the potential strategy? i think a rico indictment here would be absolutely appropriate. you know, rico originated with the idea of the mafia organized crime. it can apply to any organized activity. i used it myself in public corruption cases. it provides an umbrella under which you can put what might otherwise be separate schemes and might be open itself up to a motion for severance and allows one jury to hear the entire scope of all the criminal conduct. so in georgia, for example, we know that there was trump s call with brad raffensperger, false slates of lectors, activity with tampering with voting machines in kauffman county. this would allow fani willis to
senate judiciary committee. he went on to say that the doj is criminalizing former president trump s first amendment rights. you heard that echoed by kevin mccarthy as well as in the clip you played rerm earlier. it s a line of defense we re hearing from the trump team. however, you know, mccarthy has pointed to hillary clinton, al gore, and others. the big difference here, of course, is that what president trump is being accused of. he s being accused of engaging in a conspiracy to have fake lectors come to congress and also to direct a mob of his supporters to interfere with an official congressional proceeding. that happened on january 6th. a very different situation than either hillary clinton or al gore. yeah. al gore won the popular vote. scott long, thank you very much. so carlos, as republicans