the republican party s front-runner was convicted by a jury of his peers on 3 that is4 the reality the republican party must now grapple with, if they were into reality. so that sre an issue. what makes this all even more difficult for the gop is that trump s conviction has precisely zero to do with president biden. trump was convicted by a case brought by a new york city prosecutor whoas does not repor to president biden. facing another ten criminal charges from another local prosecutor in georgia who does not report to president biden. even the two federal cases against trump was brought by an independent special counsel who neither takes orders from nor coordinates with president f bidench so donald trump has reacted in a way he traditionally does when reality does not fit with his preferred reality. he lies about it. he claims without evidence president biden is the one really pulling the strings. he these are all biden trials. they re all biden cases. these aren t cases
the thing is republicans are now realizing it is hard to claim you re the victim of a rigged justice system when their presidentialsy candidate has spt his whole political career trying to rig the justice system. merrick garlande for his part s not takingfo any of the bait. i will not be intimidated, and the justice department will not be intimidated. we will continue to work to do our jobs free from political influence, and we will not back down from defending democracy. nd joining us now former u.s. senator and msnbc political analyst claire mccaskill and the new york times reporter katie benner. claire, claire, claire, it s like trump claims biden is an enfeebled shut unbut also a master rigging the public justice system.