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Federal corruption charges. there is only -- to have that conviction, by the way, vacated it in a unanimous decision from the supreme court back in 2016. governor, thank you for being here. i have to tell you, i had been thinking about you and your case as there has been a lot of criticism of one jack smith and your name comes up in a long list of people that jack smith has prosecute the. i have been wondering, given the fact there is all that talk about the weaponization of the government and t...

He didnt to senator menendez, a democrat from new jersey, my former colleague. we are both democratic congressman together. the judge, he had an honest judge, the judge threw the case out for insufficient evidence. my job should have done that. they were republicans. it was a republican prosecutor, bush appointed, republican judge, republican appellate court, and they did a political hit on the democratic governor, but -- >> again -- >> republican president. >> again -- >> yes. >> i want to refo...

One, of course, it is interesting to think about the notion that you make the assertion this would be stealing from a persons ability to choose their candidate of choice. that is part of what they are accusing. again, im a former prosecutor, so they have to prove their case in court, as you well know, and a jury as they want to make the ultimate determination. we are talking about somebody who believes in that process still. its interesting to think about, if that is the goal, to have the voters...

Used to trust the system. now i dont. governments lie. governments, our government lied to us about vietnam, about the iraq war, they lied about me, and they are lying about president trump. these are not crimes that theyve charged him with. you dont like trump? vote against him. it is understandable that a lot of people would not like him, democrats in particular. there is new weaponization of politics, of criminal prosecutors engaging in a political process while trump, now, is in the crosshai...

The crime done? was there serious wrongdoing here, or is this a case of going after somebody who really didnt do anything or a technical violation or stretching the law way beyond where it should be? no. there was very grave wrongdoing here, and i think it is reasonable to say that it falls within the obstruction of a proceeding. thats not weaponization. thats enforcement of the law. i am concerned that in a second term, he will be off the hook. there will be no way of controlling him, and he wi...

Why only the candidate who try to overturn the election? this is desperate stuff from tim scott. the truth is joe biden isnt involved in any indictments of donald trump. he wont even comment on them. his attorney general, merrick garland, outsourced at this latest investigation to special counsel jack smith to avoid any perception of politicization or weaponization. and that is for hunter biden, a trump-appointed attorney david weiss, again given huge freedom and discussion by garland who did --...

Craft, or trickery. and that is what trump did. thats how he allegedly conspired to defraud the u.s.. not in a financial way, but a very political and anti-democratic way. its a felony under section 371 to do that. number three, this is politicized justice say the republicans, this is the target of their political opponent. and what about hunter biden? just have a read of a gop senator tim scott tweeted on tuesday in response to the indictment. quote, i remain concerned about the weaponization b...

And that is what trump did. thats how he allegedly conspired to defraud the u.s.. not in a financial way, but a very political and anti-democratic way. its a felony under section 371 to do that. number three, this is politicized justice say the republicans, this is the target of their political opponent. and what about hunter biden? just have a read of a gop senator tim scott tweeted on tuesday in response to the indictment. quote, i remain concerned about the weaponization by bidens doj, what w...

This is desperate stuff from tim scott. the truth is joe biden isnt involved in any indictments of donald trump. he wont even comment on them. his attorney general, merrick garland, outsourced at this latest investigation to special counsel jack smith to avoid any perception of politicization or weaponization. and that is for hunter biden, a trump-appointed attorney david weiss, again given huge freedom and discussion by garland who did -- upset congressional republicans. again, to quote bill ba...

Allegations." >> well, first of all, mary is completely right. and what were really seeing is the political weaponization of the first amendment. because were seeing it become something that is well and far beyond what it traditionally is conceived of. because look, weve talked about this before. and andrew i think made this point earlier with you, ayman, about mr. lauros laying out the defense tactics here. and it was very much to kind of suggest that there are no limits to the first amendment,...