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Donald trump is lying. secondly, he is engaging in behavior that is rawly dangerous to the prosecutors, the judges that he sometimes calls out, and to the fbi and to investigators, we know, that, we have seen that. after the mar-a-lago investigation when he went online we saw kind of a lone wolf attempt at an ohio fbi office. we continue to see the base mobilize, if you will. and in an offensive position. and that is because of donald trumps language that he will be the retribution. this is a ca...

With their weaponization and the ability to do so through mitch mcconnells stealing of a supreme court seat. and donald trump for being able to jam it to other people. so we are living in the wild wild west. and republicans want to be able to do anything and everything that they want. >> donny the institutions that we are talking about of justice, what will they probably do? what have they done in the past? when they face such criticisms? either coming from members of congress and or potential c...

Outlandish statements, it is nothing more than an attempt, at this point we are in a post indictment world where trump has now been indicted. not once but twice, to try to influence a potential jury pool. whatever that is and whatever that is. in donald trumps world, he is incapable of committing any crimes. anything that he does, even if it is a smoking gun phone call, which exist, even if there are recordings, which exist. it doesnt matter. it is the weaponization of government from his point ...

Does this work with that group of voters? >> no. richard, outside of the maga bubble people that live -- actually want a president and a presidential candidate that is clean meaning that doesnt have one and two indictments and then, also, we have to remember there are other indictments that are looming. and again, this case -- the case of the documents -- it came out of south florida. so, for three assume that nobody on that jury was a maga supporter is not realistic. and so heres the thing, rep...

Twice -- to try to influence a potential jury pool, whatever that is and whenever that is. in donald trumps world, he is incapable of committing any crimes. anything that he does, even if it is a smoking gun phone call, which exists, even if there are recordings, which exist, it doesnt matter. it is the weaponization of government from his point of view. and all he and his allies will continue to try and do, just so the public understands, they know it is not anything that amounts to a legal def...

House top to bottom at the fbi and that on day one of his presidency he would fire fbi director christopher wray, a trump appointee who trump himself once called, quote, an impeccably qualified individual. just moments ago on fox news, desantis doubled down on both of those promises. >> we will end of the weaponization of government. that is a new fbi director on day one. thats the difference between me and donald trump. he says the jury is still out. i think you need a new start. he is going to...

Groups throughout the vietnam era. they were used by richard nixon to target his enemies. thats why the reforms were put in place after watergate to make them more independent. it is alarming to see what is happening here. essentially, it is donald trump more than anyone else who is saying he wants to take control of these agencies. he says its unfair and biased anytime they investigate him. we havent seen this in the 50 years since watergate. >> barbara, you and i have talked about this. what d...

Justice department mishandled and interfered in the hunter biden criminal probe. and kevin mccarthy, so far taken a pretty measured approach to impeachment efforts has signalled that he would be open to impeaching merrick garland if these allegations prove true. and i just want to say the big picture here, fred, is that soon were going to be heading into election season and all of the oxygen in washington is going to be focussed on the 2024 presidential election. and republicans really want to u...

I want to know what youre going to do. what are you going to do about the fact that the fbi worked with twitter to censor information, amplify lies and suppress truth? what are you going to do about this influence peddling that we see is in plain sight that the biden family has been doing allegedly for now more than a decade? what can you do about it to straighten things out given the fact that americans are sick and tired of the corruption they see in plain sight? >> we will end the weaponizati...

A gather us quoting the new york times in this new reporting, former chief of staff, john kelly, under oath said that donald trump discussed having the irs and other federal agencies investigate two fbi officials involved in the russia probe. this allegation was disclosed in a statement filed in connection with lawsuits from those two, being peter -- and lisa page. voice your reaction to this? should this concern republicans who continue standing by donald trump? >> [laughter] one interesting qu...