Brandnew hour and fox news alert. Former President Donald Trump staring down four federal charges stemming from Special Counsel jack smith investigation into january 6th. Im sandra smith in new york. A brandnew hour of America Reports starts right now and it is a treat to have you here today. Hello, rich. Rich great to be here, sandra. Thanks so much. Im rich edson, john roberts has the day off. The former president is expected to be arraigned in Federal Court In Washington tomorrow. Sandra many think the latest indictment will do that again. Rich aishah, what are lawmakers saying . Rich, congress is still on its august recess, but we are already seeing House Republicans begin to strategize on what actions they might take next in response to this latest indictment of the former president , including pulling on the purse strings, that is congresss power. Republican firebrand matt gaetz and Marjorie Taylor greene are calling to defund Special Counsel jack smith. Some folks are eyeing the appropriations process coming up, but gaetz is demanding that his conference bypass that all together and vote on his proposed bill now. We have not heard anything from House SpeakerKevin Mccarthy yet or gop leadership, but any such measure, keep in mind, would not really get through a democratcontrolled senate. Jim jordan has already come to trumps defense, waiting to see if hes going to demand that jack smith come testify on capitol hill. Hes already requested a lot of documents related to the Special Counsel investigations into trump. Republicans are taking particular issue with the conspiracy to defraud charge, where trump disputes the 2020 election results, everybody from joe biden, nancy pelosi, Hillary Clinton made similar statements over the 2016 election. They are also raising questions about the timing of all of this, particularly because this came just one day after the Devon Archer Testimony. The timeline is really odd. Donald trump is the frontrunner, they want to dismantle his campaign and if they could they would put him in prison. Like him to be in prison by the time the election comes. So Leaders Schumer and jeffries, excuse me, democrats are calling for no outside interference as this case moves forward and schumer and jeffries released a scathing joint statement accusing trump of personally orchestrating the attack on the capitol, calling it a months long plot by the president to defy democracy and overturn the will of the american people. And House Democrats were already taking credit for this before it ever even dropped. Rich. Rich Aishah Hasnie live on capitol hill, thank you. Sandra live to nashville, an event we have been anticipating. Vivek ramaswamy, hes live there in nashville, and he is there to call on authorities to release the Covenant School shooters manifesto. Dip in here and listen to what he has to say there. It is a long standing tradition of Law Enforcement in the United States of america to when it is recovered release the manifesto of the shooter. We have to learn from tragedy, to prevent in the future. Manifesto of the killer was made public in the following instances, allen, texas, buffalo, new york, charleston, south carolina, isla vista, california, poway, california, in all cases within 48 hours of the tragedy. The public demanded the same happen here in nashville immediately after the tragedy in march. In fact, the National Police association has since sued City Officials and county officials demanding the same. It turned out that on april 27th governor bill lee, the governor of the state pledged to release the manifesto. Yet today sitting here in august with nothing other than stone walled silence from our government. That is wrong. That does not build public trust. That erodes public trust. Im here today to make a demand of the governor of tennessee, to make a demand of the National Police department, to make a demand of the fbi. Release the manifesto. Speak the truth. The hard times are the times where we must most openly speak that truth. It is hardest to speak the truth under difficult circumstances, but that is when we require it the most. I understand that there are legitimate concerns that we do not want details released that will motivate copy cats, i dont want that. The Fellow Americans who have called for the release of the manifesto dont want that either and it would be perfectly reasonable for the police to redact any sections of the manifesto that lay out plans, plots on details of execution that could be copied by another individual. What we do need to know is this killers motives, this killers psychological State Of Mind, the truth of the matter that we have a Mental Health epidemic in this Country Driving A Wave of violence around this country and we are going to have to deeply understand it if we are to address it. History teaches us that we make our worst Policy Decisions as a nation when we suppress the truth on the back of a tragedy. Take the tragedy of the covid19 pandemic. We would not have shuttered schools in this country if we had been allowed to debate in the open School Closures and hear the truth about covid19. We would not have mandated covid vaccines so quickly if we had been allowed sandra really interesting moment in nashville, where obviously a gop candidate Vivek Ramaswamy is standing there, march 27, 2023, the shooting took place, the manifesto to which he is referring of the national shooter, audrey hale, the parents transferred it to the Covenant School parents. The parents are battling to not have that manifesto released, which is obviously an interesting thing in and of itself that they are working with the shooters family to keep that manifesto from going public. Vivek ramaswamy is making the case that we need to learn from tragedy to improve the future, that we have to address what is in that manifesto in order to make things better and make things safer in the future. So an interesting stance, rich, from Vivek Ramaswamy who has been very vocal on many issues. This is the first time we have heard him speak directly to that. Rich yes, it is, sandra. Usually around this time president ial hopefuls are in iowa and new hampshire, but you know, hes leading somewhat of an unprecedented president ial campaign here, Pretty Atypical for Vivek Ramaswamy, hes a businessman, made issues that go beyond the normal political issues and certainly wanted to make one of it here, and as you mentioned, there is opposition from the families of the shooter and many of the victims in this case who do not want this released but there are many legal efforts to try for the opposite. Sandra we are going to continue to monitor his words from nashville, and many are watching and listening to that. Back to the Trump Indictment at this hour our top story, Wall Street Journal Penning A Blistering editorial writing this potentially criminalizes many kinds of actions and statements by a President A Prosecutor deems to be false. You dont have to be a defender of donald trump to see where this will lead. Kimberly, thank you for being here today. All right, so the Justice Department drops the third indictment, talking to mike davis about the timing of this, following Hunter Bidens former Business Partner sitting down for the Big News Making Interview is interesting to note. But where do you think all of this goes next . Well, i mean, i was really struck by the weakness of the conspiracy charges in particular in this indictment because essentially what they are saying is that donald trump was told by many people that his election claims were not true and yet he acted on those anyway. The problem is many people were giving him opposite information so to Me Jack Smith needs to go to Donald TrumpsState Of Mind and thats what the indictment is missing. Some documentation or email that trump says i know this is untrue and im saying it anyway and taking actions on it anyway. So, how do you go do that State Of Mind, i dont know. Im also very concerned about the president , for future actions, not just president ial candidates but any politician. Rich since the beginning of the country was an operational system, you lost the election that was it, you got off the stage. And you had a situation that led up to january 6th and in the aftermath of january 6th democrats and many republicans were saying, or some republicans were saying the legal system needs to deal with this. Is the legal system even set up for this . Well, its not, and i think the other thing the indictment is missing is that context you mentioned, rich, which is it wasnt just a lot of confusion over lastminute changes to election laws, many demanded by democrats in lawsuits and the last minute running up to the election, but a lot of confusion over laws, like the electoral count act, and who has what authority when it comes to that day on january 6th of counting electors. Obviously Donald Trumps team had a novel theory about that, we had seen Congress People object in prior elections, including 2000, 2004 and 2016, and the president here, if the new standard is going to be n i time an elected official lies about something by the judgment of a prosecutor and takes action on that, are they guilty of conspiracy . If thats it, we need to hire busses to chart people to prison in d. C. Sandra and biden, Jonathan Turley on the biden scandal one of the worst in washington history. Listen. Its strange that he flies to china with his son and doesnt ask once, by the way, where are you going to go in china, what are the are you doing business here. I think this is shaping up to be one of the greatest Corruption Scandals in the history of washington. Sandra that puts things in perspective, you agree with that, kimberly . Oh, yeah, absolutely. Look, that was the importance of that Devon Archer Testimony you started with and mentioned, is that at the very least what we now know is that President Biden was untruthful with the country when he claimed to have absolutely no knowledge of his sons business dealings, he was present at some meetings, he was obviously on telephone calls. Democrats are trying to dismiss, oh, he was unaware. You dont end up in meetings being totally unaware, or flight like that totally incurious. Something was going on there and i think the real problem for biden and hunter is that this is just the beginning of House Republicans investigation. They now have a lot of leads, a lot of people to go investigate and the Department Of Justice is going to struggle to continue claiming it cannot give documents or witnesses because of its ongoing hunter investigation, which does not look to be going anywhere. Rich so kim, you have the democratic frontrunner who is in this situation he said he had no knowledge of his son and his son did not earn any money from china, which is now proven not to be the case. And sandra rich, i think you are probably hearing pence coming to your ear, hes speaking right now, the first time we have heard from him on this new indictment. Most of the money is created [indiscernible] are you concerned by decreasing the supply of money you are going to slow down, for example, the Real Estate Market or Small Business . Decreasing or increasing the money supply its really about having a Federal Reserve that stays focused on protecting the dollar instead of trying to prime the pump through lowering Interest Rates or zeroing out Interest Rates as we did in the period of quantitative easing, and creating great hardship for americans when the adjustments and the Interest Rates raised back up are happening. Look, for more than several decades we have had the Federal Reserve basically trying to do two things at once. Achieve full employment and protect the dollar. And when i was a member of congress i actually authored a bill that would end whats called the dual mandate. I think the Federal Reserve should be focused on protecting value of my dollar and hold the president and Congress Accountable for policies make sure americans are working and achieve full employment. Thanks, everybody. Sandra ok, we missed it right off the top there, rich, he did take a question on the new Trump Indictment, said he hoped it would not come to this. Well effort the exact response to that but did move on to talking about the Federal Reserve and his economic policy, pitching to become the next president. Rich he did say last night the country is more important than one man, our constitution is more important than any one mans career. O he was critical of the former president , i dont believe he mentions him by name but he has defended his actions on january 6th, done so for several months now, for a couple years now, and that has been a real point of disagreement between the former president and his former Vice President now as they find themselves political rivals in the nomination for the 2024 republican president ial nomination. Sandra and hes at the indiana state fair, hopefully he goes to get something good to eat now, an elephant ear or two. Kimberly strassel is still with us, interesting to hear the first reaction from former President Trumps former Vice President there. You know, i think it brings up another thing that was missing from that indictment, regardless of what donald trump said, what advice he was being given by the unindicted coconspirators, hes not president right now, hes not sitting in the office and thats because many people decided not to take part in that and the political system in that regard worked. And congress bringing forward impeachment charges, political system meting out some sort of consequence as it were, and so you have to bring the question again, is it worthwhile, is it prudential for this prosecutor to also now bring an indictment, to set a new standard here about what it means to lie to the public and take action on that if you are a political figure, given what it already given we had sorted through this to a certain extent and those people who did attack the capitol are being prosecuted at the moment. Sandra kimberly strassel, good to get your fresh reaction on the Vice President. 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