Writing, quote, the defendant has posted repeated inflammatory talks on the judicial system. The court, and the citizens of the district of columbia. Who comprise the jury pool in this case. The filing includes screenshots of trumps social media, as evidence. We know trumps online posts have a real world consequences, after his ranch last month, texas was arrested for threatening to kill the judge overseeing the varied case we are talking about. Trump has until September 25th to respond in court to the dojs request. Well, already lashing out at special counsel jack smith on the campaign trail, calling him deranged. Two republican revenants just last night. Then theres the question of a potential get out of jail free card. Trump isnt the front runner for the republican nomination, he could win the presidency in 2024. With, it widespread power denying power. This week, trump sat for an exclusive christian walker, heres a portion of that interview. Mister president , if you were reelected, would you pardon yourself . I could not pardon myself. You know what, i was given an option to pardon myself. I could have pardoned myself when i left. People said, would you like to pardon yourself . I had a couple of attorneys that said you can do it if you want. I had some people that said, it would look bad if you do. I think it would look terrible. I said, heres the story. These people are thugs, horrible people, fascists, marxists, sick people. Theyve been after me from the day i came down the escalator with melania. And i did a great job as president. People acknowledge, great economy, great jobs, great, this great. That we built the military, spacex, i could go on forever. Let me just tell you, i said the last thing id ever do is give myself a pardon. I couldve given myself a pardon. Dont ask me about what i would do, i could have, the last day i could have had a pardon done that would have saved me all of these lawyers and all of this thick charges, these biden indictments. They are all biden indictments. They indicted they want to arrest their political opponents. Only third world countries do that, banana republics, ready . I never said this to anybody. I was given the option, i could have done a pardon of myself. You know what i said . I have no interest in even thinking about. It i never even wanted to think about it. And i could have done it. All of these questions you are asking me about the fake charges, you wouldnt be asking me, because its a very powerful thing for a president. I was told by some people that these are sick lunatics i am dealing with, give yourself a pardon, your life will be a lot easier. I said i would never give myself a pardon. Even if you are reelected in this moment . I think its very unlikely. What did i do wrong . I didnt do anything wrong. Do you mean because i challenged an election they want to put me in jail . Remember, that is just a portion, you can see the full conversation tomorrow morning, 10 30 a. M. Eastern, on nbc. On a note, Meet The Press also extends an invitation to President Biden to sit down with welker. Starting us off this saturday, msnbc political contributor, eugene daniels, hes a White House Reporter and coauthor of the Playbook Newsletter for politico. Also with us, former prosecutor, Charles Coleman. Hes an msnbc legal analyst and hosts the Charles Coleman podcast. Its good to see you both. Eugene, im gonna start with. You what do you make of trumps political calculation, or at least his stated political calculation, saying he would not pardon himself because it would, quote, looked terrible . I mean, hes right. It would look terrible. If that had happened when he had been testing the abilities upon whether or not a president can pardon oneself. You know as well, the conversation when people thought that might be a possibility. But it would also say, donald trump sometimes lies. Or goes back and goes back on his word. So its possible, if he were president , he would pardon himself, depending on how these four cases are shaking out at that time. And more importantly, whether or not he wanted to change his mind at that time. Donald trump is very good at saying the, quote, unquote, right thing. Something that people think he has gotten right to that edge, to pull back just a little bit. Hes very talented in that way, as a politician. I think that is something that folks havent given him enough credit for, is his political instincts in that way. He knows when he might be going too far. And how far he wants to go. I think thats something were going to continue to see. I think walkers interview there, i cant wait to see the rest of it. Theres all types of places where donald trump also tells on himself when he is doing these kinds of interviews. Im going to marry two pieces of what you said there. He is known for lying, and he also can be politically astute and calculate when it is time for one of those lies. Charles, lets talk about the request for a gag order. Federal prosecutors have already managed to limit trumps comments about the maralago case. How might the d. C. Case be different . Well, alicia, i think in this case, what we are going to see from judge chutkan, ultimately, is a very calculated response to the order. I think when Donald Trumps attorneys respond, they are going to argue that this is going to infringe upon his First Amendment rights. They are going to emphasize the idea that hes running for president , hes a candidate, the leading candidate in the republican primary. Therefore, he should be allowed to say certain things, even if they do include comments about his political opponents. The brilliance of jack smiths request, however, is that they dont really talk about his political opponents. Because they focus on people who are officially ends of the proceedings, the trial, the judges, potential witnesses, juries, court officers, and other people who should not be open fodder for Donald Trumps commentary. I do expect that to some portion of the request is going to be granted. I think its going to be very different, because you are dealing with, in judge chutkan, an extremely different to judge who is going to keep donald trump on a tighter latch, as compared to judge cannon down in south florida. Eugene, lets proceed with this possibility. We know the former president spends a whole lot of time and his political rallies, talking about this. So what would those restrictions on trumps speech, if this narrow gag order is allowed, what would it mean for his campaign . What would it mean for him out on the stump . It takes away some of the fame from donald trump. His favorite thing to do is to attack people he sees as his opponents. Whether that be actual opponents in the political sense, folks that are trying to take the job of president , or at least the nomination away from him. But also, people like jack smith. He said right before we started here, he is continuing to call jack smith deranged, in both rallies, to folks behind the scenes, tweeting excuse me, social true thing, those things over and over again. It is hard to see, or even imagine a world in which donald trump is not able to do that. It would be a nightmare for both him, but more importantly, the folks around him who have to help craft his message and remind him before he goes out, sir, please dont say x y and z about a bnc. You cant do that anymore. Whether or not that actually happens, well have to see how the judge rules here. But it would create an entirely Different Campaign for him. Because, he is banking on the folks who are in the Republican Party, especially those who are already in his camp, saying, yes, that judge, that special counsel, those people are trying to get to him. They want to get to us. That is, that would take a lot away from his argument for presidency. Charles, a reminder, there are multiple paths here to accountability. Another for mom of voters filed a lawsuit this week to remove trump from the lawsuit. I want you to take a listen to what one State Official says about those challenges. In the situation where some states permit the name to appear on the ballot and other states disqualify it, theres going to be chaos, confusion, anger, and frustration. That would be the result. Either a 14th Amendment Disqualification applies across the board, or it does not. Of course, that is a republican, your sense of how this plays out in the core, charles . I do think that the former Secretary Of State there is correct, in as much as if there is a 14th Amendment Barring of donald trump from any ballot, i do think that applies across the board. However, the ultimate thing that i will say about this, alicia, is i dont see it happening. I dont think that they are going to get that 14th amendment barred. Heres why. There is no standard set by the constitution as to what actually constitutes insurrection. He has not been charged, at least not yet, by the doj, and jack smith, with the crime of insurrection. So the idea of disqualifying him for something he has not actually been charged and convicted of is really going to be a hurdle that they will have to get over, in all of these lawsuits. Each of these lawsuits is going to have a different standard of proof from a civil perspective, then they would criminally. Because he hasnt even been charged, the easiest argument to avoid this is going to be, you cannot establish that ive committed this at a level that would require invoking the 14th amendment. That is going to be the argument cut and dry. I expect why we wont see very much of this once its all actually heard in court. I dont think that the argument is going very far. But if somehow they were to prevail, in any given state, i do believe that it would ultimately apply across the board. Eugene, i just want to shift to another big story from this week. You had a member of the House Freedom caucus calling the biden Impeachment Inquiry, quote, a disgrace to the constitution, and a disservice to americans. What is going on here . Yeah, you have tim buck from colorado who has continued to kind of Throw Cold Water on this. Continue to Throw Cold Water on the impeachment, in that oped he wrote that came out this morning. He essentially says that there is no smoking gun, that after years of investigations, after years of republicans looking into joe bidens behavior when it comes to his son, Hunter Bidens, business bills, in the nationally internationally. Essentially, republicans need to move. On this is one of the folks who is on the front lines, in what is essentially a blue state, at this point. Theyre trying to get the republicans to say, hey, the impeachment that we want to do, impeaching joe biden, trying to do things in this political way are not working for us. There are better ways to do this, maybe we should move on. No one is hearing him though. You obviously see most of the republicans in the Republican Party in the house moving forward with this, including Kevin Mccarthy, who is kind of bid to the will of folks like mike gates and Marjorie Taylor greene whove been wanting to see this Impeachment Inquiry. But can, back alone, one of the loudest voices in his partys telling them to chill out when it comes to his impeachment. Charles coleman, as always, thank you for getting us started. Why making the case for the president s Economic Division is going to be key for democrats. Plus, House Republicans digging in a political retaliation with 3 million kids at risk of losing their childcare. California congresswoman, sarah jacobs, on how to break through the noise. And later, new reporting on fox news being a Driving Force behind the biden Impeachment Inquiry. Theyre wanted for ratings, what about the American People who still trust them . First Richard Louis with the other big stories we are tracking this hour. Richard . Thank you alicia, Breaking News out of texas, attorney general ken paxton acquitted on all 16 articles of impeachment there. 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For all the time they spend attacking me and my plan, heres what they never do. They never talk about what they want to do. Eugene daniels is back, and joining us, democratic strategist, michael larosa, he served as former Special Assistant to prompts it in obama and was former Press Secretary for first lady jill biden. Eugene, theres a harris poll conducted for the guardian, it finds that two thirds of americans say it is difficult to be happy about positive Economic News when they feel financially squeezed each month. That includes 69 of republ