ukraine. we believe that many of the points on the peace plan put forward by china are consistent with russian approaches and can be taken as the basis of a peaceful settlement when the west and kyiv are ready for it, this readiness is not observed on their side. since the war began, russia has become far more dependent on china. china has been propping up russia s economy amid western sanctions by purchasing its energy replacing western supp suppliers in electronics and aircraft and providing an alternative to the u.s. dollar. she is inviting putin to china this year and told putin they share similar goals. putin says russia has closely studied beijing s peace proposal for ukraine, a plan that washington says would solidify russia s grip on occupied land. china would not want to see putin fail. it would set a terrible example for the chinese system. reporter: china and russia have a complicated history, but their shared adversarial relationship with washington is drivi
indicted for their role in trying to interfere in the election there in georgia, and of course there s also the civil lawsuits that he s involved in. it s there s a lot of different legal cases, which is why you see so many different lawyers for the former president who are involved in various courthouses this week, jake. all right, evan perez, thanks so much. my panel joins us now. let s talk about this. sarah, were you when you saw donald trump calling for your former boss calling for protests, were you worried? i know how shaken you were by january 6th. definitely worried. i think it goes to show he s learned nothing in the aftermath of january 6th. the rhetoric he was using was similar to the rhetoric he used around january 6th. i think in his truth social post he said that they needed to protest to, quote, take back our nation, and so it does concern me to see him using that kind of rhetoric that could lead to a violent uptick. i do think at the same time we re probably no