Department run by the current president of the united states. so you know what he s implying without saying things directly. sheer the thing, congressman. trump is now the competition. the gop is supposed to be the party of law and order. we re talking about national security implications, nuclear secrets here, information that could u.s. service members at risk. yet he s not using this indictment as an opportunity to confront trump. what s he waiting for? ana, these republicans are walking right into the trump trap. it is impossible to beat donald trump by following him. if you want to beat donald trump, even though you re going to have to take some risk at first, you re going to have to try to distinguish yourself. and what a perfect opportunity for mike pence to distinguish himself. he was also investigated by a special counsel. he was cleared because he did not act with intent to violate the law. it s a perfect opportunity for him, yet he won t take it.
One of trump s personal aides, walt, is also facing charges, accused of moving files to hide them from the fbi. the a9 page indictment says the classified documents contained information about us nuclear programmes, defence and weapons capabilities of the us and foreign countries, potential vulnerabilities of the us and its allies, and plans for possible retaliation in response to a foreign attack. well, other republican candidates have also been reacting to those charges but few have dared to criticise their rival. here s what former vice president mike pence had to say at at a republican convention in north carolina earlier on saturday. you know, we gather here in north carolina after a sad day for america. a former president of the united states facing an unprecedented indictment by a justice department run by the current president of the united states and a potential political rival. mike pence there speaking in greensboro, north carolina
The a9 page indictment says the classified documents contained information about us nuclear programmes, defence and weapons capabilities of the us and foreign countries, potential vulnerabilities of the us and its allies, and plans for possible retaliation in response to a foreign attack. well, other republican candidates have also been reacting to those charges but few have dared to criticize their rival. here s what former vice president mike pence had to say at at that republican convention in north carolina a little earlier. you know, we gather here in north carolina after a sad day for america. a former president of the united states facing an unprecedented indictment by a justice department run by the current president of the united states and a potential political rival. mike pence there speaking
One of trump s personal aides, walt nauta, is also facing charges, accused of moving files to hide them from the fbi. the a9 page indictment says the classified documents contained information about us nuclear programmes, defence and weapons capabilities of the us and foreign countries, potential vulnerabilities of the us and its allies, and plans for possible retaliation in response to a foreign attack. well, other republican candidates have also been reacting to those charges but few have dared to criticise their rival. here s what former vice president mike pence had to say at at a republican convention in north carolina earlier on saturday. you know, we gather here in north carolina after a sad day for america. a former president of the united states facing an unprecedented indictment by a justice department run by the current president of the united states and a potential
Accused of moving files to hide them from the fbi. the a9 page indictment says the classified documents contained information about us nuclear programmes, defence and weapons capabilities of the us and foreign countries, potential vulnerabilities of the us and its allies, and plans for possible retailation in response to a foreign attack. well, other republican candidates have also been reacting to those charges, but few have dared to critcise their rival. here s what former vice president mike pence had to say at at a republican convention in north carolina earlier on saturday. you know, we gather here in north carolina after a sad day for america. a former president of the united states facing an unprecedented indictment by a justice department run by the current president of the united states and a potential
Face real accountability. and after today s 37 count indictment, he still has widespread support in his party. he is garrett hague. tonight historic shake up in the race for the white house. the republican front runner for a president trump, facing criminal charges. now mr. trump getting back up from some of his republican rivals. it s of opponent, florida governor ron desantis, says the weaponization of federal law enforcement represents a mortal threat to free society. and his former vice president, mike pence, urging public patients but blasting the department of justice, calling it a sad day in america. the day after a former president of united states faces an unprecedented indictment by a justice department run by the current president of the united states. and a political rival. and this from gop candidate
Of the documents. he has denied any wrong doing. one of trump s personal aides, walt nauta, is also facing charges, accused of moving files to hide them from the fbi. the a9 page indictment says the classified documents contained information about u s nuclear programmes, defence and weapons capabilities of the us and foreign countries, potential vulnerabilities of the us and its allies, and plans for possible retailation in response to a foreign attack. well, other republican candidates have also been reacting to those charges but few have dared to critcise their rival. here s what former vice president mike pence had to say at at a republican convention in north carolina earlier on saturday. we gather here in north carolina after a sad day for america. a former president of the united states facing an unprecedented indictment by a justice department run
Doing. he leads a growing field of gop candidates, many of them defending him against federal prosecutors. speaking at a state gop convention in north carolina, former vice president mike pence said he s deeply troubled by the federal government s prosecution of his former boss. former president of the united states facing an unprecedented indictment by a justice department run by the current president of the united states. and a potential political rival. another gop presidential candidate, donald trump s former united nations ambassador nikki haley said this is not how justice should be pursued in our country. the american people are exhausted by the prosecutorial overreach, double standards, and vendetta politics. donald trump s critics say he should be held accountable because no one is above the law. mister trump insists he is an
Have power to grant pardons, except in cases of impeachment. that is it. nothing on self pardons. the justice department tried to clear things up back in 1974. right before richard nixon got impeached. in a memo, the doj determined, basically no, a president cannot self pardon, because no one can be a judge in their own case. just like we don t let people be the prosecutor or the judge or the jury in their own case, the argument goes, you can t be the pardon error in your own. case reporter: since then, that legal opinion has never been tested. until maybe now. if mr. trump were to win the white house in 2024, he could try to pardon himself on those new federal charges within minutes of inauguration. but experts say it would very likely go to the supreme court to decide whether that self pardon would hold. and remember, it s a court that has a conservative majority because of the nominations of mr. trump himself. in the court that we have right now, it s one that i think is very receptive to the prospect of broad presidential power. reporter: keep in mind,
Restore the confidence of the american people in equal treatment under the law. [applause] you know, we gather here in north carolina, after a sad day for america. a former president of the united states, facing an unprecedented indictment. by a justice department run by the current president of the united states. at this moment, president biden has refused to comment on the indictment. he learned about it, like we all did, on the news. did not get advanced notice, special counsel jack smith saying this about the case. this indictment was voted by a grand jury of citizens, in the southern district of florida. i invite everyone to read it in full. to understand the scope, and the gravity of the crimes charged. the men and women of the united