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Around that. he is going to end up campaigning to some extent in these trials or through these trials if he goes on trial in january, as jack smith wants him to do in the january 6 election overturning case, it s literally whether the iowa caucuses are about to happen. you see him making statements to the cameras and that becoming his equivalent of campaigning, his rallies. he won t be with diners kissing babies. he will do it from the courthouse. that s the reality of the situation we find ourselves in. the country is in uncharted territory, but especially so the 2024 race and the republicans in that race. as we were talking about a moment ago, being constantly asked to react to donald trump instead of about the issues. let me play tim scott who just spoke with our own ali vitali. reporter: we heard the phone ....
This indictment. we got a statement from kenneth chesebro. saying that he was asked by the trump campaign to provide advice on issues related to constitutional and election law. each of the alleged overt acts that are attributed to mr. chesbro relate to his work as an attorney. that s the main part of that statement. i suspect that s going to be something that we repeatedly hear as we get more statements from the people who were also listed in the indictment. laura, let s talk about the size, the scope of this indictment. i think that was a surprise we are talking about 19 different people. i did a quick check. at least nine are lawyers. as i m reading through, i m thinking, this isn t bread crumbs. there are emails, text messages, ....
People on federal charges. ideally, they work to the. these are big cases with lots and lots of issues. more complex than we sometimes make it out to be. the way it resolves, i think in georgia, is that some number of the 19 charged co-defendants plead guilty and cooperate. that doesn t mean they all do. it is possible in the federal case in d.c. that some of the unindicted co-conspirators are ultimately charged. the playing fields in both places are going to change over time. these difficult questions that you have asked, we will have better answers in a few months from now. as you mentioned, in the state case, there are several unindicted co-conspirators linked to specific instances, what comes to mind is the december 18th oval office meeting, a small universe of people, relatively small. clearly she said last night in her news conference or in her statement that they were known to the grand jury. ....
Leading candidate is the subject of these indictments. is that what you hear from your constituents? you know, my constituents are split right now. we have a lot of donald trump supporters in colorado. they are adamant this president is being treated unfairly. we have a lot of other republicans who want to move on, who are concerned about how joe biden is running the country and they want to see a change. really, i see a divided party at this point. congressman, andrea mitchell here. we appreciate you coming on. many of your colleagues have not accepted our invitation. so thank you. how does the party and particularly the candidates on that stage in milwaukee, how do they get to the issues you want to talk about, joe biden s record or other related issues, when donald trump himself is dominating the field with such a big lead and is talking constantly about 2020 and understandably because he is a defendant now under four ....