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An unprecedented assault on a seat of american democracy. it's described in the indictment , it was fueled by lies. >> and this is the first time that the first amendment has been criminalized. it's the first time that a sitting president is attacking a political opponent on first amendment grounds and basically making a criminal to state your position. >> he was pushing it as far as he could and maybe he pushed it a little too far, but should he die in prison for that? i don't think the biden administration realizes what its done here. >> somebody finally stood up to him today and said you kn...

The same way that in mob cases, people talk about the boss, they say i'm ordering you to murder someone. you can say, well, they were free to speak. that doesn't make it their language any less illegal. here, they really focused on specific conduct at issue. i think you're going to be steering way clear of those kinds of first amendment issues. >> i want to play a little bit of sound from trump's lawyer, john lauro, speaking with savannah guthrie on the today show this morning. it's like they haven't gotten member the first amendment here's what they said, let's take a listen. >> this is the f...

We were upping a bank, it's the same way that him of cases, people talk about the boss, i'm ordering you to murder someone. you can say, well, they were free to speak. that doesn't make it their language any less illegal. right here, they really focused on specific conduct at issue. i think you're going to be steering way clear of those kinds of first amendment issues. >> i want to play a little bit of sound from trump's lawyer, speaking with savannah guthrie on the today show this morning. it's like they haven't gotten member the deferred amendment stuff is not a very adequate defense. here's...

That doesn't make their language any less illegal. here they really focused on specific conduct at issue, so i think they're going to be steering way clear of personal issues. >> yeah, i want to play a bit of sound from john lauro speaking on the "today" show with savannah guthrie this morning. this is what he said. let's take a listen. >> this is the first time that the first amendment has been criminalized. it's the first time that a sitting president is attacking a political opponent on first amendment grounds and basically making it criminal to state your position. >> i just i don't get --...

First amendment has been criminalized. it's the first time a sitting president is attacking a political opponent on first amendment grounds and making it criminal to state your position and to engage in political -- >> i have to give you a time-out on that one. >> we've never seen that before. >> well, the indictment specifically says that the president has a first amendment right to speech. >> yes. >> he even has a first amendment speech to lie. i says it right here. >> absolutely. >> this is criminalizing conduct, not speech. >> what president trump had was an actual opinion of counsel, that...