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clearance. they're suing, but they gave us clearance are. but the charge -- i mean, it was, like, a weird charge. a little of this, a little of that, do a little of -- pete: set the arraignment date for four days before the rnc -- >> that's part of the game. pete: it is. someone suggested you could appeal straight to the supreme court because of the special nature of this case. when it comes to the -- [inaudible] and a judge could decide to say, hey, house arrest or even jail. >> i'm okay with it. if i saw one of my lawyers the other dayen on television all in all, you don't want to do that to the -- you don't beg for anything. it's just the way it is. think of it. they have all my books, hay went to -- for five years they sued me getting my tax returns. at the end of five years, they got 'em. the supreme court actually gave it to them. that was the end of it. that was it. they never found anything. they hired the best accounting
rush it because they want it before the election and could have been seven years but never had attention. a case like this has never been brought before and never been a case where state is going after federal election that's for federal like southern district to go. southern district turned it down. we got clearance from the fec federal election commission clearance. they're suing say we violated a thing but gave us clearance. but the charge was written. it was leak a weird charge. tell a little of this, that, do throw mix it up. >> except arraignment days before the rnc. >> that's part of the game. pete: someone suggested you can appeal to the supreme court because of the special nature of this case. when it comes to -- the legal you're facing and judge could decide to say house arrest or even jail. what that could -- >> i'm okay with it. i saw a lawyer say you don't
you is that as the republican party co-chair, i think he should never have said something like that. i think that's ridiculous. okay. >> and finally, we are of course, five months out from the election. and we haven't heard a lot of republicans good straight answers to what is a pretty simple question about the election. so i just want to ask you directly, it will you commit to accepting the election results in 2024 of course, is if this is a free, fair, and transparent election, absolutely. >> and actually we're doing everything we can from the rnc to ensure that indeed that happens. we are working overtime to make sure that every american republican, democrat and independent feels good about our electoral process because casey, we can't repeat an election like we had in 2020 where you i'd half the country with huge sweeping questions about what happened that never got answered. that's show you. i didn't win. we need transparency. will use a free and fair election. absolutely. >> oh, you guys, if donald trump wins, will you accept
there's a breaking point what does that look like? what is he saying will happen i think you've seen already what's happened. >> it's the american people have really spoken up. and casey, they've spoken with their wallets in their pocketbooks even in a time where our economy is in such bad shape. thanks to horrific policies by joe biden, the american people came out and in 48 hours hours after donald trump's verdict was read, our campaign and the rnc raised 70 million in digital fundraising. this is small-dollar donations, and i think the amazing statistic to take out of that is that 30% of that money came in from people who had never once donated to donald trump. people are very upset about what they saw happen this week to someone that could should never have had a case brought against him. we all know that f his name had been anything other than donald trump. this case would have never seen the light of day. and what people are seeing now is that they can't trust our judicial system. there are very worried
committee support larry hogan for senate? well, i'll tell you one thing. i don't support what he just said there. i think it's ridiculous and i think anybody who's not speaking up in the face of really something that should never again have seen the light of day a trial that would never have been brought against any other person aside from the rnc has been the respect of anyone well, there's a respective anymore to you he doesn't deserve a destructive anyone in the republican party at this point. and quite frankly, anybody in america, if that's the way you feel that's very upsetting to hear that. >> so are you willing to cede the senate seat in maryland to the democratic party and not support larry hogan what i'll tell you is that we of course want to win as a party, but that is a shame. and i think he should have thought long and hard before he said that publicly do you are you willing to use republican party resources to support his bid or not? >> it sounds like you're saying you're not well i'll get back to you on all the specifics monetarily. but what i can tell
those are the priorities of a lot of folks right now. >> so let me ask you about what at the co-chair of the rnc just said about larry hogan the republican nominee for senate in maryland. she said, he quote doesn't deserve the respect of anyone in the republican party. do you respect larry hogan? >> of course. of course that was a completely that was a bad statement. but by laura out without a doubt, we want him to win the senate race. he was a great governor of maryland. he's talking to his constituents and his base. and i hope i want to maryland goes down votes from because he's just a great guy. he really is. we might not agree on everything politically, right? sometimes i don't agree with his day humans, i'm sure he doesn't always agree with mine, but he was a great governor of maryland and i have no doubt he's going to be a great senator of maryland and finally, sir, will you accept the results of the 2024 presidential election, regardless of who wins? of course, yeah, you know why? because even when we have recounts, even when there's questions at individual states, we get the right result, right?
the whole organization. they've turned it into the greatest pretty cl call fighting machine ever and, believe me, their eyes are on that problem every single day because it's a real problem. anybody that doesn't see voter fraud is real is either naive or foolish. it happens. it happened in 2020,s and we will not allow it the happen again and, believe me, lara trump is all over that. i'm very proud of the work that she's doing and the rnc is doing. maria: eric, real quick, judge merchan set the sentencing date on july 11th, four days before the rnc convention. what are your expectations for the sentencing? >> yeah. go figure. you never mow what these people, maria. honestly, the amount of pressure that they're going to put on this guy to do something incredible and insane, and that will backfire on them again as a it always a does. i don't even want to try and, you know, predict what's going to happen. i really don't. these people are corrupt. they're horrible. the system's corrupt. i was in that front row, and i saw it every single day. when you're sitting there, you
2016 and 2020 because for the first time they realize that the system's coming down, that that the victim. he's the victim that often times some of their communities were. and you see them swinging. look at the african-american vote -- maria: yeah. >> that's swinging over to donald trump. look at the hispanic vote over the last couple of years. you know, look at the youth vote right now, maria. we've never had more youth support out there. people know exactly what's going on, and they want a strong country again. maria: it's all about who counts the votes, right? you mentioned your wife, lara trump. she is the cochair of the rnc right now. what has she said, what is she doing, what are you doing in the campaign and for your father in terms of securing this election and insuring that a we have, in fact, a fair election and transparent in november? >> well, i have a beautiful wife, but behind that beautiful smile is somebody who's absolutely working 24 hours a day, 7 days a week the secure the vote and raise a lot of money. and what she's done at the rnc along with michael whatley and everybody else, they've upended
eric, thanks very much for being here this morning. if. >> morning, maria. maria: you've been with your father every today in that courtroom. you saw all of this play out, and and you watched the impact. what can you tell us this morning? your reaction. >> well, it's a tale of two cities. i to if into a courthouse, and i see absolute corruption from a judge, a judge whose daughter is fund raising off my father effectively going to jail. a one-sided court, and then i was there with him last night by his side as we walked into ufc 302, and you see 40,000 people many prudential go absolutely crazy. the entire night they were chanting usa, usa, usa, we love donald trump. i mean, in the middle of a fight, i cannot tell you how many times that chant broke out. this country loves donald trump. you just mentioned a second ago a that the judge scheduled sentencing for four days before the rnc convention in milwaukee.
hunt, where people are allowed to shoot game in a small cage. >> they dehumanize donald trump. they are treating him like a caged animal. >> the biden campaign knew this was political. they sent down that washed up loser and try to make a press conference out of it. >> how was i going to affect the rnc? what if he has home confinement? he can go? does the convention still happen? >> you don't go and try to lock up your opponent. this is america. we are not supposed to be a third world country. >> a third world country, a banana republic. >> banana republic. >> banana republic area >> the jury barely deliberated despite the complexity of the novel legal theory at play, and they probably all hate donald trump. >> was the case against hunter biden? >> i'm speaking to msnbc viewers and cnn viewers, rachel maddow and caitlin collins. it is time to come together. because this administration does not care about us. >> you want to take the high road? call up kathy vogel, have her give a pardon. you can do that. >> you can feel their pain. at least our friends on the morning show did what they could to take a bit of the