Good evening, im jim acosta. Joining me in moments, president potential candidate vivek ramaswamy, whose name showed up in a ron desantis debate memo as the rival to attack on the stage. Hillary spawn that and more. But first, in just a few moments, in the date on the calendar will be april 2026. Thats two years, seven months from now. Thats nearly a year and a half after the 2024 election. And just a year and a half before the 2028 election. And yet, donald trump and his lawyers are suggesting that date for his trial in the federal case on his efforts to overturn the election. Its their counter to jack smiths proposal to start this january. Meantime, the former president , in his first on camera reaction to the george indictment, has a warning to his party. Disgraceful thing. And republicans cant let him get away with it. Republicans have to be tough. The republicans are great in many ways, but they dont fight as hard for this. They have to get a lot tougher. If they, dont theyre not
interest of united in this country, it s especially important to be clear about that fact. i expect to be making tens of pardons on day one. i think there are countless americans who have been the victims of politically motivated persecution s through prosecution. peaceful protesters on january 6th. january six defendants, who actually have had constitutional due process violations. julianna saw is somebody that i ve specifically identified as somebody i would absolutely pardon. douglas mackie, others. i think the only way we re going to move forward as a country, there can be no reconciliation without truth. we have to put that past behind us. and my top job is going to be to heal the wounds of this nation to lead us forward. because, you learn pardoning trump pardoning trump s gonna heal the wounds of the nation? i do. i do think it will be a step towards healy even winds of the nation. i think there are deep wounds in this country that are the consequence of systematic