Trump hopes America forgets him weaponizing DOJ against political opponents

Trumpland with Alex Wagner

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🗓️ 5 June 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Plus, Biden use of f-word ('felon') suggests gloves coming off against Trump

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0:00.0	The Republican Party's presidential front runner was convicted by a jury of his peers on 34 felony counts.
0:07.6	That is the reality. The Republican Party must now grapple with.
0:15.7	If they were into reality. So that's an issue.
0:17.8	But what makes us all even more difficult for the GOP is that Trump's conviction has precisely zero to do
0:25.5	with President Biden. Trump was convicted in a case brought by a New York City
0:30.2	prosecutor who does not report to President Biden.
0:33.9	Trump is facing another 10 criminal charges from another local prosecutor in Georgia who does not
0:39.2	report to President Biden.
0:42.1	Even the two federal cases against Trump
0:44.0	were brought by an independent special counsel
0:45.8	who neither takes orders from nor coordinates
0:49.2	with President Biden.
0:51.2	And so Donald Trump has reacted the way he traditionally does when reality does not fit his preferred narrative.
0:57.0	He lies about it.
0:58.0	He claims without evidence that President Biden is the one who is really pulling the strings.
1:04.3	These are all Biden trials.
1:08.3	They're all Biden cases.
1:09.5	These aren't cases.
1:10.3	These are not.
1:10.8	These are Biden in that.
1:12.0	This is using the Justice Department to go after your political
1:16.7	opponent.
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