MARIA: WELCOME BACK, FORMER
PRESIDENT TRUMP’S ARRAIGNMENT IS
SCHEDULED FOR THIS AFTERNOON,
2:15 P.M. EASTERN.
YAHOO NEWS IS REPORTING THAT
TRUMP WILL FACE MORE THAN 30
FELONY COUNTS INCLUDING A
FALSIFICATION OF BUSINESS
RECORDS COUNT BUT HE WILL NOT BE
PUT IN HANDCUFFS OR HAVE A MUG
SHOT TAKEN ACCORDING TO YAHOO
NEWS.
OBVIOUSLY THE ONLY WAY YAHOO
NEWS COULD GET SUCH A REPORT IS
ALVIN BRAG’S OFFICE IS LEAKING
IT.
JOINING ME RIGHT NOW FORMER
ACTING ATTORNEY GENERAL MATTHEW
WHITAKER, MATT, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH FOR WEIGHING IN.
NOBODY HAS SEEN THE INDICTMENT,
IT’S UNDER SEAL, TRUMP’S
ATTORNEYS HAVEN’T SEEN IT AND
YET YAHOO NEWS SEEMS TO HAVE ALL
OF THE DETAILS, HOW DOES THAT
HAPPEN?
>> WELL, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY TO
YOUR POINT IT’S COMING FROM
ALVIN BRAG’S OFFICE OR IT’S
COMING FROM THE GRAND JURY BUT
THE DETAIL HOW WE KNOW IT’S
COMING FROM ALVIN BRAG’S OFFICE
IS BECAUSE OF THE MUG SHOT.
, IF THAT COMES TO BE OR PASS WE
WILL KNOW IT CAME DIRECTLY FROM
HIS OFFICE.
IT’S A SECRET PROCESS AND
PROCEEDING AND YET WE’VE HAD
ABLOW BY BLOW OF THIS CASE AND I
THINK ALVIN BRAG, PRESIDENT
TRUMP WAS SENDING TRUTH ABOUT
THIS LAST NIGHT AS HOW THAT’S
CRIMINAL AND HE SHOULD BE
CHARGED.
I DON’T SEE ALVIN BRAGG IS GOING
TO ENFORCE THE LAWS ON HIMSELF
BUT OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A GRAVE
CONCERN AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN
THIS CASE.
MARIA: WELL, THERE ARE A LOT OF
CRIMES THAT WE TALK ABOUT ALL OF
THE TIME THAT GET NO ATTENTION.
I MEAN, INFLUENCE PEDDLING IS A
CRIME, RIGHT, DEALING WITH YOUR
ADVERSARY, ACCEPTING MONEY WITH
YOUR ADVERSARY AND ENRICHING
YOUR FAMILY IS A CRIME, A CRIME
IS DELETING 35,000 CLASSIFIED
EMAILS COMING UP WITH A LIE THAT
YOUR OPPONENT COLLUDING WITH AN
ADVERSARY AND THEN, YOU KNOW,
RAMMING IT THROUGH FEDERAL
AGENCIES AND THE FBI MOVING IT
THROUGH ACROSS THE WORLD LETTING
IT GO VIRAL SEEMS LIKE A CRIME.
NONE OF THAT IS GETTING ANY OF
ATTENTION.
PRESIDENT TRUMP POSTED ON TRUTH
SOCIAL LAST NIGHT AND HE’S
ACCUSING DA ALVIN BRAG OF
ILLEGAL LEAKS.
HE WRITE, QUOTE, IF HE WANTS TO
CLEAN UP THE REPUTATION HE WOULD
DO HONORABLE THING AND
INDICTMENT HIMSELF.
OBVIOUSLY DONALD TRUMP IS SAYING
WHAT HE WANTS TO SAY.
I THINK THERE ARE BROADER ISSUES
THAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE
QUESTIONING THE ENTIRE JUDICIAL
SYSTEM.
THIS IS NOT HEALTHY FOR AMERICA.
>> YEAH, MARIA, I THINK THERE’S
TWO ISSUES HERE.
YOU POINT OUT THE TWO-TIER
SYSTEM OF JUSTICE.
THAT’S VERY CLEAR AS YOU LAY OUT
SOME OF TESTIFIED, HUNTER BIDEN,
JOE BIDEN, THE BIDEN FAMILY,
HILLARY CLINTON AND, YOU KNOW,
ALL OF THE CRIMES THAT HAVE BEEN
-- THE INVESTIGATIONS THAT ARE
GOING NOWHERE BUT I ALSO THINK
WE NEED TO REALIZE THAT WE ARE
IN THE MIDDLE TO HAVE LEFT’S
WEAPONIZATION OF ALL THE
INSTITUTIONS.
I THINK THE DEPARTMENT OF
JUSTICE HAS BEEN WEPONIZED AND
OBVIOUSLY CONGRESS HAS BEEN
WEPONIZED.
WE SAW THAT IN BETH IMPEACHMENT
HOAXES AND SO, YOU KNOW,
EVERYWHERE WE TURN THE LEFT IS
ADVANCING.
WE KEEP HEAR ABOUT HOW
UNPRECEDENTED THINGS ARE
HAPPENING ESPECIALLY TO DONALD
TRUMP BUT REMEMBER ONCE TRUMP IS
DONE AND OUT OF THE WAY AND THE
LEFT’S DREAM, IS THEY ARE GOING
TO TURN ALL THE NEW TOOLS
AGAINST THE REST OF US AND SO I
THINK THIS WEAPONIZATION BY THE
LEFT OF THESE INSTITUTIONS AND
THE FACT THAT THEY CAN’T BE FAIR
AND IMPARTIAL AND ANY OF THE
APPLICATIONS OF THESE POWERS I
THINK IS VERY CONCERNING FOR THE
FUTUREFUTURE OF REPUBLIC WE WILL
TALKING WELL INTO THE FUTURE NOT
JUST IN DONALD TRUMP’S CASE.
MARIA: THE HISTORY BOOKS WILL
NOT BE KIND TO THE BAD ACTORS TO
ALL OF THIS AND THAT INCLUDES
THE MEDIA.
NEW YORK CITY MAYOR ERIC ADAMS
IS SENDING WARNING TO TRUMP
SUPPORTERS WHO PLAN ON
PROTESTING TODAY.
WATCH THIS.
>> WELL, THERE MAY BE SOME REBEL
ROUSES THINKING OF PEOPLE COMING
TO THE CITY TOMORROW, CONTROL
YOURSELVES, NO IS OUR HOME AND
NOT A PLAYGROUND FOR YOUR
MISPLACED ANGER.
PEOPLE LIKE MARJORIE TAYLOR
GREENE WHO IS KNOWN TO SPREAD
MISINFORMATION AND HATE SPEECH,
SHE STATED SHE’S COMING TO TOWN
WHILE YOU’RE IN TOWN BE ON YOUR
BEST BEHAVIOR.
MARIA: WOW, SIGNALING OUT A
SITTING CONGRESSWOMAN, MATT, AND
NO WORD ABOUT ALL OF THE
MISINFORMATION EVERY DAY COMING
OUT OF THIS WHITE HOUSE AND
PRESIDENT.
>> THE LEFT IS ALWAYS TRYING TO
DISARM REPUBLICANS AND FOR
PEOPLE FOR DONALD TRUMP OF FIRST
AMENDMENT RIGHTS.
THIS IS A CHILLING STATEMENT FOR
SOMEONE IN AUTHORITIES THAT
CONTROLS THE NEW YORK CITY
PLACE.
HE’S SAYING ESSENTIALLY NOT JUST
YOU’RE FREE TO EXERCISE YOUR
FIRST AMENDMENT BUT WE ARE
WATCHING YOU AND IF YOU STEP OUT
OF LINE, WE ARE GOING TO COME
DOWN ON YOU LIKE A BOX OF ROCKS.
OBVIOUSLY THIS IS THE CENTER OF
THE UNIVERSE TODAY WHAT’S
HAPPENING TO DONALD TRUMP BUT
THE FACT THAT THE LEFT DOESN’T
WANT THOSE OF US THAT DISAGREE
WITH WHAT ALVIN BRAGG IS DOING
TO SPEAK OUT IS NOT ONLY CHILLS
FREE SPEECH BUT DEMONSTRATES
TWO-TIER SYSTEM OF JUSTICE AND
WEAPONIZATION THAT IT’S NOT
GOING TO SERVE THE LEFT WHEN THE
SHOE IS ON THE OTHER FOOT.
MARIA: YEAH, SO HOW DO WE GET
OUT OF THIS?
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THERE’S A
STORY TODAY THAT THE DAUGHTER OF
THE JUDGE OVERSEEING THIS CASE
WORKED FOR KAMALA HARRIS’
CAMPAIGN, MATT.
I MEAN, IT JUST NEVER STOPS, THE
GATEWAY PUNDIT THIS PERSON, THE
DAUGHTER OF A JUDGE WORKED WITH
KAMALA HARRIS’ CAMPAIGN AND HAS
A COMPANY AS BIDEN-HARRIS
CAMPAIGN AS CLIENT.
THE CONNECTIONS ARE INCREDIBLE.
HOW DO WE GET OUT OF THIS
WEAPONIZATION SITUATION THAT WE
ARE IN, CLEARLY.
>> IT’S GOING THE STAKE
STATESWOMEN AND STATESMEN
WILLING TO STAND UP.
THE VOICES FROM THE LEFT, THERE
ARE NONE SPEAKING OUT AGAINST
THIS ABUSE OF POWER.
I HOPE THAT SOME OF THEM SEE THE
LIGHT AND ULTIMATELY DO SPEAK
OUT AS TO WHAT IS HAPPENING TO
OUR COUNTRY.
AGAIN, THIS IS THE THING.
EVERY TURN IT SEEMS THAT THERE
ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN INSERT
INTOED THE PROCESS THAT, YOU
KNOW, WHEEL THEIR POWER AGAINST
REPUBLICANS AND CONSERVATIVES
AND WE NEED PEOPLE ON BOTH SIDE
THAT ARE WILLING TO CALL BALLS
AND STRIKES AND NOT JUST TRY TO
BE PARTISAN AND WIN ELECTION.
MARIA: MATT REAL QUICK WILL EVER
YOU GO, DO YOU THINK THIS STOPS
DONALD TRUMP FROM RUNNING FOR
PRESIDENT IN 2024?
>> ABSOLUTELY NOT.
MARIA: THE CASE WILL TAKE A LONG
TIME.
ABSOLUTELY NOT.
THIS IS GOING TO TAKE A LONG
TIME.
THIS IS GOING INTO THE SEASON,
THE ELECTION SEASON, THE FIRST
GOP PRIMARY DEBATE IS IN FOUR
MONTHS IN AUGUST.
>> THAT’S WHY THE COURT CANNOT
ISSUE A GAG ORDER BECAUSE THAT
WOULD SUPPRESS FIST AMENDMENT
RIGHTS RUNNING AS PRESIDENT.
WHILE WE KEEP CROSSING THE
RUBICONS, I THINK THAT WILL BE A
PROBLEM FOR THE LONG TERM OF OUR
REPUBLIC BECAUSE IF WE ARE
GAGGING PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES
SO THEY CAN’T SPEAK OUT, THAT’S
A REAL PROBLEM.
MARIA: HE WILL BE ARRESTED AND
YOU WILL SHUT UP ABOUT IT,