MSNBC hosts Joy Reed and Chris Hayes commented on Thursday’s announcement that former President Donald Trump had been indicted.
playing cards announced Truth Social reported that he was indicted on charges apparently related to the handling of classified documents. President Trump has posted that he has been summoned to appear in federal court in Miami, Florida next Tuesday.
On the show “All In With Chris Hayes,” Reid said it was a sad night because Americans are witnessing the “slander” of the nation’s top office through Trump’s alleged actions.
“It’s a night of sorrow, not joy, in the sense that the Republic of the United States must witness some sort of slander against the presidency, or even the former presidency, in the form of the apparent finalization of the indictment of Donald Trump.” said Reed. (Related article: President Trump says he was actually indicted on Social Post)
“There is something very different about the Manhattan District Attorney’s indictment of Donald Trump for his actions towards the presidency in the hush payment scheme. We have different jurisdictions for each crime.The U.S. Department of Justice, so this is in a way a kind of republic that protects itself from itself,” Hayes said.
Hayes said the indictment was a test of the “guardrails” and “binding power” of the law.
“The reality is that if a former president can commit any crime, we have a king, not a president. And I think the test here for Merrick Garland and the Department of Justice was essentially whether they were going to exonerate Donald Trump from any and all actions,” Reed said.
Reed said the federal government has a duty to enforce the rule of law on former presidents, and if it doesn’t, “with this one job for four or eight years, I’m going to be at every level.” He stressed that it will show that he can freely make policies. Including criminality, and criminality beyond national security concerns. ”
Reed argued that Trump’s conduct on January 6 was so “unimaginable” that if he hadn’t been indicted, he would “begin to question whether the rule of law exists.” bottom.
“I think this is a natural result if you do what Donald Trump has been doing. And, as you said, the executive branch is willing to act against its former self,” Reid said.
Trump has so far under federal investigation Special Counsel Jack Smith took the lead over allegations of handling classified documents at the Mar-a-Lago private residence.ex-president allegedly ignored request The New York Times reported that he asked him to return the documents.
