August 6 — John Lauro and Rep. Jamie Raskin

Meet the Press

NBC News

President, Primary Election, 2020, Democratic Presidential Debate, 2016, Policy, 2018, Political, Debate, Democrats, Nbc, Politics, Chuck Todd, Elections, Republicans, Russert, Public, Democratic Primary, Government, 2018 Midterms, News, News Commentary, Washington, 2020 Election, Congress, Road To 2020, Issues, White House, Meet The Press, Analysis, Campaign

3.6 • 3.8K Ratings

🗓️ 6 August 2023

⏱️ 48 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

John Lauro, Donald Trump’s attorney, joins Meet the Press to discuss the former president’s most recent indictment. Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), a member of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol and former Lead Impeachment Manager, joins for an exclusive to discuss the charges. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	This Sunday, criminal conspiracy. Former President Donald Trump is criminally charged for trying to overturn the 2020 election and hold on to power.
0:11.0	The attack on our nation's capital on January 6th, 2021 was an unprecedented assault on the seat of American democracy.
0:20.0	It's described in the indictment. It was fueled by lies.
0:23.7	This is now the third criminal indictment against Donald Trump this year.
0:28.2	Every time they file an indictment, we go way up in the polls. One more indictment, and this election is closed out.
0:36.9	Nobody has even a chance. As the charges mount,
0:40.1	will his support within the party continue to grow? Fake charges foot forth by the Biden sham.
0:47.3	We call it a sham indictment and the, you know, the man that's doing it, I really believe he's
0:51.0	mentally ill. Well, his top Republican rivals continue to rally around him or start to attack him.
0:57.3	And can our democracy survive this critical and unprecedented challenge?
1:01.9	My guest this morning, Trump's attorney, John Laura, and Democratic Congressman Jamie Raskin
1:06.4	of Maryland, a member of the January 6th committee and the former lead January 6 impeachment manager.
1:12.6	Joining me for Insight and Analysis are NBC News Senior Washington correspondent Hallie Jackson,
1:18.1	New York Times Chief White House correspondent Peter Baker, Republican strategist Al Cardinus,
1:23.3	and Kimberly Atkins-Store, senior opinion writer for the Boston Globe.
1:27.8	Welcome to Sunday.
1:29.5	It's Meet the Press.
1:32.6	From NBC News in Washington, the longest running show in television history.
1:38.0	This is Meet the Press with Chuck Todd.
1:42.3	Good Sunday morning.
1:44.1	Voters next fall may be faced with an unprecedented choice, whether to put former
1:48.0	President Donald Trump back in the White House or to essentially sign off on his sentencing
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from NBC News, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of NBC News and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.