Could potential charges disqualify Trump from federal office?

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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3.5 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 9 August 2022

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Republicans rally around Trump, questioning the DOJ’s stunning search warrant executed at Mar-a-Lago. Congressman Mike Turner of the House intelligence committee joins to discuss why now and what documents could be so important. Plus, we look at where leaders are making homelessness a crime. But, are their tactics only complicating the problem? To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Even Mike Pence is coming to Donald Trump's defense on this one, the lead starts right
0:06.4	now.
0:07.4	Republicans rally around Trump questioning the DOJ's stunner executing a search warrant
0:12.8	at Mar-a-Lago.
0:14.3	Why now?
0:15.3	What documents are so important?
0:17.0	I'll speak with a top Republican demanding an investigation.
0:20.8	Plus, new questioning by the January 6th Committee shut down.
0:25.6	The appearance by a Trump ally today that ended in just 15 minutes.
0:30.9	Also ahead for you, 10 cities leaping on the streets, where leaders are making homelessness
0:35.7	a crime.
0:37.0	But are there tactics only complicating the problem?
0:45.2	Welcome to the lead on Pamela Brown in for Jake Tapper and we start in our politics
0:49.4	lead and strong reaction to the Justice Department's historic move.
0:54.1	A search warrant executed on the home of a former president, taking boxes of items from
0:59.3	Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago home, a source tells CNN.
1:03.3	The warrant escalates the Justice Department's investigation into his handling of presidential
1:07.8	documents, including some classified material.
1:11.0	With many Republicans today questioning why the FBI executed this warrant now.
1:15.7	While at the time, Trump himself was in New York, where a single photo outside Trump
1:20.7	tower today captures the mixed reaction.
1:24.0	Look at this one group with a large sign that reads, arrest Trump, while another group
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