“Dangerous rhetoric as a weapon”

Deadline: White House

Nicolle Wallace, MS NOW

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🗓️ 4 October 2023

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Summary

Nicolle Wallace discusses the ex-president’s dangerous rhetoric as prosecutors and judges grapple with how to rein in his threats, the fallout of Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s ousting as House Speaker, new scathing criticism from General John Kelly about his former boss, plea deals being floated by Fulton County DA Fani Willis in her RICO case, and more. Joined by: Russ Buettner, Andrew Weissmann, Pete Strzok, Ali Vitali, Tim Miller, Max Rose, Gen. Barry McCaffrey, Mike Schmidt, Paul Rieckhoff, Khizr Khan, Greg Bluestein, and Harry Litman.

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0:00.0	Hi, everyone.
0:07.9	It's 4 o'clock in New York, a dramatic day in court today after a judge takes action
0:12.3	on an issue that has loomed over the entire country, since the ex-president first descended
0:17.6	those escalators at Trump Tower eight long years ago, and that is, of course, his longstanding
0:22.8	practice of threatening and wielding violent and dangerous rhetoric as a weapon against anyone
0:28.5	who he perceives as standing in his way of anything, inevitably facing the potential
0:34.1	for violence.
0:35.1	Donald Trump now under a gag order, limiting what he can say about court staff in his New
0:39.8	York civil fraud trial was backing court this morning before he eventually left during
0:45.4	a break.
0:46.4	NBC News reports this, speaking outside the courtroom before the trial started, Trump again
0:51.3	decried it as a political hit job against him, as he repeated his ongoing attacks against
0:57.4	New York Attorney General, a Tisha James, whom he accused of trying to interfere with
1:02.2	his chances of another presidential term.
1:05.6	In fact, Trump returned to the cameras multiple times, railing against Tisha James and the
1:10.4	prosecutors who have brought criminal charges against him.
1:13.3	There are 91 felony counts in total against him.
1:17.5	He also attacked Judge Engoron, Trump's rants against the legal system, have not stopped
1:22.9	or slowed online either.
1:25.1	Once again, from NBC News, hours after the trial wrapped up yesterday, Trump aired his
1:30.4	grievances in a post on his truth social platform, saying the trial is unfair, and again, suggesting
1:37.4	it was an attempt to interfere with his presidential campaign.
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