Donald Trump's 'Not Guilty' Plea and Mike Pence's Response

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🗓️ 14 June 2023

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to all counts in the classified document indictment brought by Special Counsel Jack Smith, then later shot back at his critics during an appearance in Bedminster, N.J. Is this how the 2024 campaign is going to look? Plus, the left wants Judge Aileen Cannon removed from the Trump case, and former Vice President Mike Pence explains to the Wall Street Journal Opinion page why he can't defend Donald Trump's actions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Three, two, one.
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0:15.5	From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch.
0:24.3	Donald Trump is formally arraigned in a federal courthouse in Miami and enters a not
0:29.9	guilty plea to charges that he endangered national security and obstructed investigators
0:35.8	with his retention of classified documents.
0:39.2	Meanwhile, his former vice president, Mike Pence, now a rival to Mr. Trump for the
0:44.2	Republican presidential nomination, meets with us at the editorial board and gives his
0:49.0	read on the Trump indictment.
0:51.5	Welcome to Potomac Watch.
0:52.5	I'm Kim Strassel, joined today by my two impressive colleagues, Bill McGurd and
0:57.0	Maneu-Ukweb Arua.
0:59.2	We actually got news of this indictment from US Special Counsel Jack Smith, the first ever
1:04.2	of a former president last week.
1:07.0	Public was actually able to read the indictment for itself on Friday.
1:11.1	Thirty-seven counts, most of them linked to the retention of this or that document, but
1:15.8	also charges related to conspiracy to obstruct justice, charges of concealing documents.
1:23.0	The Tuesday was the dramatic day.
1:25.5	The first time in US history when a former president had to surrender to US authorities,
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