Extra: Is Our Democracy In A 'Perilous place'?

The Fox News Rundown

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News, Daily News, Politics

3.4 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 5 August 2023

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Former President Donald Trump entered a Washington, D.C. federal court this Thursday and pleaded not guilty to four criminal charges related to January 6th and his attempt to overthrow the 2020 presidential election. Trump called it, 'a sad day for America.' A major presidential candidate has never before faced so many legal troubles. But despite being arraigned three times in the last four months, and another indictment from Georgia likely coming, Trump remains the clear GOP frontrunner in the 2024 presidential race. But the question remains if Trump can maintain his lead in the polls as he navigates court dates and could even potentially go to jail before election day. Former White House Press Secretary and FOX News Contributor Ari Fleischer joined the Rundown's Dave Anthony earlier this week to discuss former President Trump's legal problems and what he called 'uncharted territory" for America. Fleischer explained how these cases will impact the 2024 election, why the charges are only fueling Trump's supporters, and why the uncertainty of what could happen in the coming months puts our democracy in a 'perilous place'. Due to time limitations, we could not include our entire conversations in the FOX News Rundown segment that ran this week. On the FOX News Rundown Extra, you will hear the complete interview with Former White House Press Secretary and FOX News Contributor Ari Fleischer and get more of his take on this past week's historic news and why the 2024 race will be a test to America's democracy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Dana Perrino, join me for my brand new podcast, Perrino on Politics.
0:05.4	As we analyze the 2024 election cycle, make sure you subscribe to this series on Fox
0:09.6	News Podcasts.com or wherever you download podcasts and leave me a rating and review.
0:16.2	This is the Fox News rundown, Extra.
0:19.4	I'm Dana Anthony, today we're going to Uncharted Territory, a presidential campaign
0:29.0	like no other.
0:30.6	The front runner, in their Republican race by far, is also the defendant in three criminal
0:37.6	cases and perhaps soon a fourth.
0:40.8	Former President Trump calls all these indictments, election interference, claiming he's being
0:46.0	persecuted by his political rival, President Biden, with the two on a collision course
0:51.5	for a 2024 rematch, but it is possible that doesn't happen.
0:57.8	There are about a dozen other Republicans in the race still hoping to win the GOP nomination,
1:02.8	but how?
1:05.3	We talked to Ari Fleischer, who used to be President George W. Bush's press secretary,
1:10.3	the same day of the Trump Arraignment on those charges related to his trying to overturn
1:15.1	the last election.
1:16.9	As I say at all these extras, the conversation was too long to put all of it into the regular
1:22.2	rundown, so here we are today posting the whole thing for you.
1:26.5	And we could not be happier.
1:28.4	You're here to listen and we hope you come back for more.
1:31.4	And now Ari Fleischer, on the Fox News rundown, Extra.
1:40.5	Joining us again on the Fox News rundown is Ari Fleischer.
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