Interviews with: Judiciary Committee Chairman Republican Rep. Jim Jordan, Democratic Rep. Dan Goldman, GOP 2024 presidential candidates Vivek Ramaswamy & Asa Hutchinson.

State of the Union

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🗓️ 11 June 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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First, Dana goes one-on-one with Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Jim Jordan. Bash pushes Jordan on the acceptability of former President Trump sharing information with individuals with no security clearance, and gets his reaction to Trump admitting on tape he knowingly shared classified information. Next, Dana interviews Rep. Dan Goldman, who responds to Rep. Jordan repeatedly asserting Trump had the remit to declassify every document he removed from the White House. Bash then asks Goldman if he’s worried about some Americans not seeing Trump’s indictment as legitimate.Then, Dana sits down with GOP 2024 presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy to discuss his pledge to pardon Trump if he's elected president and whether Trump facing serious criminal charges should affect the GOP primary. After, Dana goes one-on-one with GOP 2024 presidential candidate Asa Hutchinson. The former Arkansas Governor reacts to Ramaswamy’s promise to pardon Trump and calls for the former president to drop out of the presidential race. 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	Unprecedented. A defiant Donald Trump faces federal charges after a special counsel details
0:12.4	how far the former president allegedly went to hide classified documents.
0:17.2	My office will seek a speedy trial. Can Trump overcome this case? House Judiciary
0:22.1	Chairman Jim Jordan will join me next. And political shockwave. The historic indictment further
0:28.6	unsettles the presidential contest. It's a horrible thing for this country. I have never
0:33.8	once suggested the Justice Department what they should do or not do. Will Trump be on trial
0:39.0	while he's on the trail? I'll speak to former impeachment prosecutor and Democratic
0:43.6	Congressman Dan Goldman ahead. Plus, pardon power. One Republican presidential candidate
0:49.4	says he'd pardon Trump if he wins. This is not about politics to me. This is about
0:54.2	principle. Another says Trump needs to drop out. The country doesn't need this distraction.
0:59.4	How does the indictment change the GOP race to presidential hopefuls?
1:03.8	Vivek Ramaswami and Asa Hutchinson join me in moments.
1:16.4	Hello, I'm Dana Bash in Washington, where the state of our union is once again an uncharted
1:22.1	water. This weekend a defiant Donald Trump is, once again, preparing to appear in court.
1:26.7	This time on Tuesday in Miami, where the former president will face 37 federal counts
1:33.2	over Ms. Handling classified documents and obstructing an investigation after he left office.
1:39.0	At campaign events on Saturday, Trump lashed out at the Justice Department and predicted
1:43.9	the charges would only help his standing as the GOP frontrunner.
1:48.9	The baseless indictment of me by the Biden administration's weaponized Department of
1:54.9	injustice will go down as among the most horrific abuses of power in the history of our country.
2:03.7	It is an extraordinary situation. The first ever US president under federal indictment who
2:08.9	could stand trial in the middle of his reelection campaign against a sitting president.
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