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Meet the Press — August 20

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🗓️ 20 August 2023

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Gov. Doug Burgum (R-N.D.), who is running for president, joins Meet the Press ahead of the first RNC debate. Gov. Tim Walz (D-Minn.) joins for an exclusive interview after members of his own party call for him to challenge President Biden. Former DeKalb County District Attorney Gwen Keyes Fleming, fmr. Senior FBI official Chuck Rosenberg and former Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, Jr. join to discuss former President Trump’s legal troubles.

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0:00.0

This Sunday defending Trump, the Republican presidential hopefuls are getting ready to take

0:06.2

the debate stage for the first time, as Donald Trump prepares to be arrested for the fourth

0:10.7

time.

0:11.7

Trump plans to skip the debate, but why are most of his Republican rivals still planning

0:21.6

to defend it?

0:22.6

I'll ask North Dakota Governor Doug Berger whether he's ready to confront the frontrunner

0:26.7

and his growing list of legal liability, plus silent strategy.

0:31.6

President Biden stays silent on the appointment of a special counsel investigating his son.

0:35.6

I have no comment on any investigation that's going on.

0:39.8

That's up to the justice department.

0:43.4

But his public distress grows in the legal system.

0:45.9

Will President Biden rise to the challenge at this critical moment for the American democracy?

0:50.4

I'll ask Minnesota's Democratic Governor Tim Waltz, a top surrogate for the Biden 2024

0:55.1

real estate.

0:56.1

And law in order.

0:57.3

The defendants engaged in a criminal racketeering enterprise to overturn Georgia's presidential

1:05.8

election whistle.

1:07.2

Donald Trump was charged with 13 felony counts along with 18 other co-conspirators, and

1:12.3

is now facing 91 criminal charges in four separate criminal cases.

1:17.3

Our dare low life prosecutor deranged Jackson, that's right, he's deranged.

1:22.2

How will Trump's threats against prosecutor judges and potential witnesses impact all

1:26.7

of these cases, and will any of these trials begin before the November election?

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