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🗓️ 14 June 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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After his federal indictment, a few GOP primary opponents have taken their first — and very gentle — swings at Trump’s handling of classified documents, while many others have defended him. Laura Jarrett and Danny Cevallos break down developments in the other Trump investigations. For the first time since March of last year, the Federal Reserve paused interest rate hikes but suggested that rates would rise more in 2023. Michael Allen, former Senior Director at the National Security Council in the Bush Administration, discusses Secretary of State Blinken’s long-awaited trip to Beijing. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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0:00.0	If it's Wednesday, will Trump's rivals take them on? Should they? Can they? Those are the questions right now facing Republicans on the campaign trail. As the former president faces political and legal peril and the actual potential for prison time.
0:19.0	Plus, for the first time in more than a year, the Federal Reserve did not hike interest rates,
0:23.7	but it's warned inflation is far from over.
0:27.1	And markets are still a little uncomfortable.
0:31.3	And Secretary of State Blinken is headed to Beijing.
0:34.4	Finally, it's a bid to ease tensions, try to repair relations with one of America's
0:39.4	most crucial economic rivals, if you will, following months of turmoil over Chinese military
0:45.8	tactics and spying campaigns.
1:05.3	... Welcome to Meet the Press. Now, I'm Chuck Todd reporting here in Washington, and for the second time this year and for the second time ever.
1:10.9	We're examining a presidential primary where the frontrunner and last holder of the office was just arraigned. And this time, it was on federal charges. Politically speaking, the sweeping
1:15.5	indictment could be the best opening so far for the rest of the Republican presidential field
1:19.4	to seriously take on the man who's been the party's standard bearer and leader for the past
1:24.1	seven years. But three questions face the field when it comes to taking on Trump
1:28.1	in this post-indictment moment. Will they? Should they? And can they? It all depends on what you think
1:36.9	you're trying to accomplish with your own campaign. Those three questions. At the moment,
1:42.2	the will of the field to try to exploit this potential opening
1:45.4	does not seem particularly strong. The most direct criticism we've heard so far has come from
1:50.0	Chris Christie and Asa Hutchinson. Both men say the charges should disqualify Trump from office.
1:54.7	Both men are polling on a good day around 1%. Mike Pence and Nikki Haley, both former Trump
2:00.5	administration officials, with a bit more
2:02.4	poll inside the party, having the past 24 hours been just ever so slightly critical of the former
2:07.6	president's conduct, but making sure to couple any critique with a direct attack generally on the
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