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we are back with a major development tonight. the upper executing a search warrant at donald trump's monologue. all former president broke the news himself just hours ago. multiple sources tell cnn the search is related to the handling of classified documents and his where documents were kept. cnn's randi kaye and sarah marriott are covering the very latest. this is such a huge night to think about what is going on right now. sarah, it's been an extraordinary development and they continue to come out what are you learning about this fbi search a mar-a-lago? >> absolutely. these are very wild circumstances, of course. we are talking about a former president as you say he broke the news and he released along statement saying that the fbi have even search a safe that he had.
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we've been told by multiple sources this is related to the presidential records act. this has to do with materials he took when he left the white house potentially classified documents that he took. we know from earlier reporting the national archive has recovered 16 boxes of material of the former president has talk with him. but what this is focusing on is where he was keeping costs five, or potential classified materials. whether anything was left behind. but it did seem like a bit of a shock. even to the trump people because they have had lawyers that were engaging with investigators on this issue. >> i mean randi, on that point, you're on the ground in palm beach county. boxes and 15 others were reclaimed by the national archives. boxes were so taken by the fbi. this time around, what more can you tell us? >> we know that boxes of items were seized, they were removed from our logo today. our colleague, ivan perez, and gaby or both confirming this
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information with the source. people coasters investigation. the fbi search included examining where those documents were kept, apparently. at a separate source is telling gabby or that documents were seized. in those boxes of items. so, as sarah just mentioned, the national archives had alleged that classified information in the documents had been removed from the white house and brought here to florida, to mar-a-lago, 15 of those boxes were recovered as you said. but they did want to know if anything was left behind, according to a person close to this investigation. so, we can also tell you that the key takeaway, of course, is that the boxes of items were taken. the documents were seized. but also that there were some coordination between the fbi and the secret service. donald trump was not here today. he was in new york city. there is only a small footprint of secret service here on the ground and mar-a-lago. that is a usual case when the former president is not on the premises. but our kevin liptak is
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confirming with a person close this investigation, familiar with this investigation, that the fbi had been in touch with secret service to make sure that they could gain access to mar-a-lago. they were in touch with them before the search warrant was executed. they didn't want to have any complications, apparently. once they got on the ground here, laura. >> but keep striking, me as randi is saying that sarah, is that they want to know where documents were kept. and i keep thinking they want to find information about the security of those documents. not just what it was but how they were being housed. i wonder, what is the former president saying about his search. how about his legal team as well? >> while, laura, as you might expect, the former president had a lengthy response. so we will just give you a taste of it. he said in a statement, these are dark times for our nation. as the beautiful home and while i go and palm beach florida is currently under siege. rated, and occupied by a large group of fbi agents. nothing like this ever happened to our president of the united states. before.
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now of course, he's referring to this search by the fbi agents. one of his attorneys, christina bob, pointed out that trump and his legal team have been cooperative with the fbi and doj officials. and she went on to say that the fbi did conduct this search and said it was on an ounce and they ceased, as she put it, paper. but what randy was talking about, documents. i guess that it did seem to be a little bit of a surprise. they had already been engaging with investigators on this issue and then to see this unannounced search take place. >> when i heard enough search i think they might believe that something is fleeting or, might have likes all of a sudden and walk away. there had to be some breakdown, randy, into communication. even with the conference between the lawyers at the doj. there is still something not trustworthy about what was being said, or should not one size across one steve. but we are also hearing, if we read that statement. we are hearing from eric trump as well tonight. what is eric trump saying, randy >> well he went on fox news tonight, talking about
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this raid and he offered his own explanation to sean hannity as to why the fbi showed up at mar-a-lago. here it florida today. this is what he said. >> the purpose of the right, from what they said. was because the national archives wanted to cooperate whether or not donald trump had any documents in his possession. and my father has worked so collaboratively with them for months. in fact, a lawyer has been working on this was top totally shocked. because i have such an amazing relationship with these people and all the sudden with no notice they said 20 cars and 30 agents. this is just more political persecution of donald j trump. >> so there you have an explanation from eric trump but whether it holds water is a different story. but i suspect we will find more information coming ahead. sarah, randi, thank you so much. i want to bring in chris sweater, former fbi director of the criminal investigative
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division. also here, for private investigator, kim whaley. who is the author of how to think like a lawyer. also senior political analyst, jonathan martin, who is the coauthor of this will not pass, trump biden and the battle for america's future. wow, what a night. and we knew that the fbi rating, essentially, but executing a lawful search warrant. we understand. at mar-a-lago. this is the most recent predecessor to our incumbent president of the united states. chris, explain what it would take for the fbi to get a search warrant like this. this is not just a typical which you have to have probable cause that obviously had to be there, but imagine saying to a judge, by the way the subject home is at the former president of the united states. would that have looked like? >> there had been quite the work of process preparing the affidavit, getting a review by fbi lawyers, getting reviewed
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by doj lawyers. getting it approved at the fbi headquarters at the level of the director i am certain and approved by the attorney general himself i can't imagine the process of being anything less than that. then you have to work -- then the affidavit would have to show that there's crime being committed. and there's probable cause of crimes being committed. there's evidence of that crime at that specific location. it would have been narrow in scope and tailored for what they were looking for, they would have that specific about where the evidence is. i would submit, probably, some indication by the agents that the evidence was not forthcoming any other way. but it sure is an extraordinary set of circumstances here. i can't imagine my 25 years, and my last in the fbi as head of the criminal division, i can't imagine getting a search warrant for a former president for a retention of classified
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information type case. >> meaning, that would be too frivolous in your mind? or the idea that it would be something that is just the former president. >> i mean it would look political, the optics would be bad, we have applied for search warrant for congressman and got turned down on that very basis several times. so even if there is a violation occurring the optics of this and the political nature of it and the backdrop. it is something that we would not have been a -- i can guarantee we would not have been able to get a search warrant under the circumstances. >> jonathan as you nodding your head as well and affirmation. that would be a striking thing to do. i mean there have been, they're actually still are ongoing investigations and there are impeachments, there are gradually attending to president trump. do you see indications of the reporting that this time there is some rail peril for the former president? >> i think the bar is really high look, the doj would never
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admit this, but they know the politics of this are so sensitive. they are the highest a high-wires. with no net. and they recognize that they cannot get it wrong. i think they would not have taken this step without maximum caution knowing how grave the politics are and on that they would trigger precisely the reaction from the right that they got tonight by executing this rate. i can just tell you perhaps having interview the former president at mar-a-lago for our book. this will not pass it is a fascinating place that is both club and home i don't think people fully realize this as we are watching it this is a fully operational private club. yes it is a former presidents home, but he has cast their most evenings, dining out of the patio. it doubles as both his own residence and an actual club members come to day in and day
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out on the valet parking. there is a front desk person, they have buffets of food set up inside, so i think it is trying to paint a picture for folks at home who perhaps are trying to imagine what this premise is like. it is pretty rare for a former president, and by that i mean, unheard of to run a private club at the home that he lives in. but that is mar-a-lago. >> on the note cameron, i'm hearing jonathan talk about all the things that are there. the people, i think access points then. i think there is classified information there i eat media guard goes up and says, that leads to points of entry to access and maybe see a few documents they should be looking at. this investigation may actually be about the handling of classified documents but there is a of course that real question, kim, as to why these documents would be not at the national archives but at mar-a-lago. what is your impression? >> right, laura, there's
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something called the presidential records act with mandates that at the time of a president leaving office, automatically, all of his white house records belong to the american people. they go directly to the archivist. there is also criminal laws that are in place. for destroying concealing documents and what is really remarkable in this moment is one, enough steak to it, 18 usc 01. it provides in addition to a three-year potential prison terms for concealing or destroy documents. the person who was convicted cannot hold office again. so i think this is probably a moment for donald trump, the teflon don, was never really seen any accountability over his entire personal and professional career. to push every constitutional and legal pandering you can conceive of. is seeing the wheels of justice push back against him.
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i think with this demonstrates what the other guests have explained is that merrick garland is willing to carry this ball across the finish line. regardless of the fallout of the constitutional scholar i think it is absolutely crucial to do and preserve democracy and the rule of law. because otherwise, we have in this moment, laura, as a greenlight for future presidents to lose the massive power of the office to commit crimes. the fact in about 15 boxes of documents that we know of, to mar-a-lago, including reportedly communications with north korean dictator kim jong-un. i think the question is, as you indicate, would happen to these documents? what is the trail? what is the story? beyond just taking them out of the white house. my guess is that is not the end, or beginning and end of the story here. >> of course, they could be shared. because it is a lawful search warrant they could be using it and perhaps other investigations or it can lead to a certain trail of all that threat. jonathan you had a point? >> i think what is so striking
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in the hours since we learned of this right. is this sort of falling in line of republican lawmakers and even some going out in the limb and don't have to do that hold the facts. i think that impulse to rally around the former president most reckoning from house gop leader, kevin mccarthy, who in a tweet is all but warning merrick garland that they're gonna come after him next year. and he ought to save his documents. if the gop have the house majority. it is a vivid illustration of the grip that the former president still has on a lot of people in his party. those politicians are responding like they are entirely because they believe that their voters are still attached to trump and the lawmakers effectively are following the lead of what they think their voters want that explains trump's enduring hold on the party seven years on. >> it'll be curious to see --
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i want to christen harris while the. chris i want to know what you make about the focus on or trump's focus on the fbi searching his safe. we have the former trump's staffers but also say that they got a tip from someone close to the president that the safe would be an area to find something. is that an indication that he thought the safe was, well, safe? >> i don't know. apparently nothing was in the safe as the reports that i've read. but you know, executing a search warrant is like dragging a big fish net to the ocean. you try to narrow and take the things that are only listed in the search warrant. but that is almost impossible to do. i don't believe this is all paper documents. i think there are probably some other media involved as well. and i think it is very very
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difficult to not bring in or take out of the residence things that aren't related directly to that investigation. so i did this when i was head of the criminal division. we have to put the evidence in escrow with a judge. and have them go through the evidence make sure that nothing else, that only what we are looking for and was specified in the search warrant, was actually handed over. >> handed over to whom? as you can use it in the investigations. it had to be part of the overall investigation generally? >> so the fbi, for the investigation that we had obtained a search warrant for. if you find clear-cut evidence of other crimes that is fair game. but you can't use one search warrant for one investigation but to overlap and gather evidence. that is not timed the search for it for another investigation >> it does. the idea that people can't use
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one sort of reason as a pretext trove thing to get in other crimes and have a probable causes fortune. kim that's where here? do you see this -- what you think about the idea of a safe being looked at, the idea that the existence of other discussion out there right now, who is champing at the bit right enough to find out what they found? right, so you've got the georgia investigation. you've got the investigation of the false slate of selectors, you have the course of january six. but the reason i wanted to ask, what i wanted to add is that kevin mccarthy reportedly got a call from donald trump on january six that were seven hours of white house logs and communications records that are missing. so my guess is that in addition to falling in line politically, there are members of the united states congress who were involved in wrongdoing on january six. and are -- in donald trump's kind of negative web of wrongdoing here so, there is some covering of them selves, i guess potential as well where do these pieces
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lead? not just regarding the presidential records act as others have discussed but step-by-step to other potential crimes that we've already seen over 800 prosecutions. all roads lead back to this moment. i think that the american people january six. >> we will see what they find, we will forgot what it is, and we will see if it resolves to anything of a criminal action so far. all we know is what we really heard from donald trump himself. thank you so much for being a part of the program. thank you for all of your expertise on a night like this. look, the fbi searching mar-a-lago on the anniversary of richard nixon announcing his recognition. and much more on the search. l. three generations, who all bank differently with chase. leon's saving up for his first set of wheels... nice tryry. really? this leon's paying for his paint job on the spot... and this leon, as a chase private client, he's in the south of france, taking out cash with no atm fees.
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we're back now with new
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developments on the fbi search of former president trump's, at home at mar-a-lago in florida. joining me now cnn presidential historian tim naftali and olivia troye. former homeland security and covid text force adviser to former vice president mike pence. i'm glad you're both here. tim, you and i have talked a lot about the history of nixon and beyond your expertise is unparalleled in this area. i've gotta ask you, i mean, this is a former president of the united states. he had his residents search by the fbi this is truly a historic moment. what is your reaction? >> well, i just remember learning about how the special prosecutors traded former president nixon, almost with kid loves when the former president participated in a deposition linked to the grand jury and there was no doubt in
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my mind that there was a very high threshold that doj felt it needed to reach in order to of all of a former president in a criminal investigation. now, i am convinced that a similarly high threshold had to be breached for the garland doj to do what it did today. which is why i think more is involved than simply the fact that the former president is holding classified records in something other than unauthorized sea. that's a bad thing by the way, and it deserves to be investigated, but i just can't believe that today's dramatic event would have happened if it was solely a matter of classified material that shouldn't be in mar-a-lago. >> you know, a part of me agrees in a very real way because for many people who are hearing the news today, the raid was monumental.
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then the idea of classified documents, many probably, thought wait didn't we hear about this before? even before the public hearings of the national security -- i, mean that was a while ago. why are they still looking at this right now which leads many to believe that maybe there is more to this. but there are others with the trump white house olivia, who've been remarking on the lax approach that there was in general to document preservation. i'm wondering, if you see this as a par for the course or having more trouble and if areas here? >> what i'm concerned about to what's happened here in terms of the lack of preserving the documents in presidential records, but even more concerned that this is classified information -- is there, was, there and they're trying to figure out where the paper trail was. and the more concerning part is,
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did it hold for the adversary's hands or what's actually happened to it. regardless of what it says, right? that's one concern that i would send anybody national security but the self-would be in jail if we had done any of this right, we would've been charge. there would've been no questions asked. we would've been responding to this and explaining ourselves later. i've actually been in the pentagon many years ago where somebody was escorted out of the office, immediately. and then told -- later. i, mean this is a very real thing and, when i'm listening to you, and you are talking right now about watergate and nixon resigning and i have to say that it would've been striking to me tonight, if -- you know when nixon resigned, many republicans after year of hearing to turn against him at that point. right, that's kind of what force the hand here with the resignation everything going on with the investigation tonight, we are seeing nothing but undermined-ing of the rule of law and the department of and the fbi by a lot of the rhetoric of republican elected
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officials and a lot of these more right leaning figures and, it's a coordinated propaganda machine that is out on us. and i have to say, that is very concerning actually. because it's increasing the undermining of this entire thing. and it's attacking our rule of law. and it's also increasing the potential for violence across our country. >> well, there is the extension that's articulated where it has the benefit of the doubt. most people here, if somebody's home has been raided -- imagine if it was a layman, a civilian, a regular person and their home was raided. you know, juries tend to think to themselves, this is in the court of law of public opinion. but they would've gone in if they thought something wasn't there. but there's a protection happening right now on the assumption about a former president. and i can't decide whether that is good for our democracy to have that benefit effort for a president or bad for our democracy. what is your take? >> my take is that it's good for our democracy towards. and the former president in a
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statement today compared what happened in mar-a-lago to watergate in rivers. but the difference is that in the case of watergate, the committee to reelect richard nixon did not have a warrant to investigate the democrats to break into the democratic national committee headquarters. whereas today, the fbi was executing a warrant. now, i think that we need to wait and learn about the basis of probable cause. and you are the lawyers. but i know that the next step in this process is that whatever they find will find its way to a grand jury, likely. and we may hear about an indictment at some point. or we may not. but i cannot imagine that our country at this toxic moment that accord in our country would allow the fbi to do what it did today unless it was probable cause. and given that it's a former president, i believe the
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probable cause is probably enormous. in which case, i think we should just wait. i'm perhaps, we will learn maybe not soon but in a few months, the reason why our department of justice felt this was a necessary act because it is dramatic. and indeed, and nationally, it is going to feed the fire of those who believe that this is an unfair system towards populace. but, if we give it time, the process time, the information that might be acquired or might have been acquired might tighten the argument that we are seeing being seen developed by the january six committee that the president, the former president, was at the center of a conspiracy ultimately to push for an armed insurrection to undermine the electoral count. >> well, we will see. olivia, tim, exactly what might unfold. and i wonder, if this does not result in further action. i could only imagine how that talking point will extend and
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how it will be viewed and possibly affect the perception of the credibility that ought to be the eighth political department of justice. everyone, thank you for being here tonight. and look, with the fbi search at mar-a-lago only a few months out from the midterms. remember those? i, mean like 90 so days away? the question, is how are voters going to respond to all of this? that's next. new projects means new project managers. you need to hire. i need indeed. indeed you do. when youponsor a job, you immediately get your shortlist of quality candites, whose sumes on indeed match your job criteria. visit indeed.com/hire and get started today.
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we're back with more on the shocking news tonight. fbi agents executing a search warrant at mar-a-lago.
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former president trump's home in florida. we were just telling cnn, the search is ticket to 15 boxes that were -- from the trump white house to mar-a-lago. a lot to talk about here with mark mckinnon, former adviser to the president george w. bush. the executive producer of the circus. and cnn political commentator -- good to have both of you here. especially on the night like. this i want to go first with you. mark because look, a former president have in their residents searched by the fbi, i mean it is undeniably big news. but, there is a lot at play here. legally, but also, i mean the political implications of this. they are massive, are they not? >> it's an earthquake. there's no other way to describe it. i mean, on the legal side, you know merrick garland knows about the president which i agree with. but, it better be a deadly serious felony and not just a misdemeanor. because, what this is doing is that this is polarizing both sides of the equation. democrats are jumping up and
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down and saying gosh, we're finally gonna get. them and republicans are saying, all the conspiracies are true. they can't get us politically, so they are using the government to get us because trump is so powerful electorally, and they're worried about and running again, so from trump's point of view this is perfect for. him he wants to be more third. and, i've said all along that the way to beat trump ultimately is at the ballot box. because if he goes through some legal entitlement, he will be made a mortar but that will only animate his base in a way that it's never been animated before. >> so, bakari, on that note is it sort of a if you don't if you do? if you prove something that's wrong or allegedly wrongful behavior you're shunned for that but you also can't do it that way? i, mean he's already blaming this on democrats. i'm wondering what your take is on this. and what the administration might need to consider to prove it's all been done by the book for reasons that mark has talked about. >> well, i think you have two
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things here. and one of the things that i love, but one of the things that we ask is that there's something that's a lot more valuable than that weighs heavily on this country than just the showmanship and game of politics. and that's our fragile democracy. and that is that no one is above the law and i do believe that one of the things that answer your second question is that the independents of this justice. unlike during the trump, years when donald trump used the department of justice as a political tool we do know that joe biden has stayed out of the frame of the direction as you're supposed to with this department of justice. i think that that's one step that you're going to see played out. now, as you know lord this had to go to the highest levels of the department of justice and the fbi and the secret service in order to coordinate something of this magnitude. but joe biden, in south carolina is not somebody who is orchestrating of pulling the strings. regardless of the magnitude of this, this is about democracy. this is about someone who has abused and --
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the constitution of the united states. i'm pretty sure it has something more to do than just boxes of classified documents, but we shall see. >> and on that point i mean mark, the midterms are about 91 days away. and there have been already primaries happening they'll be more happening of course before the general election that's coming up where people are talking about potentially the lot of the majority for democrats in one chamber of whether you bleed or not is another story. but will this have an impact on how elections player? >> unquestionably, and if i'm joe, biden i'm pretty stressed by all of. this >> really? >> i mean, four hours ago when we book this show bacardi and i were going to talk about the great legislation for joe biden. and he doesn't even get one data talk about it. so, you know -- >> a lot can happen in four hours mark. a lot can happen in four hours, as we see >> don't we know, don't we know. but, listen i think the democrats are cited about the legislated answer, and they had
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to moments about this. this is a huge diversion, and one that may ultimately hurt trump. but, it could also help them turn. >> do you but -- do you agree bakari? >> look, i don't know any democrats that are running in a competitive united states senate or congressional seat. but they're going to run at talking about the president about to get invited like if that is not going to happen. but they do have a story to tell. the inflation reduction act, shifts, the pack that. going you talk about the republicans, if you're running against someone who is a united states senator who voted against insulin caps. i mean, there is a story to tell for democrats. especially those who aren't very, very competitive districts and at the end of the day i just think that this is another new, cycle this is another story but many republicans want to wash their hands of donald trump. they just don't say loudly. so, we shall see. >> we shall see indeed who is more exhausted, who is punching what pearls and what happens next. everyone, thank you so much. four hours from, now hold it
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traditionally lean republicans that will try and outlaw abortion. but i think what is unusual about the moment that we are in is that i don't think candace will be the outlier. well candace was a battle initiative, i think indiana, their state legislator voted to ban abortions. and we know in november, approximately 25 seats in indiana are up for elections so voters will have the opportunity to say, i don't want these people to represent me. so, i don't think kansas is an outlier. i think that we will see, across the board, not just on ballad initiatives but in state legislator races as well as in federal races for the house and senate that voters will say a woman should have a right to choose and that supreme court overreach. and we don't want people representing us that don't believe that either. >> alice, i mean, does this strike you as a disconnect from
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what we know from the polls of what the majority of americans are those concerned with these issues feel? that was part of the concern about justice alito's opinion. the idea about returning it to the states and that states ultimately wanted there to be some access and exceptions. what do you view here as the next hurdle or what you see now? >> look, each of these legislators in the state ran on their pro-life positions. and they were elected based on their pro-life positions and. they're executing laws based on. that, and what we had with the supreme court ruling, i think was the correct decision was taking this very important decision about choosing life over abortions out of the hands of nine elected elected justices and putting it in the hands of elected officials in the state. and these legislators are enacting a lot that they think represents the will of the people that elected them. i happen to be someone who does advocate for exceptions for rape, incest and life of the mother. which is the case here.
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i think it should be throughout the term of the pregnancy. , and i think that as an important first step. but they also make a very strong case for making sure that the penalty is on the abortion provider. and the medical doctors that perform these abortions would lose their license. but ashley's point, the key here is if this is not reflective of the will of the people, of the people in the state do not agree with this, then those people need to be elected -- someone else needs to be elected in their place. this should be an issue and a cause for people to go out and vote for people that represent their values. the ballot box is there for a reason. and if this isn't the role of the people that elected officials will be voted out of office. >> ashley, to that point, of course part of the concern is that the time it takes for a democracy to fully flush out would be for many people will be on the guardrails that are in place for the requirement that when they could get them. but i do hear point about democratic principles. but actually i, on this point, speaking at the providers which is alice was speaking about as
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well, doctor caitlin bernard who was the indiana doctor who provided abortion services for a ten year old rape victim who crossed eight lines from ohio in june tweeted this. how many girls and women will be heard before they realize this must be reversed we shall keep fighting for them. and i'm wondering, what does that fight look like? is it the idea of the ballot box? is it the idea of the exception post-20 weeks and beyond? what does that fight look like now? well i think this fight has to have multiple layers. the first step is definitely people voting in the primary. and people who are on the ballot that actually represent their values. and then voting in the midterms. but we can't just engage in one election. it has to be ongoing. and we have to hold our elected officials accountable. but we also have to look at the judiciary. the biden judiciary is appointing judges on a district and pellet level when obviously the historic nomination of
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ketanji brown jackson. but we need to make sure that the biden administration continues with appointing justices that are pro-life and that actually represent the will of the people. and, then with ballad initiatives, just like i was on canvas, there are opportunities across state levels for folks to collect signatures and make sure that people can stand up against election officials who are not actually seeing that a woman should have bodily autonomy. so, it's not a one solution approach. there are multiple layers. and this will take many, many years. alice has said before that this has been 50 years in the making for conservatives. so, we cannot expect for this to be overturned just in this election. we have to be committed to making sure that all citizens, all people living in this country have their constitutional right. and having access to abortion is one of those rights. >> well you agree on one thing completely that democracy is the path forward. thank you ladies. >> thank you laura. >> thank you.
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