some of our guest plans. we have legal guests coming. i hope i can announce those soon and talk about it a lot more. >> bill: good luck on the book and thank you for being here today. we have to run, everybody. a big week, a busy week. see you throughout the day. harris will take over for now and we'll see you noon and five and sunday. take care, bye-bye. >> harris: fox news alert. the next steps for former president donald trump after the first criminal indictment of a former united states president in our entire history. his surrender to authorities in new york city is expected to come early next week. i'm harris faulkner and you are in "the faulkner focus." former president trump reportedly will turn himself in on tuesday. that's also when the district attorney will reveal the specific charges against trump. until then, the indictment

remains under seal. trump says it is all political persecution. republican lawmakers say it is simple and wrong. the manhattan district attorney alvin bragg has had it out for trump all along. >> i said from day one this is a political stunt. >> what's behind all this? hatred. >> this is absolutely a political witch hunt through and through. >> this is the kind of witch hunt that can only serve to tell people in the future if it works, you should try to indict people to keep them from winning elections. >> you are talking about a misdemeanor that gets bootstrapped onto election law in a way i've never seen. >> democrats know it has nothing to do with the laws. they are sending a message. >> harris: kevin mccarthy is vowing the house will hold alvin bragg and his unprecedented abuse of power accountable. and we have live pictures outside mar-a-lago, florida, where former president trump's sporters are gathering.

that's his home in that town. national correspondent bryan llenas, how all of this is playing out right now, bryan. >> trump's lawyers say that manhattan district attorney alvin bragg wanted the former president to be arraigned today. instead his surrender and arraignment will happen early next week likely on tuesday at the manhattan criminal courthouse behind me. once former president trump gets on his plane and arrives in new york city and makes his way to the courthouse we're told there won't be a public arrival or perp walk in front of the cameras. secret service protection on his side we expect trump to be fingerprinted, have his mug shot taken before being brought into a courtroom, told his charges, presumably pleads not guilty and then released on his own recognizance. >> i don't think the secret service would allow a former president to be handcuffed. they have a legal obligation to protect him. i don't think we'll see him in

cuffs. i don't know if they'll do a perp walk. there are various secret back entrances in the courthouse and bring him into court to by pass the cameras. >> the indictment is sealed. trump and lawyers will not know the charges he faces until he is inside of that courtroom at his arraignment. reportedly he is facing dozens of charges related to business fraud. this morning d.a. alvin bragg's office sent a letter declining republican house judiciary chairman jim jordan's request again to testify and provide documents related to trump's indictment writing we urge you to refrain from these inflammatory accusations, withdraw your demand for information, and let the criminal justice process proceed without unlawful political interfere unless. republicans, as we know, are accusing bragg of orchestrating

a political witch hunt and saying they are only charging him because he is deciding to run for president again. >> harris: how the case will play out in a court of law experts such as jonathan turley say not well unless there is a smoking gun of some sort. >> the indictment may come out with a crime that none of us have heard of. but for many months, this boot strapping theory has been put out there. this idea that you could take a misdemeanor under new york law that has a two year statute of limitations and revive it by connecting it to a federal crime, in this case federal election violation. there is a host of problems with that. i think it is rather outrageous. i think it is legally pathetic. >> harris: leo terrell. attorney and fox news contributor with me now in "focus." leo, one thing i'm not hearing a lot about, how does trump and

how does his team fight this effectively? >> thank you for having me. i will tell you exactly what they do. they file a series of pre-trial motions. in this particular case, the underlying charge is a steal misdemeanor. i would be filing pre-trial motions to dismiss these charges. why? because they have passed the statute of limitations, the underlying charge. i would submit that the trump team before this case ever goes to trial, well before that, a series of pre-trial motions to dismiss this case outright. if you don't win you appeal it all the way possible. >> harris: speaking of dismissals, a george washington university law school professor laid out three grounds that trump's attorneys will likely argue for dismissal of the case. leo, i want you to hear these and take us through what you think works best. number one, bragg's case is based upon a faulty legal theory which he used to stretch a

misdemeanor into a felony. two, charges are barred by statutes of limitations what you were just talking about. and number three, a dismissal based upon the argument of prosecutorial misconduct. >> the statute of limitations is the one i would per sue immediately. the last one, selective prosecution. the prosecutor has the right to decide which cases. but they don't have the right to abuse that discretion. i will sit here and tell you after 30 years of practicing law, this case is ripe formal i shallous prosecution, civil lawsuit after it is dismissed. regardless of people's political affiliation or who people will vote for on 2024, everyone should rally around trump on this particular case. this case jeopardizes you and me. if they can use a frivolous case

to go after president trump they can go after harris faulkner and everyone they don't like. this is a political prosecution, harris. >> harris: i tell you who should be much more worried than either of us, joe biden. look at the case against him right now. if this goes through, if you are watching what they will do to a former president, they may not get all of those 150 suspicious action reports that have come through, activity reports. we'll get into it more a little later but it is interesting. what could they do with that material after he is out of office? don't anybody sleep on that. with this happening, it means they can go forward with that case against biden and his family. a new op-ed predicting the future implications of trump's indictment. manhattan d.a. alvin bragg opened a pandora's box of presidential political prosecutions alluding to what i was saying. leo. >> i tell you what he has done, he has basically -- we'll witness history next week.

a former president basically be indicted. never before. what alvin bragg has done for political motivation has basically opened up every single american to a frivolous prosecution. what you have here is clear. a disconnect between the democratic elite and everyday american citizen. they see this is wrong. they see that it is purely political and what separates us, harris, from every other country, we have a rule of law. lady justice is supposed to be blind except for donald trump. they go after donald trump because everyone in this country knows they do not want him on the ballot. they do not want him to run for re-election. that's what the everyday american citizen sees in this political prosecution. >> harris: it is hard to get past. i said it to tucker last night. it is so hard to get past the notion of coincidence. i don't believe in coincidence, i believe in timing, in winning timing. that's what alvin bragg thinks he has. he will help out the democrat

party and a president that is limping through in the polls to try to get to a second election and that would be joe biden. he will help him out by, you know, basically trying to discredit -- even if they can't put this case through. even if it falls apart. it's a shiny object for the left and for people to focus on rather than that weakened candidate joe biden, whose economy is going poorly and so many other things. last quick one. in "politico" today one trump advisor as he goes to manhattan for the arraignment early next week expected tuesday is going to look like o.j. simpson on steroids. your last quick thought. >> everyone will be glued to the television set watching a former president walk through in my opinion a political indictment. alvin bragg in my opinion has basically destroyed his own political career as a prosecutor because this case is without

merit and i will tell you right now, harris, the dark day for america. i just hope that lady justice prevails in the long run sooner than later. >> harris: leo terrell, great to have you in "focus" always. thank you. >> thank you, harris. >> harris: liberal congresswoman ocasio-cortez erupting after she was posing for a creator of the libs of tiktok. >> you are actually super trans phobic. >> harris: a cute selfie and then look what happened. why the progressive left and a.o.c. are facing a formal ethics complaint against her of defame nation. dr. fauci accused of stonewalling on questions over his alleged role in pressuring tech companies to censor covid info. >> by the way, when you deposed

dr. fauci, how many times did he happen to say he didn't know or couldn't remember? >> he said i do not recall or variations there of 174 times. >> smartest man on the planet couldn't remember 212 times? >> harris: new fox polling shows americans do not believe the administration is being honest about the origins of covid-19. steve hilton in "focus" next. veteran homeowners. one of the most powerful ways to fight inflation is to pay off your high-rate debt to lower your monthly payments. at newday we make it easy. our newday 100 loan lets you combine your first mortgage, your second mortgage, your high-rate credit cards, personal loans and car loans into one, low monthly payment. so you can save hundreds every month. and at newday, there's not one dollar upfront to apply. give us a call.

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>> harris: republican lawmakers presented a batch of evidence to their new government weaponization subcommittee. they say it shows how the biden administration was pressuring tech companies to silence social media posts on the origins of

coronavirus pandemic and any information about it. here is what the former missouri solicitor general told jim jordan about what dr. fauci said in a deposition. >> when you deposed dr. fauci how many times did he happen to say he didn't know or couldn't remember? >> he said i do not recall or variations there of 174 times adding in variations of i don't remember at least 212 times. >> wow, smartest man on planet couldn't remember 212 times? is that pretty high? you deposed a lot of people. is 212 high? >> i've never seen like it including in this case where other federal government witnesses frequently professed inability to recall. >> harris: if his memory was so bad why was he in charge of keeping the nation alive during the pandemic? new fox polling finds 62% of voters say they believe covid was created in a laboratory and leaked.

a theory fauci has dismissed for years. another poll finds majority believing team biden has been covering up information on where covid came from. steve hilton, host of the next revolution. so talk to me about first of all the social media cover-up. the pushing away of anything that might have helped us to understand where covid came from. >> yes, it is deeply, deeply worrying and part of a pattern of behavior from the democrats. we see it in every area. we see it with the politization of the f.b.i. and news of the trump case you have been discussing and see this arrogance that says we know best and we have the right to impose our views on everyone. this was actually part of a process that began way before the pandemic when they weaponized and mobilized the federal government and its agencies with cut-outs to try to

hide it to censor americans concerned about election integrity and transformed during the pandemic into the viralty project. the number of times fauci said he couldn't recall. another number, this particular piece of censorship was 1 of 66 covid narratives, as they describe it. 66 covid narratives that they silenced and censored and proud to do it. one was about the origin. there were others, for example, about people saying online, for example, that the pharmaceutical companies would benefit financially from a mandated vaccine. whatever you think about the vaccine, this is a perfectly legitimate argument that someone can make. they said no, you can't say that. you can't actually tell the truth about where the virus came from because it is embarrassing

for the man who pushed through the reckless research that now is clearly the most likely origin of the pandemic, anthony fauci. he pushed it through and broke the rules and placed in 2014 the revised rules under the trump administration. he pushed it through because he is so arrogant he ignored all the scientific advice. many scientists saying this gain-of-function research is dangerous and could lead to pandemic. he said we would do it anyway. look at the result. that's why he is stonewalling because he is embarrassed. he knows that he, fauci, wasn't some passive relationship with the wuhan lab. he personally pushed through this research. in 2011, remember, he said that engineering of potentially dangerous virus in the laboratory is a risk worth taking. that's what he thought. he took the risk. and the result was a global pandemic that killed millions. of course he will not try to help anyone trying to get to the

bottom of that. at the bottom of that is his guilt. >> harris: with that much power and that much influence and decision making, he got to keep his job with a memory that shows that north of 200 times he couldn't remember any of what you just said. i wouldn't put him in charge of my guinea pigs at my house. i'm not joking. or he is lying. >> he is lying, harris. he is absolutely lying. no question he is lying. he was told within days of the pandemic genome being sequenced by experts in. he has seen the emails. he knows went happened. >> harris: he has no memory. we can't fall for it. i want to get your take on this.

congresswoman ocasio-cortez stormed off from taking a photograph. in fact, the outburst came after she was confronted in the hallway at the capitol by the creator of that conservative twitter account calls libs of tiktok. watch. >> you lied about me in a committee hearing. >> actually you are super trans phobic. thank you. >> harris: here is why sthe is facing a formal ethics complaint from a hearing on big tech censorship last month. >> are you familiar with the account libs p tiktok? >> i have heard of it from the news, yes. >> mr. roth, are you familiar with this account? >> yes, ma'am, i am. >> are you aware from august 11th to august 16th, that account posted false information about boston children's hospital claiming they were providing

hysterectomies to children? >> harris: steve. >> look, it's absolutely part of the same pattern which is that they cannot stand this new generation of democrats who are just basically far left extremist thor tarrance. they can't stand any challenge to their worldview. they can dish it out but can't take it on any subject and think any kind of dissent or position is not just wrong or something that they should disagree with, but it is not even acceptable. not even within the bounds of normal political discourse. it is totally different than the kind of political interaction we used to see in the past. it is worrying and frightening. >> harris: it wouldn't be the first time that liberals or anybody on the left, particularly aoc, wouldn't turn that moment into something to -- i don't know, sell t-shirts. she wants to sell gear based on

her personal experiences and making a lot of money, from what i understand. >> yeah, again, the point. someone if you like live by social media you can die buy it, too. they don't like it going both ways. i think you see that increasingly. because of that the relevance of the kinds of things she is saying. when she came on the scene it was a breath of fresh air for a lot of people. a new approach. new generation using social media but things moved on and we see you need to have facts and argument. you can't put out cute videos and think it will do the job. >> harris: look, the ethics investigation into how she is using tiktok and charity money that has flowed through her and her efforts. we'll be watching that closely. that's problematic. steve hilton, thank you so much for being in "focus." >> thank you. >> harris: the white house tearing into russia. calls the country's arrest of a

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finance issue is an outrage. it appears to millions of americans to be nothing more than a political prosecution. >> there is wrong. this is dangerous. what we see right now is a ruling party in our country that will stop at nothing, even using police force, to arrest its political opponents. >> harris: potential and current there with vivek ramaswamy. presidential candidates weighing in as we look ahead to 2024. former president trump's indictment likely to play a big role. here is more reaction from both declared and possible republican candidates. >> more about revenge than about justice is what nikki haley says. one desantis, it's stretching the law to target a political opponent. tim scott, weaponizes the law

against political enemies. mike pompeo undermines confident in our legal system. polling expert with fox news with this take on voter's feelings. trump's base views a case and that trump is still fighting fo forces they see as corrupt. >> they're trying to destroy donald trump because they fear him at the ballot box. they are trying to drain him dry. he spent more money on lawyers than most people spend on campaigns. they are trying to bleed him dry. >> harris: team trump sees political gain to be had in all of it. one member reportedly calling it -- i mentioned this earlier, o.j. simpson on steroids ready to capitalize on loads of media attention. trump and his allies already using the indictment to mobilize the base and rake in cash. ari fleischer, former white house press secretary. great to have you in "focus."

they are not wrong about that. the former president is about to be in every single headline. >> yeah. this kind of fits the democrat pattern in senate races and house races trying to force the nomination of the most trumpy republican and you get the feeling they want to do that again on the presidential level. nominate -- republicans to nominate the most trumpy trump and all the focus to be on donald trump. it is part of the democratic playbook. they only want to run against donald trump and keep the focus off of joe biden. >> harris: do you think democratic voters see the ploy in that and not just that it's a ploy, but the underlying truth is that the policies have not worked for them in their lives and that democrats are out of the freshness that it will take to make us go forward or get us to go more successfully to progress? do you think they are onto it that all they have is anti-trump? >> i think they are scared to

death of donald trump. they legitimately fear him that the country will end if the people support donald trump. in other words, they fear democracy. they fear that if the american people in a free and fair election in 2024 would elect donald trump it must be stopped. and i think that's part and parcel of why so many democrats are glad that alvin bragg has done this. let me give your viewers a fact about manhattan. new york county, the place where the d.a. who gets elected and reelected by his voters, ideologically lopsided new york street. manhattan county voted 87-12 in the 2020 election for joe biden over donald trump. it was 87-10 when hillary was on the ballot against donald trump. mitt romney only got 15% in new york island, new york county, manhattan island and same with george bush. 85/15. manhattan is the least diverse counties in america.

you will find rural counties throughout the deep south more ideologically di verse than manhattan. so overwhelmingly democratic and why a d.a. prosecutor feels he can do this. it is an outrage in my opinion no matter what somebody thinks of donald trump. this is not how we americans settle political or legal disputes like this forcing it into a flimmy court case. >> harris: what i get and you speak to the issue i've been so curious about. how can you bring such a weak case and expect to win? but if the goal is again for alvin bragg to a, rise to the top of the heap on the left and make a name for himself. get your name out there in recognition is one thing. if the goal is to flex 100% electorate that is democratic, then this does that, too, with a win or loss on this case. this is fascinating.

>> yeah. new york county, manhattan island were a 50/50 republican place alvin bragg wouldn't do this. he gets marching orders from his voters. what democrats ran for office in new york threatening this. not on the basis of justice. justice is supposed to be blind. alvin bragg is peeking underneath that the d.a.s are supposed to wear. if donald trump wasn't a presidential candidate and if he hadn't been president do you think anything like this would be against anyone. ? a possible misdemeanor as a felony. >> harris: we have breaking news and we can give you exact details when we expect to see the president of the united states head to the courthouse.

it will be on tuesday. at 2:15 p.m. eastern. and i have said this before. i said it on tucker last night. the secret service will be with him. they make the call of whether or not you will see a former president of the united states in handcuffs and according to our reporting now through this information that's just coming through, you will not see donald trump in handcuffs. so i wanted people to know tuesday 2:15 p.m. the former president will go to his arraignment at the courthouse here in manhattan. he will not be handcuffed. go ahead and finish. >> the secret service's job is to protect the president. it means evacuating him if there is any trouble. hard to make a president run or move if he is handcuffed. that's part of how this is such a sordid matter that we are discussing doing this to a former president of the united states. i don't care what people's opinion of him was as president. we settle political disputes through the ballot box not

having the police arrest somebody you don't like. >> harris: ari fleischer, breaking news, the former president who is under indictment now that is sealed on that same day he will be arraigned, ari, next tuesday. we'll find out what the charges are against president trump. and then we'll also see him enter the courthouse for that arraignment, see him not wearing handcuffs and as you just in a more detailed manner told us why that is, the secret service makes those calls. they determine the tone and tenor of that day. ari, thank you very much. house republicans have passed a bill that would undo president biden's climate agenda and unleash america's energy potential. it won't become a reality under the president but it may be a potent political weapon. republicans are already using it. >> he is trying to kill oil and gas. he is fought trying to have cleaner emissions. he wants to destroy oil and gas

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>> the president was briefed this morning on the troubling reports that evan gershkovitch has been detained in russia. these espionage charges are ridiculous. the targeting of american citizens by russian government is unacceptable. we condemn the detention of mr. gershkovitch in the strongest -- in the strongest terms. we also condemn the russian government's continued targeting and repression of journalists. >> harris: that's the white house talking about russia's arrest of "wall street journal" reporter evan gershkovitch. russia's main security service has detained him on espionage charges. it claims he was trying to obtain state secrets. the "wall street journal" categorically denies that and is demanding his release. critics say vladimir putin may

have been emboldened by the prisoner swap of britteny griner a short time ago for a russian arms dealer. house speaker kevin mccarthy. >> it shows what putin is doing and also shows when the president pays ransom they will take more americans. americans need to make sure they are not in russia but a journalist has a right to do their job. it shows how deadly putin in and how what he is doing is against any realm of the rule of law. >> harris: john kirby was asked about the prisoner swap yesterday. >> sadly, it is not a new tactic for mr. putin and for russian officials to detain foreigners and in particular americans. i will leave it at that except to say we're doing everything we

can right now to learn more about evan's detention and doing everything we can to try to gain consular access to him. >> harris: senior foreign affairs correspondent greg palkot is live at the london bureau following this and we have others inside russia. mr. waylon is one of them. this gives us an opportunity maybe to make more deals. i don't know, i am trying to be optimistic. >> looking at all the possibilities. the latest word that we're getting from president biden is let him go. that's referring to evan gershkovitch as he goes into his third day of captivity with the russians. we learn a little more about his status. the 31-year-old "wall street journal" reporter was arrested wednesday from the fsb intelligence agency on assignment in a city 800 miles from moscow. thures brought to a court and l

detention. it is now reported that he is at a prison in moscow, a tough one for political prisoners and others where marine veteran paul waylon was also held by the russians and he spent time. the "wall street journal" is denying the charges. condemning the detention and more saying this today in a strong editorial. thugish leaders keep doing thugish things if they think they will pay no price. the biden administration has to consider escalation. they suggest vladimir putin's government might have seized him in response to charges the u.s. made against a russian national last week. perhaps seeking a prisoner swap or angry about a tough article gershkovitch wrote this week about the russian economy or

putin's anger at the west as his war in ukraine grinds on and u.s. led alliance hangs together. first u.s. moscow embassy officials and legal teams still have not met with gershkovitch since he has been taken by the russians. there are concerns about his current health and safety and a lot of concerns about hi fate. back to you. >> harris: greg pat pal -- palkot, we pray for him. the "wall street journal" editorial board with this calling the charges against its reporter phony. adding this quote. the timing of the arrest looks like a calculated provocation to embarrass the united states and intimidate the foreign press still working in russia. alaska republican senator dan sullivan, member of the armed services and environment and public works committees. i want to get your thoughts on what is happening with our

people being taken in russia. >> look, first i think we always need to do a shout-out to our american reporters there and in ukraine doing dangerous work. this is another example. i think it is just a characteristic of the nature of the putin regime. these authoritarian regimes. they'll grab americans when they see it in their advantage. i think it is part of this broader competition and really new era of authoritarian aggression we have with regard to the dictators in moscow, vladimir putin and in beijing, xi. american reporters take risks over in china as well. >> harris: we saw that around the olympics. the warning that people were being locked in rooms and mysterious things happening. do you think our perceived weakness around the world now through some of the foreign policy decisions or lack there of by president biden is making

it unsafe to a greater degree for americans? >> that's an issue. i think reporters have to deal with that. i was recently in the middle east and a number of different countries. the one thing americans -- we haven't forgotten about but on the front of the minds of every leader i met with is the incredible botched withdrawal from afghanistan and what a shock that was to the system of every country in the world that has relied on america. they were telling us you can't believe what a shock that was in terms of relying on you and your loss of credibility. that still reverberates and a big reason why putin moved into ukraine. it impacts where americans go to do work overseas. >> harris: i want to get to this. new fox polling shows 63% of voters feel president biden is being too accommodating in his

dealings with russia. your take. >> the one thing that i think is really important is that when the president talks about these challenges with thor -- authoritarians, we need to be dealing with them from positions of strength. the president -- two examples where we don't do that. the president put forward their defense budget. the third year in a row that this administration puts forward a budget for the department of defense that is inflation-adjusted cuts. it shrinks the armed forces. >> harris: the inflation he is bringing us. the world sees it. >> what they expect. i have heard from administration officials they expect members of the armed services committee to boost it. we've done it every year.

harris, that's the definition of leading from behind. you put forward a weak defense budget because you want to please the progressive left. they don't like the military. then you expect the armed services committee to move it up, which we've done every year and the other area is energy where they have disarmed one of our greatest assets of american power. >> harris: defunding the police now, defund the military is in the same basket that puts us in a very weakened position if enemies move against us. i don't think the far left thinks about that. >> they don't. the far left is not enamored with our great men and women in the military. >> harris: the lower energy cost act passed with all but one republican vote and four democrats actually supported it. chuck schumer says it's dead on

arrival. the president said he would veto it if it goes further. here is kevin mccarthy. >> the majority of them are so extreme they rather stand with china and russia than with the american energy worker. so i'm not sure what is controversial in the bill. i'm not sure what is controversial that you can speed the process up is we can make things in america. >> harris: the "washington post" highlighted the bill's political power. republicans think the bill will send a potent message to voters they kept a mid-term election promise to lower gas prices arguing biden's climate policies and revoking a key permit for the keystone xl pipeline are responsible forare the widespread pain at the gas pump. you have so much to say on this. go. >> i want to commend the house republicans and democrats. it was a bipartisan bill on this really, really important legislation. look, chuck schumer says it's dead in the senate.

president said he will veto it. let's have the debate. we'll work on a similar bill. we already are in the senate to bring more american energy to americans by american energy workers, the best workers in the world. a key element of this bill, harris, is sounds wonky but it is the permitting the reform. the ability to bring projects. all projects, oil, gas, renewables, mining, minerals. we need all that to bring that online soon. right now in america it takes forever to permit a resource. >> harris: we know. the white house has time in that process to lie to us about how many permits really exist. that's how much free time they have on their hands. the process is so slow. we only have a few seconds left. you have to talk about the willow project. the president bent a little bit on this. does it help us become more independent energy-wise? >> i want to commend all

alaskans. tens of thousands of alaskans, democrats, republicans. my state coming together, the workers, we pushed this for years and we got an okay decision. it wasn't -- this was reapproved. the trump administration approved the willow project. biden administration has approved it slimmed down but we are already starting to work on it. but there is litigation. the lower 48 radical environmental groups are hoping to stop us. hopefully we win in court next week. pretty critical. >> harris: thank you so much. appreciate you being here. "outnumbered" after the break. . as well as the leading luxury bonding treatment. for softness and resilience, without the price tag. if you know... you know it's pantene. there are too many options. how do we decide what hotel to book? fear not, i got you! who are you?

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