let's bring in criminal defense attorney vik bajaj. vik great to have you.lly is kind of you look down the list of those 23 crimes, the violent crimes and if it's not on there you're not getting the big sentence that's the way it works. >> that's right. and let's not forget, there's a distinction violent crime and serious crime in the state of california. so if you have a violent crime it's considered a strike. if you have a strike, you only get 15% credits. if it's just a serious crime but not violent, you're only serving half time in all likelihood you're getting probation. so very violent offenses may not be classified as violent legally, therefore, it's essentially in some jurisdictions a slap on the wrist rather than potentially prison time. >> trace: it's interesting to me because you look at the video jeff paul was just showing of the pasadena smash and grab and you listen to the owner of the store lost a half million in jules, it's heart wrenching when you hear these people because they're not just going after the stores vik they're going after custo

common sense and vik bajaj will both weigh in.he nation's capitol on alert as president trump is set to appear in court accused of illegally speaking his mind about the election. but we begin with breaking information on brand new internal documents that show the white house was willing and able to censor the truth on social media. republican presidential candidate vivek ramaswamy will join us in moments but first to ashley strohmier live in the new york city news room with the very latest on this. ashley, good evening. >> reporter: hi, trace. yeah, the biden white house has routinely denied involvement in suppressing negative information about covid-19 vaccines on social media. you might recall this exchange with our own peter doocy and then white house press secretary jen psaki during the summer of 2021. take a listen. >> is there any concern the things you're trying to block or taken down might some day turn out to be -- >> we don't take anything down. we don't block anything. facebook and any private sector company makes decis

or when vik bajaj, great and out -- >> trace: vik bajaj, a great analysis as always. i would guess in florida, they like that venue. they are happy baytown there. they think they got a good shot because it is somewhat -- >> mar-a-lago is in palm beach county. st. lucie county. it is trump country. that is where he wants to be. you talk to any lawyer, any prosecutor, they are going to say the same thing. fort pierce is very favorable for him. when you look at 14 county, georgia, they could easily argue, let's move it out of the city limits that tend to be more liberal and not such a fan of trump and you get outside of the there, outside of the perimeter, as they call it, it could become more favorable for trump. so as the prosecutor or the criminal defense attorney just said right there, it is going to be one of the first things they file, change of venue. >> trace: jason chaffetz, back to you. i want to bring in the concept of a bit all of this, yeah, you ran for office. you know amid all of this, you got the former president of the united states who wants to become t

let's bring in criminal defense attorney vik bajaj. now they care.y will go after retail crime and the mayor said the following. watch. >> this is a task force to apprehend the suspect into anything and everything weekend to prevent these crimes from taking place and i don't believe that any of the crimes that we have talked about today would result in no bail. >> trace: the deputy police chief disagrees with that and says the d.a.'s also disagree with that, saying, a lot of these guys are going to be back on the street. >> and making a poignant statement. it is not stopping theft. it is not protecting the retailers. it is making sure the tax dollars don't leave the city. you know? one person to person crimes take place, there is not this kind of organization. when people are leaving retail outlets, people are losing jobs and no one wants to go to the rodeo drive anymore. that is a good reason for a task force. it is long overdue. it should has happened let's say a year the soup du jour. >> trace: it was like 18 to 19 months ago that we started cover

let's bring in vik bajaj and nicole parker former special agent for the fbi. great to have you both on, vik i want to player or sound steve played a little of former president trump before he went in and got booked today and then i'll get your response. >> if you challenge an election, you should be able to challenge an election, i thought the election was a rigged election, stolen election and irked have every right to do that. >> trace: jonathan turley said tonight he has a good point about that. what are your thoughts. >> not only practically does he have a good point trace because the jury will take that in and understand that he had a genuine belief in what he was trying to push, but he has a strong legal point, because in the cases, especially criminal cases, it's not only the criminal act, but it's what's inside the mind of the potential criminal actor. so he's really just presented his entire defense which is, i had a reasonable belief and now it's the prosecution's laboring to prove that he did not believe it but he was still pushing that propaganda. >

. >> vik bajaj, thank you, appreciate it. in florida, i would guess, jeff paul, they like that venue, they are happy down there. they think they have a good shot, it is somewhat trump country. >> i mean, mar-a-lago is in palm beach county, the courthouse is in trump country, that is where he wants to be. talk to any lawyer or prosecutor and they say the same thing, trump doesn't want to move from there. fort pierce is good with him. look at georgia, they could argue, move it out of the city limits that tend to be liberal and not a fan of trump. outside the perimeter, it could become favorable for trump. as prosecutor or criminal defense attorney said one thing they will file, change of venue, easiest thing you can file. >> shafs shafs, /* /* jason chaffetz, you ran for office and you have the former president of the united states who wants to become the next president of the united states and has to be legal justification for you to allow him to do just that. >> >> jason: yeah issue but only one donald trump, never seen anyth

common sense and vik bajaj will both weigh in.ppear in court accused of illegally speaking his mind about the election. but we begin with breaking information on brand new internal documents