neil: ted stevens, maybe explain that. >> ted stevens was indicted and was the sitting senator from alaska, republican senator indicted by the department of justice, public integrity section, jack smith headed up at one time, he did then and he insisted, he said i have an election coming up, i want my trial within 70 days if they did it convicted him but they were so's discombobulated to school with terry evidence that he had the case overthrown and was vindicated. there's no benefit, a couple of, what if the president is convicted before the election because there are more waiting into the georgia recount whether the president was involved in trying to change the 2020 election if any of them result in convictions, can he still run for president as a convicted felon lex. >> absolutely. there's nothing in the constitution that prohibits t that, he could run from prison. neil: i heard that and i find that would be wild to put it mildly. none of this would get in the way of him still serving as president even from a jail cell if it came to that but in jail, i'm taking leaves here trying to pl

if they decide to do what ted stevens defense team did he was indicted fairly shortly before an election and he demanded because he wanted to be cleared before the election to go forward and it was a disaster for the department of justice because they withheld exculpatory information so i don't know what is going to be made but if they want to delay it i think it will be delayed beyond the election. >> on the switching up of the legal team trustee is out he was on the show last night i am surprised they didn't have one of the top litigators in southern florida who is seasoned in this arena. and locked in and ready to go. what is your theory on that? >> there are a number of issues going on behind the scenes but people who were broad and originally because they have a justice department experience they were liaisons that was their primary role in the case he is going to need to beef up the team now for sure and president trump will want very strong lawyers coming in he has more than what he is going to have but i want to be clear about one thing understand how sick it is. they have charge

>> keep in mind in full candor, i used to work for ted stevens who was prosecuted relentlessly the endf his career and wrongly, right? i have a certain feeling about doj. i don't think this whole case helps doj's argument they are nonpartisan going by the book. even though to legal scholars they'll say the end result was going to be the same, charges were going to be pled out, gun charges dropped, that's a problem. >> i got to go. >> it wasn't that good. >> that's awesome. thanks. >>> we'll be right back. can a can of lysol take care of my snott y sofa? can-do. mildewy tiles? can-do. these? yup, it's the can-do can. nothing kills more germs on more surfaces than lysol disinfectant spray. lysol. what it takes to protect. how can you sleep on such a firm setting? gab, mine is almost the same as yours. almost is just another word for not as good as mine. the queen sleep number 360 c2 smart bed is now only $899. plus, 48-month financing on all smart beds. shop now only at sleep number >>> tune in tomorrow to "cnn this morning." anderson cooper will be live with the latest on this submersib

ted stevens fought for and received a quick speedy trial before the election. >> double standard justice going on here and address how the case and how it is distinguishable from the case of mike pence and president biden. >> that's the piece that the indictment really spells out is the willful and deliberate. it is quite astonishing of the orders that were given to his body man to move these and conceal them, conceal these documents from his own lawyers implying and suggesting and hinting that they should be destroyed or plucked out. these are all his own words that he's using. there are audio tape of him knowing this is classified information and text messages. the receipts are here that this is conduct that i don't think mike pence or joe biden engaged in any way at all. >> turn back the clock to 2021, had the national archives got at donald trump and he done a thorough search and turned overall the documents at mar-a-lago and woild we be sitting here? >> absolutely not. that's important and interesting and etc. it is really not as significant, i think to the legal charges here. the l

president trump's legal team the fo says that they that they need more time if they decide to do what ted stevens defense team did. remember he was indicted fairly shortly before an election and he demanded because he wanted to be cleared before the electiony to go forward. and it was a disaster for the department of justice because they withheld exculpatory information. sobeca i don't know what decisis are going to be made by the team, but if they want to delay itt is goi, if the trump team ws to delay it, i think it will bew delayeand beyond the election. >> david, just finally, on the switching up of the legal team trustee is out. he was on our show night. they're bringing new people in. i'm a little surprised on the s they didn't have a one ofn't ha the top litigators in southern a who's who's, you know, seasoned in this arena, already signedasoned i up and locked iny to go. what's your thought on that? well you know, there areed in an a number of issues going on behind the scenes. >> but listen,to go. jim trustet john rowley, evan corcoran they were people who were brought in originally beca

running the public integrity section which he took over in 2010 in the immediate aftermath of the ted stevenssecution which was a debacle for the department of justice, so jack smith comes in with a resubmit to restructure that section and in the first few months he closed several prominent investigations into members of congress without charges. so those included john enson of nestled da, a republican, tom dell lay of texas, another republican, jerry lewis of california another republican, allen mull a han a democrat and don young of alaska. yes, he's had prominent run-ins with republican politicians but has also been very firmly on the other side of those scales of justice, closing investigations against prominent republicans as well when he thought that they had lingered too long and that there was nothing there worth prosecuting. >> one of the problems of course is how much money is allowed in politics and campaign donations and what is directly a quid pro quo and the rest not actually related, abby phillip, to this specific charge which has to do with top secret documents and whether or

was pregnant with ted stevens' wife, katherine, they were good friends. they would go out.inner at night. one thing dr. b. would always talked about and what stunned her, and the context here is the reason why i think the bidens are so personally hurt by this, is because kids were always off-limits, you know, politics was politics, but it stopped at the family. and that's what's changed here when democrats had power in 1991, they didn't launch investigations into michael reagan accusations of stock fraud and 1990 when joe biden was judiciary chairman, he didn't launch investigations into the current president, neil bush's son, who basically cost the taxpayers a $1.5 billion bailout that federal regulators sued him for. and when you were in congress, you guys didn't go back into the '80s and investigate roger clinton's drug habits. things are different. they're humans like all of us, and when you prick them, they bleed. >> so, this concludes, we believe, this chapter of the hunter biden saga, the legal one, but there's a political one still being played out. republicans voic

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