Lawrence: Trump election indictment shows Mike Pence will be Jack Smith's star witness

MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell analyzes the latest indictment of former President Donald Trump for his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election and explains how the testimony of former Vice President Mike Pence could help prove the charges beyond a reasonable doubt.

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[loranelson]

This must be televised. America needs to see it all.

[davidjames]

Cameras *_MUST_* be allowed into the court! America, and the whole world ( _including here in England_ 🇬🇧) has a right to see the vile traitor... The betrayer of the entire free world face justice!👍🇺🇸

[williamolsen]

You cannot say Pence is honest, he is just too honest for Trump.

[ianreed]

"Presidents are not Kings and Trump is not the President."~Judge Tanya S. Chutkan~
That was a statement she said when she ruled against Trump in 2021 and now she will preside over this case too!😁

[SpaceForceCommander]

“You’re too honest.” = “Why can’t you be crooked like me?”

[darkrebel]

I just hope the hearings shall be televised live. Americans need to hear and see this for themselves.

[garydiggins]

Pence as a paragon of honesty is as ridiculous as Trump being president.

[gregolonious]

Oh, please, i wish for the day trump would get under oath. He will wrap himself in total criminal liability.

[charlesmartin]

If Pence was actually honest he never would have been Donald Trump's Vice President in the first place.

[MsSimone]

To allow this kind of criminality to happen continuously by one individual without consequence would require that no one be held to account. We have laws that explicitly requires everyone to abide by. This clown is no different than anyone else when it comes to the laws that we all must follow or suffer the consequences. Lock him up!

[donhitchcock]

This is a superb piece of journalism by Lawrence O’Donnell. Congratulations to him in particular, and to MSNBC editors for airing it.

[simonscowled]

After the 2020 United States presidential election, the campaign for incumbent President Donald Trump and others filed and lost at least 63 lawsuits contesting election processes, vote counting, and the vote certification process in multiple states, including Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania

[georgeleddy]

But... We have seen these sycophants (Graham, McCarthy, McConnell, et al) start with condemnation and repudiation only to walk it back and bow to the leader. Pence is particularly pathetic. Trump's crime spree goes way, way back.

[Omega]

Yesterday was a great day for freedom and the rule of law. Disappointing that it needed to happen. MAGA needs to open their eyes and read the indictment, look at the document objectively and think for themselves.

[fred]

It is an embarrassment to be Donald John Trump lawyer in this case!

[SpaceForceCommander]

So many “perfect” criminal phone calls.

[mikecarson]

imagine in the courtroom, asking Trump's attorney Eastman under oath about a "relatively minor violation" being "relative to what, exactly?"

[donnewton]

PLEASE let him insist on testifying. "I have the best testimony you know..."

[jcmorton]

Even a used car salesman would be too honest for donald trump 😂

[pixipatricia]

Honest? Maybe. But he is a stranger to the truth when it comes to Donald Trump's actions.