Alex Wagner

Like, they have a history.

of, what is it?

Your lawyers are pointing to what they call a small but growing body of case law involving the government engaging in highly unusual conduct, simultaneous to political pressure to bring charges and misstatements of the law at the highest levels of government.

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And they want to see what the government case is for all of this because they look at what's happening to you.

I know James Comey is another person cited as an example of this government, this highly unusual government contact.

Tish James.

I mean, can you talk more about that or how optimistic you are that you're going to get more insight into the justification the federal government is using to charge you criminally?

You're talking about the government.

Running up various flagpoles, yeah.

I think maybe you already have, Don.

In a way.

I just feel like, first of all, I mean, I know, I know it's been difficult and I want to kind of talk a little bit about the arrest part, but it is brought to the fore in such a concrete way.

The way this administration is going after people, the inherent racism of its maneuvering, it's given you an extraordinary plot.

People are really paying attention to what's happened to you, what's happening to you.

And I'm not just saying that from like a business level, but I just mean, you know, your voice is essential right now.

Your struggle is, uh,

I'm not going to say universal, but it's much bigger than you.

I mean, and it really crystallizes the essence of this administration, which is all of its fascistic impulses, the authoritarianism that is, you know, the order of the day.

I mean, in that way, it has been a victory for people who've had a hard time really pinpointing the malignant nature of what's happening right now.