On this 'Face the Nation' broadcast, former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Preet Bharara and North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum join Margaret Brennan.
On this 'Face the Nation' broadcast, moderated by Margaret Brennan: Preet Bharara, former U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum Scott Anderson, director of
Plus, how's the outcome of the case playing with the parties? For Democrats, it's a defense of the judicial system. JOE BIDEN, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: And it's reckless, it's dangerous, and it's irresponsible for anyone to say this was rigged just because they don't like the verdict. It's helpful in terms of raising money, but, for former President Trump, there is still a logistical nightmare on the horizon. When I spoke to his lawyer Todd Blanche, the – he didn't rule out the possibility that Trump could be in jail during the Republican National Convention. When sentencing happens on July 11, there's an expectation he could be put on probation. But this was a tense trial. I was there for seven weeks.
Mm-hmm. JAN CRAWFORD: So, typically, in these kind of cases, you would have other charges, fraud charges, that could then carry jail time. So that makes this case different as well. It's just this one issue. Yes. And we turn now to former U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York Preet Bharara, who endorsed Alvin Bragg, the district attorney of Manhattan, in his election. He also used to work with and actually hired Trump's attorney in the case, Todd Blanche. Good morning to you Preet.
Important point. You said you had promoted the president's attorney when you used to work together. Well, sentencing is July 4 – or – excuse me – July 11, four days before the convention, as we mentioned. What grounds for appeal do you think Mr. Trump has here? Let me zero in on that, because that has been something that – that Mr. Trump and his allies have talked about.
Yes. So, you know, we're seeing some rhetoric from Republican lawmakers, including Senator Marco Rubio, who said Mr. Trump was 'held hostage, the victim of a sham political show trial, like the ones the communists used in Cuba and the Soviet Union, railing against the ruling class.' In terms of our judicial system in this country, how should someone understand a characterization like that?
Right. Well, yesterday, President Biden was spending time with his son Hunter. And, tomorrow, in another unusual situation our country is in, the Biden Justice Department will begin a trial in Delaware against the president's son, where Hunter faces three felony gun possession charges, maximum 25 years prison. How much hot water is he in here?
Yes. OK. Preet Bharara, thank you for your insight and analysis. We're going to have to leave it there. And Face the Nation will be back in a minute. Well, I think part of it, of course, polling is a point in time. And I had a chance to briefly look at some of your poll numbers this morning. And I also saw there that almost two-thirds of the respondents said they weren't paying close attention.
And this is an unusual thing, that this is not – President Trump's not a candidate that's unknown or never run before. They had an opportunity to live their life under four years of him. the election is not going to turn on this trial. Well, I have a lot of empathy for what he must feel like, and – because as a businessperson, I – and I – someone who spent - - and I spent 30 years in tech, but a lot of that was in software that dealt with business processes.
Federal election is federal. And I don't know the alchemy of transforming these misdemeanors, which had a two-year statute of limitations – what I'm saying, from a business perspective, CEOs around America… Well, I – I hear what you're saying. But most Americans cannot explain it. Many – many of the legal experts…
Their – inflation affects them. I think that is – is weaponized against President Trump. But if you're going to talk about equivalency in the courts, then we know that media companies have – have acknowledged that they worked in – in conjunction with the federal government to suppress information about Hunter Biden's laptop during an election year.
we should all care about election integrity. Sure. Welcome back to FACE THE NATION.We want to continue our conversation now with North Dakota Republican Governor Doug Burgum.Governor, North Dakota has tremendous energy resources. And you reportedly are helping the Trump campaign craft energy policy. That's accurate?
There - there is more oil being produced in this country now than any country ever, 13 million barrels per day last year. Well, let me ask you about that. Let me - let me ask you about that. Yes. Well, the economy was also shut down due to Covid, which lowered prices too. So, he would do that? So, is he targeting the industry to finance his re- election bid?
Yes. Well, OK. So, climate and - and environmental policy are important to young voters in particular. Are you at all concerned that you will alienate them by aligning so closely with the energy industry? . Well, but they just tariff them. Would talk to you for an hour about rare earth minerals, sir. We'll have to have you come back another time to talk about that global competition. But we're going to have to leave it there and turn to one of the crises right now out of the Middle East with the Israel-Hamas conflict. Joining us is Scott Anderson. He is the director of the U.N.'s refugee efforts in Gaza.
was going to say, Gaza is much worse, Margaret, than Afghanistan was. I mean everywhere you go, the scale of destruction just really defies description. And it looks like something out of an apocalyptic movie. Most places you're looking at 90 to 100 percent destruction with the infrastructure suffering much worse. So, I never saw anything quite like that in Afghanistan that we're seeing now in Gaza.
think it's a variety of things, not just one person you can point to. All of the - the bulk of our aid comes in through Karam Shalam . It all comes through Egypt. Starts at Port Saeed , goes through the Siani Calarish and eventually makes its way to Karam Shalam, where it's brought in by us to the Palestinian side and then onward for the last mile distribution within Gaza. There's a lot of steps that have to go perfectly right for all that to work.
Scott Anderson, thank you for telling us what you are seeing and experiencing on the ground. We'll be right back. think they're a lot closer than they were a few months ago. I still think Hamas political and military leadership exists largely whole. A lot of their combat formations have been destroyed. But I think Hamas has been significantly atritted .
think the United States and our allies. Absolutely. So, I feel it's very important that generals don't resign over policy differences. That's not good for the republic. It's not the way that our military system should work. And, historically, it's not the way it has worked back to the Korean War, back to the Second World War. Many generals - many senior generals disagreed with presidential decisions, but they did not resign. So, I did not feel it was appropriate to resign.
But it is cherry-picking, right, information to present to the commander in chief when he has to make a call. And you write about the internessing bickering you say and finger-pointing that followed Trump political appointees at the Pentagon. You wrote about the choice of drawing down the 2,500 troops. You say you don't even know where that number came from. It was kind of arbitrary. And there was an incident in which a mysterious signed letter appeared saying withdraw from Afghanistan.
We'll be back. Well, look, I think the perception of erosion is. I actually think the United States is incredibly strong. We have all of these advantages. The century can be ours if we don't lose our nerve. I think that - look, Election Day will be a referendum. It's the best kind of referendum. It's where the American people get to decide who the next president's going to be. I hope that the outcome is decisive so that we don't end up with either side challenging the results.
Yes. Well, look, there - there's no way that - Beijing's propaganda can only go so far.
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