GOP Rep. Steve Scalise tweeted that the raid was part of a "capital R regime" The term is used by fringe right intellectuals to suggest there's a shadowy cabal who run the government, says John Avlon. He asks: Are there any Republicans who have come out and said, I don't support Donald Trump on this?Avlon: We live in a democracy that's 246 years old. That's just a few generations. And yet we're the world's oldest democracy. If we have disrespect for institutions that lead Americans turning away from them, then our system becomes unraveled.
The Justice Department is investigating Donald Trump, but the ex-president's still-large base likely won’t want him prosecuted under any circumstances. Vox’s Zack Beauchamp explains the ongoing fallout from the FBI raid at Mar-a-Lago.
This episode was produced by Victoria Chamberlin, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Efim Shapiro, and edited by Amina Al-Sadi and Noel King, who also hosted.
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