IT COULD BE THAT IT DOESN'T REALLY HAVE MUCH OF AN IMPACT ON A JURY. >> IT'S ALSO BACK TO THE ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITY OF A JURY AND THE SACRED RESPONSIBILITY THAT THEY HAVE TO CARRY OUT IN THEIR -- DURING THEIR DUTIES AS A MEMBER OF THE JURY. I WANT TO BRING IN A FORMER FBI, ANDREW WEISSMANN. HE'S NOW AN MSNBC LEGAL ANALYST. ANDREW, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS? >> YEAH, I'M LESS INTERESTED IN THE PARTICULARS OF THE CASE. THIS IS A GUN CHARGE. THE PROOF WAS OVERWHELMING. I AGREE WITH YOUR OTHER PANELISTS THAT IT'S RARELY CHARGED, IN MY EXPERIENCE OF OVER 21 YEARS AT THE DEPARTMENT, I NEVER SAW A CASE LIKE THIS BROUGHT. IT WOULD NORMALLY BE A FELON IN POSSESSION OF A GUN THAT WOULD BE CHARGED. I AM MORE INTERESTED IN WHAT IT TELLS US ABOUT THE RULE OF LAW IN THIS COUNTRY IN TWO WAYS. ONE, THE SON OF THE SITTING PRESIDENT WAS PRETTY QUICKLY TRIED. HE WAS GIVEN DUE PROCESS AND HE WAS FOUND GUILTY. AND YOU HAVE THE CURRENT PRESIDENT, THE FATHER OF THE DEFENDANT, MAKING IT ABSOLUTELY CLEAR THAT HE IS NOT PARDONING HIM, THAT HE COULD HAVE ORDERED AT ANY TIME HIS JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TO GET RID OF THE CASE AND HE DID NOT DO THAT. HE SAID HE'S NOT PLANNING ON PARDONING HIM AS WELL. I REALLY THINK THAT IF YOU LOOK AT THE CASE, WHAT IS THE BIG PICTURE HERE? IT'S NOT A DRUG ADDICT THAT POSSESSED A GUN FOR TWO WEEKS. IT'S THAT YOU HAVE A PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES WHO IS LIVING EMBODIMENT OF THE RULE OF LAW EVEN RESPECT TO HIS ONLY LIVING SON. YOU CAN REALLY CONTRAST THAT TO THE FORMER PRESIDENT'S DENIGRATION OF THE RULE OF LAW, ANYTIME HE'S FOUND GUILTY IN A CRIMINAL CASE OR FOUND LIABLE IN A CIVIL CASE, HE SAYS THE SYSTEM IS RIGGED AGAINST HIM. I THINK THAT THAT, TO ME, IS THE REALLY STRONG CONTRAST BETWEEN THE TWO USES OF THE CRIMINAL SYSTEM, AND I THINK IT'S
