THREE PERCENT. DON'T DISMISS IT. >> ABSOLUTELY. IT'S THE MARGINS. LET'S BRING IN MIKE JOHNSON THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE. GOOD MORNING TO YOU. >> GOOD MORNING. >> Steve: WE WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW, EVER SINCE THE VERDICT, A LOT OF MONEY HAS BEEN COMING INTO THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN AND I WAS JUST READING IN PUNCH BOWL THAT THE REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE YOU GUYS RAISED $300,000 LAST NIGHT WHICH ECLIPSES ONLY THE DAY YOU WERE ELECTED SPEAKER AND YOU RAISED 175,000. SO, OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, ANGRY VOTERS ARE MOTIVATED VOTERS. >> THEY ARE, AND THERE IS GOOD REASON TO BE MOTIVATED, OF COURSE, THIS ENTIRE THING IS ABSURD. I'M A LAWYER. I WAS A LITIGATOR FOR 20 YEARS. I WAS IN COURT WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP A FEW WEEKS AGO TO SEE THIS FOR MYSELF. WHAT HAPPENED THERE WAS OUTRAGEOUS. AND YOU ARE RIGHT. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE SEE IT. THIS IS A PURELY POLITICAL EXERCISE, NOT A LEGAL ONE. AND EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT. THEY KNOW INTUITIVELY IT'S WRONG AND THEY ARE OUTRAGED. I'M IN OHIO AND MICHIGAN TODAY, I WILL BE IN ILLINOIS TOMORROW. BY THE END OF THIS WEEK, I WILL HAVE BEEN IN 115 CITY AND 29 STATES. I'M TELLING YOU GUYS SOMETHING IS HAPPENING OUT THERE. PEOPLE SEE WHAT IS GOING ON. THEY SEE THAT THE DEMOCRATS ARE SO DESPERATE BECAUSE PRESIDENT TRUMP IS CRUSHING JOE BIDEN IN THE POLLS THEY SEE THE DEMOCRAT PARTY ON THE LEFT SO DESPERATE TO STOP HIM THAT THEY WILL RISK THE DESTRUCTION OF OUR ENTIRE LEGAL SYSTEM TO DO IT THAT IS NOT HYPERBOLE. WE BROKE RECORDS ON FUNDRAISING PLATFORMS WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO IT. SET UP A NEW WEBSITE GO TO SUPPORT DJT.COM. THAT'S HOW US AS MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ARE GOING TO STAND WITH WHIM AND DEFEND THIS AND MAKE SURE THE RIGHT VERDICT IS RENDERED NOVEMBER 5TH. THAT'S THE AMERICAN PEOPLE'S VERDICT. >> Lawrence: MR. SPEAKER, IF I COULD GET YOU TO PUT YOUR LEGAL HAT BACK ON, NOT AS SPEAKER, BUT HOW DOES THIS PLAY OUT? I MEAN YOU GOT THE FORMER PRESIDENT. IS HE GOING TO APPEAL THIS. DO YOU THINK THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN BEFORE THE ELECTION? MOST ANALYSTS SAY IT'S NOT. DO YOU THINK THAT THE SUPREME COURT HAS A DUTY TO STEP IN SINCE THIS WILL IMPACT, YOU KNOW, THE ELECTION? I KNOW WE WANT TO ACT LIKE HE IS JUST A NORMAL GUY. BUT HE IS THE LEADING PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, THE VOTERS SHOULD KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN HERE. WHAT DO YOU SEE PLAYING OUT IN THE LEGAL SYSTEM? >> WELL, THERE IS A LOT OF DEVELOPMENTS YET TO COME. BUT I DO THINK -- I DO BELIEVE THE SUPREME COURT SHOULD STEP, IN OBVIOUSLY. THIS IS TOTALLY UNPRECEDENTED. AND IT'S DANGEROUS TO OUR SYSTEM. WE HAVE ALL DISCUSSED THIS BEFORE AND YOU ALL TALK ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME. THIS IS DIMINISHING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE'S FAITH IN OUR SYSTEM OF JUSTICE ITSELF. AND TO MAINTAIN A REPUBLIC, YOU HAVE TO HAVE THAT. PEOPLE HAVE TO BELIEVE THAT JUSTICE IS FAIR, THAT THERE IS EQUAL JUSTICE UNDER LAW. THEY DON'T SEE THAT RIGHT NOW. AND I THINK THAT THE JUSTICES ON THE COURT, I KNOW MANY OF THEM PERSONALLY, I THINK THEY ARE DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT AS WE ARE. SO, I THINK THEY WILL SET THIS STRAIGHT, BUT, IT'S GOING TO TAKE A WHILE. YOU ARE RIGHT. THE PROCESS TAKES A WHILE TO PLAY OUT. THE DEMOCRATS KNOW THAT, OF COURSE. AND THEY ARE DRAGGING IT OUT. THAT WAS THE WHOLE OBJECTIVE. THEY WANT TO TRY TO BANKRUPT DONALD TRUMP. THEY WANT TO DIMINISH HIS CREDIBILITY. AND GO AFTER HIS CHARACTER. THEY WANTED TO KEEP HIM OFF THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL, WHICH THEY WERE SUCCESSFUL IN DOING FOR MANY WEEKS. NOW THEY WANT TO CALL HIM THE CONVICTED FELON. THIS WILL BE OVERTURNED, GUYS. THERE IS NO QUESTION ABOUT IT. IT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME TO DO IT. >> Brian: RIGHT. GO AHEAD. >> Ainsley: THANKS, BRIAN. IN THE MEANTIME THE SENTENCING DATE IS JULY 11TH AFTER THE FIRST DEBATE. THE TWO CANDIDATES WILL DEBATE. THEN THERE IS GOING TO BE THE SENTENCING DEBATE. HOW IS THAT GOING TO EFFECT THE RNC? WHAT IF THERE IS HOME CONFINEMENT. DOES THE CONVENTION STILL HAPPEN? DOES HE ZOOM IN ON THE SCREEN? HOW DOES HE CAMPAIGN IF HE GOES TO PRISON? WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? WILL HE BE IN PRISON WITH SECRET SERVICE ON ELECTION DAY? >> WE'RE IN UNCHARTERED WATERS, RIGHT? NO THERE IS NO PREDICTION AGAINST HIM BEING ELECTED PRESIDENT EVEN IF HE IS CONFINED SOMEWHERE. BUT I CERTAINLY HOPE THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN. YOU KNOW, THERE IS LOTS OF DISCUSSION. WE TALKED ABOUT IT ALL LAST NIGHT THERE WILL BE MORE DISCUSSION TODAY ABOUT HOW WE MIGHT ADJUST THINGS IN THE SCHEDULE AND ALL OF THAT I WILL TELL YOU WHAT WILL HAPPEN. I PREDICT THIS WILL INCREASE TURNOUT ON OUR SIDE. HE WILL WIN, DECISIVELY. HE WILL BECOME THE NEXT PRESIDENT. HE WAS ALREADY, AS I SAID, CRUSHING JOE BIDEN IN THE POLLS. I THINK AS THIS PLAYS OUT AND PEOPLE GET MORE AND MORE FRUSTRATED ABOUT IT, I THINK IT WILL HELP US AND THAT HUGE ENTHUSIASM GAP THAT ALREADY EXISTED BETWEEN THE TRUMP AND BIDEN CAMPAIGNS WILL BE EVEN WIDER. PEOPLE NOW SEE DONALD TRUMP AS A SYMBOL OF SOMETHING. IS HE MORE THAN JUST AN INDIVIDUAL. HE IS A SIN BOWL OF FIGHTING BACK AGAINST THIS GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION, THE DEEP STATE, THE BUREAUCRACY AND ALL THE REST. AND WE NEED HIS LEADERSHIP IN THE WHITE HOUSE NOW MORE THAN EVER. >> Brian: JUST SEEING FOR THE LAST FIVE OR SIX WEEKS. EVERYTHING STOPPED, EVERYONE WAS WATCHING BECAUSE THE NUMBER ONE STORY IN BIG AND SMALL TOWNS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. YOU WONDER THE OTHER THREE CASES, THE OTHER THREE INDICTMENTS, WILL THEY SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY? NO ONE CAN SAY FOR SURE. BUT, WE EXPECT DIDN'T THE SUPREME COURT TO RULE ON IMMUNITY. YOU HAVE SUCH A RICH LEGAL BACKGROUND. WHAT SHOULD WE ALL BE LOOKING FOR THERE? I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE HOPING FOR. WHAT ARE SOME OF THE RULINGS IT COULD HAVE? >> LOOK, I DO BELIEVE THAT THE COURT NEEDS TO ADDRESS THAT CLEARLY. WE HAVE TO SET A STANDARD HERE. THERE IS A REALLY IMPORTANT PRINCIPLE OF IMMUNITY FOR COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF. I MEAN, THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN PART OF OUR LEGAL TRADITION AND IT MAKES GOOD SENSE. YOU CAN'T HAVE SOMEBODY SITTING IN THE OVAL OFFICE WORRIED ABOUT SOME ROGUE PROSECUTOR SOMEWHERE, SOME SOROS FUNDED D.A. OR SOME LAWYER THAT'S GOING TO COME AFTER THEM FOR THEIR DECISIONS THAT PRINCIPLE NEEDS TO BE MADE CONCRETE AND NEEDS TO BE EXPANDED. I THINK THIS COURT WILL DO THE RIGHT THING. BECAUSE THEY SEE THE ABUSE OF THE SYSTEM RIGHT NOW. AND THAT'S THE GREATEST PERIL HERE OF ALL AT THE END OF THE DAY. THIS TRANSCENDS DONALD TRUMP. IT'S ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THE PEOPLE BELIEVE IN OUR INSTITUTIONS, OUR SYSTEM OF JUSTICE. THERE'S NOTHING LARGER THAN THAT IN OUR SYSTEM. >> Steve: RIGHT. AND WE WERE TALKING TO MARK PENN, THE VERY FAMOUS POLLSTER A LITTLE WHILE AGO, MR. SPEAKER, ABOUT HOW THIS IS GOING TO BAMMER RANG ON THE DEMOCRATS. BUT, NONETHELESS, EVEN THOUGH IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BOOMERANG AND COME BACK TO HAUNT THEM, YOU KNOW, EVERYDAY, EVERY MINUTE THEY CAN, THE CAMPAIGN IS GOING TO REFER TO HIM AS DONALD TRUMP CONVICTED FELON RIGHT UNTIL O-I RIGHT UP UNTIL, YOU KNOW, IT'S OVERTURNED ON APPEAL IF IT IS. >> YEAH. AND THEY WILL STILL SAY THAT AFTER THE APPEAL I'M SURE. THAT'S WHAT WAS THE WHOLE OBJECTIVE OF THIS THING. I'M TELLING YOU THAT THE PEOPLE SEE RIGHT THROUGH IT. I HAVE BEEN ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY, NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, WEST. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHETHER I'M IN A WHETHER YOU STATE OR A RED STATE. PEOPLE ARE DISGUSTED BY. THIS THEY SEE EXACTLY WHAT IS HAPPENING. OLD CHARGES, A TAINTED JUDGE. I MEAN, THINK OF IT. IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, THEY HAVE BEEN APOPLECTIC, THEY WANT JUSTICE ALITO TO BE RECUSED FROM FUTURE CASES AND PROCEEDINGS BECAUSE HIS WIFE FLEW A FLAG AT THEIR HOUSE. THIS JUDGE ON THIS CASE IN MANHATTAN WAS AN OPEN BIDEN SUPPORTER. AN OPEN, YOU KNOW, ACTIVIST. A POLITICAL ACTIVIST AND NO ONE CARED ABOUT THAT. THE DOUBLE STANDARD IS CLEAR. EVERYBODY SEES IT. >> Ainsley: I WAS WATCHING ALINA LAST NIGHT, ONE OF THE ATTORNEYS FOR DONALD TRUMP. SHE SAID WHEN THE JUDGE, WHEN THE VERDICT WAS READ, HE HAD TO PUT HIS HAND OVER HIS MOUTH. AND SHE SAID SHE SUSPECTS IT'S TO HIDE A SMILE. WHAT'S YOUR REACTION? >> I WOULDN'T DOUBT IT. LOOK, I TOLD YOU I WAS THERE ON THE GROUND. I SAW THAT BANANA REPUBLIC TRIAL GOING ON. THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT YOU EXPECT IN THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES NOT IN THE UNITED STATES. THAT SHOULD NEVER HAVE HAPPENED. THAT JUDGE SHOULD HAVE NEVER PRESIDED. >> Brian: ANDREW WEISSMAN WHO RAN THE MULLEN PROBE SAYS HE HAS A MAN CRUSH ON THE JUDGE. AND HE THINKS THAT HE ALSO RECOMMENDS THAT THE PRESIDENT GET PRISON BECAUSE OF HIS VIOLATIONS AND THE WAY HE TALKED ABOUT THE JUDGE. YOUR THOUGHTS? >> IT'S INCREDIBLE. THE GAG ORDER, ALL OF IT WAS -- IN MY REVIEW AN UNCONSTITUTIONAL RESTRICTION ON HIS FREE SPEECH. SET NOMINEE, THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE, ONE OF THE MAJOR POLITICAL PARTIES IN THE COUNTRY RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT. YOU CANNOT DO WHAT THEY DID. IT SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ALLOWED. NONE OF THIS SHOULD HAVE GONE FORWARD. THE PEOPLE SEE RIGHT THROUGH IT. >> Ainsley: CAN I ASK ONE MORE QUESTION? I HAVE HAD TWO ALREADY. >> Lawrence: GO AHEAD. >> Ainsley: I WANT TO KNOW FROM A FAITH PERSPECTIVE, SPEAKER JOHNSON, WHAT CAN YOU TELL OUR COUNTRY WHO IS DISAPPOINTED IN THIS RULING AND WORRIED ABOUT THE FUTURE? >> LOOK, I WAS WITH SOME BIG CROWDS HERE IN FOUR -- THREE DIFFERENT CITIES YESTERDAY IN OHIO. AND I TOLD THEM ALL THE SAME THING. KEEP THE FAITH. LOOK, I'M ABSOLUTELY CONVINCED REAGAN USED TO REMIND US WHY ARE THE LAST BEST HOPE OF MAN ON THE EARTH. HE WAS QUOTING LINCOLN IN THAT REGARD. WE HAVE THE BEST SYSTEM. AND EVEN THOUGH PEOPLE TRY TO CORRUPTED IT, IT IS WORTH PRESERVING. AND I GENUINELY BELIEVE. >> Steve: YOU ARE RIGHT. >> GOD IS GOING TO ALLOW US ANOTHER CHANCE. WE WILL BE ABLE TO FIX THIS. NOVEMBER 5TH CANNOT GET HER SOON ENOUGH. I'M BULL ISSUE WILL ON THAT ELECTION CYCLE. I THINK PEOPLE WILL RETURN US TO COMMON SENSE BY PUTTING US BACK INTO AUTHORITY. >> Brian: WE WILL FINALLY FIND OUT IF GOD IS A DEMOCRAT OR A REPUBLICAN. >> Ainsley: THAT'S SO WRONG. >> Steve: I HEARD INDEPENDENT. >> I DON'T THINK HE CARES ABOUT THE PARTY BUT HE DOES CARE ABOUT
