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Trump lashes out at Justice Department

In the days after former President Donald Trump's third criminal indictment, related to his attempts to stay in power following the 2020 election, he continued campaigning and railing against special counsel Jack Smith. Meanwhile, a new CBS News poll finds more than half of Americans believe Trump tried to stay in office through illegal and unconstitutional means. CBS News chief election and campaign correspondent Robert Costa reports from Washington.

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Face The Nation: Lauro, Phillips, Krebs

Missed the second half of the show? John Lauro, an attorney for former President Donald Trump, says former Vice President Mike Pence will "eviscerate any allegation of criminal intent on the part of Trump." And Democratic Rep. Dean Phillips of Minnesota says he hasn't decided whether to challenge President Biden for the 2024 Democratic presidential nomination. Finally, Chris Krebs says there were "any number of state election officials who had every incentive in the world to prove that something happened to deliver an outcome to President Trump, but that never happened."

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Chris Christie on making the case against Trump

After years in the political wilderness, 60-year-old Chris Christie is seeking a comeback, with his sights set on the White House. In advance of the first Republican primary debate in Milwaukee later this month, CBS News election and campaign correspondent Robert Costa talks with the former New Jersey governor about throwing punches directly at his friend-turned-foe, Donald Trump, and about why Christie believes he is the only one who is willing to take on the former president with force.

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Historian on Trump indictment and holding leaders accountable

Princeton University professor Julian Zelizer, editor of "The Presidency of Donald J. Trump: A First Historical Assessment," discusses the latest criminal indictment against the former president as a result of special counsel Jack Smith's investigation into the January 6 insurrection. Zelizer explains that, in bringing Trump to trial, the Department of Justice has boldly declared – regardless of the political fallout – it will hold our leaders accountable if they violate sacrosanct democratic principles.

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