newspaper clippings and documents with him after leaving the white house, something his aides apparently refer to as his beautiful mind boxes, this as trump s defense comes under scrutiny even by some conservatives like carl rogue who say trump invited this indictment. plus, there s even more legal trouble for the former president as writer e. jean carroll s second defamation case gets a court date. we ll run through it all straight ahead. good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, june 16th. we are all glad it is friday. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. so one week after the latest indictment of donald trump, there s new reporting that pokes holes in one of the former president s defenses. despite claiming earlier in the week that he, quote hadn t had a chance to go through all the boxes that he took with him to mar-a-lago, former white house aides are telling the new york times that trump was unusually attached to those boxes
Other at this point. the dnc would just prefer this problem to go away, and also part of the problem is that new hampshire has a state law with a republican governor that requires the new hampshire primary to go first, so democrats, you know, it s in their self-interest, but they re basically throwing their hands up and says there s a state law and a republican governor not going to change it. you also have the same problem in iowa with their own republican governor who just signed a law two weeks ago that is now requiring an in-person caucus on the exact same day as the republican caucus. so let s talk 2024. you mentioned robert f. kennedy jr. we re not going to spend much time on him right now but noteworthary in a couple of polls showing about 15, 20%, which maybe analysts thing is a representation of democrats looking for other options. they have some concerns about president biden. how would you the national parties you speak to, how do they feel about the place he s in right
If iowa or new hampshire go rogue, president biden, the man who is almost certain to win the democratic nomination, may be forced to keep his name off those ballots for noncompliance. and that means that longshot candidates like anti-vaxxer robert kennedy jr. or spiritual advisor maryanne williamson, either of them could win the first two nominating contests for the year merchandise the dnc has warned it will strip those states of the national convention delegates, meaning their primaries would ultimately not count. tomorrow in indianapolis the rules and bylaws committee plans to review and finalize the plan. way too early with jonathan lemire is coming up next. this morning brand new reporting on donald trump s obsession with keeping troves of
Hampshire pretty unhappy with the president s plan to have that first primary in south carolina. the state senators have made their displeasure known, but iowa sort of caught me by surprise seeing this report because there hadn t been much talk about iowa. so where do things stand? and are there any talks that could change this? well, there are really no talks that could probably change the current trajectory unless there s significant shift. quietly they ve basically said we re probably going to hold our caucuses the same day. now, you said they re going to review the same day as the republicans, which would be before new hampshire. now, you mention the dnc is set to review the plan today. i can tell you pretty confidently they are not going to approve the current plan because the current plan has them ahead of south carolina. so essentially iowa has submitted a plan that they know will almost certainly not be approved. so what that does it kicks the can down the road, they re going
Until the first primary votes are cast in the 2024 election cycle, axios is reporting that already president joe biden is in jeopardy of losing two of them, but it s not perhaps what you think. biden has been pushing for democrats to post the first primary in south carolina. that state, of course, helped him secure the democratic nomination back in 2020. but the proposal has rankled establishment democrats in new hampshire and iowa now. those two states, of course, were the first primary votes of the season are usually cast. according to axios iowa and new hampshire could just hold a primary vote and leave biden off the ballot allowing another long shot candidate to win the primaries there. the dnc s rules and bylaws committee is slated to review iowa s primary plan today. joining us now the author of that report, national political correspondent for axios, alex thompson. alex, great to see you. we ve known for a while now new