our calendars. yes ought to use a pencil, not a pen. it s monday, august 14th, it s a little less than two months from right now, and that is the day that judge aileen cannon has set for the trial of donald j. trump in the case having to do with classified documents, the legally and dangerously illegally and dangerously kept by him at a mar-a-lago. relatively speaking, that s soon, perhaps surprising given judge cannon s history of rulings considering to be favor to believe the disgraced ex-president who apointed her. but things get murky. the date august 14th is subject to delay, maybe delay after delay. in addition to what one would normally expect, illegal tactics, on one side to drag things out, there is another complicating factor, and that is complexities having to do with the classified material itself and something called the classified information procedures act. as we said, we re using pencils at this point, not pens. our experts will explain all of it in greater
good evening from new york. i m in for chris hayes. we are still waiting for the january 6th committee s report on donald trump s attempted coup. but today, ahead of the final product, the committee has released a brand-new batch of transcripts from its closed-door interviews. those transcripts providing new insight into the inner workings of the trump administration, both in the days leading up to january 6th and as trump s inner circle scrambled to respond to the committee, the committee s investigation. in fact, among the new transcripts is an interview the committee conducted with the former trump secretary of defense, this man, mark esper, who answered questions surrounding the ex president s desire to use the military to quell domestic disputes. in an interview with former deputy press secretary sarah matthews, who said she heard trump seemed to privately admit that he lost the 2020 election. quote, alyssa fara, the former communication director said to me that behind
as it stands right now, 845 pages of damning evidence, painstakingly collected by the january 6th committee contain therein what amounts to a charging document aimed squarely at donald trump. the results of more than 1,000 witness interviews and hundreds of thousands of text messages, emails and documents hearings and reported combined to provide an incomplete look at what the committee uncovered the newly released final report contains a trove of important new information. so much, in fact that it could take us weeks to fully appreciate what the committee compiled some of the most startling revelations, startling witness accounts about the twice-impeached disgraced ex-president s state of mind in the leadup and during the attack on the capitol for instance, there s new evidence that indicates trump approved the violence excuse me i ve come back with a cough as it was happening one of his aides, robert gabriel texted during the siege, potus i m sure is loving this. reme
morning joe starts now. historic winter storm in western new york statement storm system is blamed for dozens of deaths across the country. it made holiday travel almost impossible on the roads or through the skies with thousands of passengers stuck at airports searching for new flights. meanwhile, the republican governor uses the christmas holiday to play hole papolitics migrants with no warning for groups. and we will take a look at the latest testimony released by the january 6 committee. including a conversation the former president had with one of his closest advisers in the days after the attack on the capitol. also ahead, we dig into the latest action by the democratic controlled house and how the white house is preparing for a divided congress good morning welcome to morning joe. it s monday, december 26th i m jonathan lemire. also with us at the table is affairs analyst and executive editor of recount and host of the podcast. like gene wilder in blazing
mystery during the recent uptick in activity from the justice department is what happened to mark meadows? now we know the answer. the answer is that he has responded. he s complied with a subpoena from the justice department as part of the january 6th investigation. now, this makes him the highest ranking trump official to comply with a subpoena as part of this criminal investigation, and, you know, in addition to him, we also know that ben williamson, one of his aides, a very top aide of mark meadows has also been subpoenaed as part of this big push we recently reported more than 30 subpoenas that went out to people in the trump orbit. with mark meadows, we know he s provided, you know, all of the materials he had given to the january 6th, the house committee that is investigating january 6th. that s thousands of emails and text messages from the period that, you know, covers everything from before the election to up to obviously january 20th. so that s an important window