let s take a look at the week s top stories. as you know, i can t talk about particulars of this or any other ongoing criminal manner. as i said when i appointed mr. smith i did so because it underscored the justice department s commitment to an oath independents and accountability. mr. smith is a veteran career prosecutor. he has assembled a group i ve experienced and talented prosecutors. and agents, whose share his commitment to integrity and the rule of law. any questions about this matter will have to be answered by their filings in the court. attorney general, merrick garland, with some breathe where it s for the first time since donald trump s federal indictment. is it just may or willie are we starting to see again. not a complete breaking of ice. but a more thawing of ice? this is horrible. it s bad, but i m gonna pardon him. day three, too early to talk about pardons. because you know the news came out. i m sure mike pence saw the new jersey nightmare. the p
indictment. no one has made that allegation. at the end of the day, you have to weigh the damage of the indictment versus the damage of the allegations. it s just not even a fair way. senator marco rubio s evolution on donald trump s access to and handling of classified documents. yeah, i agree, it s not even a close call. you weigh whether you believe as the 11th circuit said that the foundational principle of this country, that no man is above the law, and you balance that against whatever marco was saying we should balance it against. and, you know, willie, i just you will notice you will notice of all of the noise out there, of all of the ground noise, nobody is saying he s innocent. nobody is saying he did not commit the crimes that will put him in jail for over a hundred years, if convicted on all things. i can t think of one person who has said this man did not do it. so what they say is what about hillary? i mean but they had a long time to do that.
criminally indicted more times than he was ever elected. he has pled not guilty. it was a weighty mood in that courtroom. you could feel that this was a historic day just walking in. mr. trump sat stonefaced, arms tightly folded across his chest. everything we witnessed today was self-inflicted by donald trump. that was just some of msnbc s coverage of the historic federal indictment of former president donald trump. we ll take you through yesterday s arraignment and what comes next in the case. and hours after his court appearance trump was back at his golf club in new jersey taking his typical approach to any accusations against him, portraying himself as the pure victim. and on capitol hill some republicans dodged questions about trump while others continue to support him. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, june 14th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. a stonefaced former president donald trump pleaded not gui
standard for democrats like hillary clinton and joe biden, and another standard for republicans like donald trump. we re seeing that again. we re seeing that with biden bribery recordings. i mean the country should never stand for that. i think that we should all wake up, we have to be a lot about that. having said that, if the claims in the indictment are true, if they are true, and trump was incredibly reckless with our national security. and that is it okay. so now, you have the question of a pardon, i mean, that s a very different question. i m not presuming president trump s guilt, i think we all need to let this trial play out. we need to see exactly what happened. what you know, when you look at a pardon, the issue is less about guilt, and more about what is good for the country. and i think it would be terrible for the country to have a former president in prison for years because of the documents case. that is something you see in the third world country. i would be inclined i
comment but then added she d also consider a pardon. what s happening is unfortunate. i think the justice department has handled this whole thing terribly. i mean you can t have one standard for democrats like hillary clinton and joe biden and then another standard for republicans like donald trump. and we re seeing that again, and we re seeing that again with the biden bribery recordings that have come to light. i mean the country should never stand for that, and i think we should all speak up and we have to be loud about that. having said that, if the claims in the indictment are true, if they re true, then trump was incredibly reckless with our national security, and that s not okay. so now if you ve got the question of a pardon, i mean that s a very different question. i m not going to presume president trump s guilt. i think we all need to let this trial play out. we need to see, you know, exactly what happened, but when you look at a pardon, the issue is less about guilt and mo