Threatening federal prosecutors. Today, the judge in that case could decide exactly how much he can talk about it. It comes as federal prosecutors are now pushing for a trial right after new years day. Cue up u2. Well have much more on trumps legal issues ahead. Good morning. Welcome to morning joe. It is i mean, come on, man, its august. Its august. This is moving. This year is moving too fast. Its midaugust. You know, you get old like me, and it just flies, right . Its august 11th. With us, we have the host of way too early, White House Bureau chief at politico, Jonathan Lemire. Host of politics nations, wearing tan today, the reverend al sharpton. Looks good. Come on, man. President obama wore tan, and look what happened. It was a big news story. With me, its just another day. Can you believe that . That was a big news story. The president of the United States wearing tan in the white house. We have a the same people that were upset by that are now, like, hey, its really cool. We su
Cspan as a Public Service along with these other television cspan products, apparel, books, home decor, and accessories. There is something for every cspan fan. Every purchase helps support our nonprofit organization. Shop at cspanshop. Org. Host university of houston Political Science professor Brandon Rottinghaus joins us. His research over the years has been on political scandals, and the question he keeps referring to over time, do scandala still matter when it comes to a politicians career and the minds of voters . In american politics in 2023 do , scandals still matter . Guest it is a good question, and i think pertinent because we often use scandals as a way to be able to treat accountability and be able to frame a political system that sometimes voters do not get a chance to say directly and definitively how the process should go. So having a scandal in some ways is quite good because it exposes these kinds of problems and does often make leadership in government change things
Host good morning. Donald trump and 18 codefendants and over his loss in the state. Latest indictment includes 13 of which were lodged against the former president. This morning, we are getting your reaction on the phone lines, as usual. Republicans can call in at 202 7488001. Democrats can call in at 202 7488000. Independent colors can callers at 202 7488002. Good morning to you. The first page, the headline as trump and 18 allies indicted in georgia. And charged with conspiring to overturn the 2020 election. The District Attorney announcing that indictment late last night. Today, based on information developed by that investigation, the Fulton County grand jury is charging 19 individuals with violations of georgia law arising from a sole conspiracy to overturn the results of the 2020 president ial election. The indictment includes 41 felony counts and is 90 seven pages long. Everyone charged is presumed innocent. This brings charges against donald j. Trump, rudolph William Lewis giul
Dead. Well have the latest in just a minute. The biggest oneday strike to hit los angeles in a generation is under way right now. Everyone from mechanics to Traffic Officers are walking off the job. The latest in the series of union labor actions that disrupted the city in recent months. Well explain what it is all about and whats next coming up. We start, though, with former President Donald Trump and federal prosecutors locking horns over what will be one of the central themes of his upcoming federal trial. The right to free speech. Right now the legal teams from both sides are under orders to agree on a hearing date to hash out the scope of a protective order which would set ground rules for what Evidence Trump can and cant disclose. Last night, his Team Rejected the governments original proposal to restrict everything it hands over, arguing that would violate trumps First Amendment rights. Instead, trumps attorneys proposed more narrow limits for only genuinely sensitive materials.
Oliveira, do not enter a plea he needs to still lock in some legal representation, with both trump and his valid walt nauta pleaded not guilty to their scheme to delete Security Footage that of maralago. A wall that classified documents case continues to move forward, so too does jack smiths other case, the one in washington d. C. Todays Special Counsel prosecutors revealed when exactly they hope the court will schedule that court. Jack smiths team told the court they want to begin the 2020 election case against trump on january 2nd. Prosecutors argued in the filing that starting the trial on a second day of the new year before any of the nominating contests would vindicate the publics strong interest in a speedy trial. Now we do not know whether the court will agree to that date and trumps legal team will almost certainly push back, but if the government heeds accords governments wishes here then wow, donald trump has a very busy dance card in the month of january. Take a look at this