Democratic leader to say Donald Trump is a threat. Did he lose the 2020 election . Tim im focused on the future. That is a damning non answer. You have a really good choice of who will honor that democracy and who will honor Donald Trump. Vances refusal to admit that trump lost. You would have seen him try to put a gloss of respectability as trump appears increasingly unhinged. That strategy to normalize the weird and Extreme Trump vance platform. That strategy fell apart. There was a lot of bad Data Points there. Today it feels like the News Gods watched last Months Debate and saw Jd Vances appalling answer and decided to highlight the whole issue. They unsealed a partially redacted filing from Special Council Jack Smith. Why he believes it is very much prosecutable. Smith lays out another new narrative of the case and that all 165 pages of that is what reporters and legal analysts have been pouring over all day today. Stuff like conversations with Touch And Vice president Mike Pence
Lose the election. I would just ask that. Did he lose the 2020 election . Tim, im focused on the future. That is a damning nonanswer. America, i think youve got a really clear choice of whos going Toar Honor that democracy and who is going to honor Donald Trump. That was the harris campaigns first ad after last Nights Debate highlighting j. D. Vances absurd claim that Donald Trump peacefully transferred power after the 2020 election and vances refusal to admit that trump lost. Now, if you watched the dewait Last Night, you would have seen Senator Vance try to put a gloss of respectability on the president ial campaign as trump himself appears increasingly unhinged. But that strategy to normalize the very weird and very extreme trumpvance platform, that Strategy Sort of fell apart when vance was asked about huz Running Mates failed attempt to cling to power after the 2020 election. Now, admittedly, it is hard to defend Donald Trumpsis actionsn the post2020 election period. There were a
Smith. Well dig into that blockbuster new document and what prosecutors are saying about trumps efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Plus well bring you the latest from the Middle East as israel continues to launch Air Strikes targeted at Hezbollah Facilities in lebanon. And also ahead president Joe Biden visited the carolinas to survey the Storm Damage left in the wake of Hurricane Helene. Well take a look at the ongoing Recovery And Cleanup efforts. Good Morning And Welcome to Way Too Early on this thursday, october 3rd. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. And we have a lot to get to this morning, and well begin with the new filing from special Counsel Jack Smith that lays out the case for why former president Donald Trump should still be held accountable for his actions on January 6th despite the Supreme Courts ruling on immunity. Nbc News Justice and Intelligence Correspondent Ken Dilanian has all the details. Reporter special Counsel Jack Smith fighting to
Your show. I was. Have a good night. Thank you. We re just 24 hours out from the vice presidential campaign. And already the harriswalz campaign has picked the most important part of that debate. It s really rich for democratic leaders to say donald trump is a unique part of democracy when he overturned peaceful power. Who won the election? i would rather focus on the future. You have a real clear choice of who s going to honor democracy and who s going to honor donald trump. That was an absurd statement that donald trump peacefully turned over power. If you watched the debate you would have seen j. D. Vance trying to put a normalcy. It is hard to defend donald trump s action. There s a lot of bad data points there. Tonight today it sort of feels like the news gods watched last night s debate and saw j. D. Vance appalling answer and decided to highlight the whole issue. Because today a federal judge in washington, d. C. Unsealed a partially redacted a statement from jack smith in which
And if you re not, i m going to be very disappointed in you. I ll tell you right now. A new filing from special counsel jack smith reveals bomb shell never before seen evidence about donald trump and the election interference case. Also tonight, the damming nonanswer when jd vance refused to say that trump lost that 2020 election he tried to steal. Plus, while vance was acting normal at the debate, trump was spiraling out of control, with increasingly confused, nonsensical, meandering remarks. But we begin tonight with the 2020 election. And special counsel jack smith s newest legal filing that lays out in clear terms how candidate trump in his personal capacity lost that 2020 presidential election and resorted to crimes to try to stay in office any way. This brand new filing came after leonard leo s six blessed donald trump with broad immunity as a former president for official acts taken while in office. With this document, the special counsel is trying to convince u. S. District jud