concealing the documents. trump team will say we don t know what they are going to say, but they clearly are making the case about a two-tiered system of justice. i think it s fascinating to watch the gop candidates. remember, this is happening in miami. obviously the governor of florida is running against desantis, his comments have been to suggest there are two tiers of justice and the biden administration is slow and the hillary clinton investigation went nowhere, despite destroying 33,000 emails and destroying cell phones and the like. and talking about that is something that i think each of these candidates has hung on to. but there has been a bit of an evolution and some of them, like nikki haley, like former vice president pence who obviously worked for former president trump in that white house have said those things, the two tier system, that talking point but then said but these charges as written are serious. then you have others like asa hutchinson, former gover
end of his presidency. john: the case is likely to up end the 2024 residential race where trump remains the gop front-runner and says he is the victim of a political hit job by the biden justice department. sandra: fox team coverage begins now. bret baier and martha maccallum moments away with analysis, but jonathan serrie is live on the ground at the federal courthouse. what is the scene right now? more people are gathering and you can feel the anticipation of the former president about to arrive at the courthouse and we have learned more about the booking procedures. he will be digitally fingerprinted, no ink involved, and instead of taking a new photo of him, they are going to upload an existing photo, but they are still not going to release the existing photo to the media, and at no time will he be placed in any handcuffs. a more streamlined process for this former president of the united states. he tells radio host howie carr he plans to enter a not guilty plea, an
with us on this thursday morning. morning joe starts right now. as you know, i can t talk about the particulars of this or any other ongoing criminal matter. as i said when i pointed mr. smith, i did so because it underscores the justice department s commitment to both independence and accountability. mr. smith is a veteran career prosecutor. he has assembled a group of experienced and talented prosecutors and agents who share his commitment to integrity and the rule of law. any questions about this matter will have to be answered by their filings in court. attorney general merrick gar garland with brief words for the first time since donald trump s federal indictment. is it just me or, willie, are we starting to see again not a complete breaking of ice but sort of more thawing of ice, mike pence day one, this is horrible. day two, it s bad, but i m going to pardon him. day three, too early to talk about pardons. because you know, the news came out and i m sure mike p
an extra from the stores, the judge exiting the gag order for doldrums attorneys, and one dentist talk about court staff as firing of former president to set a stain on monday. plus israel rejecting the u.s. calls for humanitarian pause in gaza, then taking responsibility for a deadly strike outside the largest hospital there. and cnn goes one-on-one with indicted congressman george santos, his response after surviving a second attempt to expel him from congress. i am caitlin collins, and this is the source. tonight there is high drama in a new york courtroom. just before donald trump is set to take the stand on monday. the former president parent to testify before the judge, who was already finding him liable for fraud in the civil front trial that is threatening his entire empire and really has whole identity. trump is quote fired up ahead of that testimony, that is according to his son eric trump , who i should note also just wrapped up his own testimony after his brot
joins us as well. and jackie, this one actually tells you everything you need to know about former president donald trump. the jig is just never up. it s never up. really, really, he should have listened to kenny rogers. you got to know when to hold them. know when to walk away, know when to run. right. jackie, in your report i m going to start singing. in the washington post it reveals one of former president trump s new attorneys proposed last fall that trump s team could try to negotiate a settlement with the justice department in the classified documents report, but the paper reports trump was having none of it. attorney christopher kies reportedly wanted to quietly approach doj. but the former president was not interested in listening to the