and i m abby phillip here in washington. our special coverage of the federal indictment of donald trump continues. this case, the united states of america versus donald j. trump, along with walt nauta, hs bead man. a former president of the united states a defendant in a federal case. if convicted, he could go to prison. the indictment s 49 pages accuse him of breaking seven federal laws, including willful retention of national defense information, withholding or concealing documents in a federal investigation, false statements, and conspiracy to ob instruct justice. he is facing 37 separate charges including one for each classified document that he s accused of keeping illegally. documents allegedly stashed in a bathroom, a shower, a ballroom, bedroom. the former president allegedly showing some of them to people and also trying to conceal them from investigators. i want to begin with cnn s senior legal affairs correspondent, paula reid, who s been tracking all of th
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
voting to subpoena the former president in his role in the capitol insurrection. he must be accountable. he is required to answer for his actions, is required to answer to those police officers who put their lives and bodies on the line to defend our democracy. he is required to answer to those millions of americans whose votes he wanted to go throw out as part of his scheme to remain in power. so it is our obligation to seek donald trump s testimony. and then they voted unanimously to do just that. let s bring in margaret taylor, tim bellmont, and john miller. great to see you guys. margaret, that was quite a finale, where the each unanimously and buy voice voted that they are going to subpoena donald trump. for sure, it was a historic moment. it paves the way for the potential of that committee to make criminal referrals all the way up to the former president. liz cheney didn t say that s what they re gonna do but they certainly suggest that they were gonna make ce
. cnn has this exclusive never before seen footage that shows how congressional leadership was scrambling to save the capitol as rioters were running wild, here s moment speaker of the house nancy pelosi was talking to then acting attorney general jeffery rosen about the risk to human life. concern we have about personal. safety. personal safety is just transcend everything but the fact is on any given day, theory break the will you in many different ways. . i mean, that s a part we think about how this will have lasting consequences that was kind of the meat of the matter for so many people watching it real time the idea of what s the doj going to do about this this question lingered. i appreciate it in terms of being able to see the true feelings in that moment, not that i agree with violence but the idea here when you heard speaker pelosi in this never before seen footage, you see her talking about in this raw state of emotions what that he planned to do if the
And a president ial nominee stuns morning shows by saying what is aleppo. Welcome to the lead, im jake tapper. Last night felt like a debate donald trump and Hillary Clinton went one after another. The dualing narratives were enlightning. Some Foreign Policy experts would say how detached from the facts on the ground they were. Sarah murray is in cleveland. It is hard to argue that anyone had a particularly good night last night, so Hillary Clinton this first thing going on the offensive. It seems that trump was set on making sure clinton did not get the last word. Youre right, donald trump was in in cleveland at a Charter School he could not help rehash some of the topics that came up last night. He went into a lengthy defense saying that he was an early opposer of going into war in iraq excite the evidence to the contrary and he went after Hillary Clinton One More Time on her emails. Last night was yet another test, and donald trump failed yet again. Hillary clinton and donald trump