our country is going to hell, and they come after donald trump. in all of my years of public life, i have never obstructed justice and i think too that i can say that in my years of public life, that i welcome this kind of examination. they re trying to destroy our reputation so they can win an election. that s just as bad as doing any of the other things that have been done over the last number of years and especially during the 2020 election. people have got to know whether or not their president is a crook, well, i m not a crook. i ve earned everything i ve got. so i just want to tell you i m an innocent man. i did nothing wrong. donald trump and richard nixon each proclaiming innocence 50 years apart. nixon was never federally indicted. donald trump was just indicted on seven charges. we ll go through what we know about the federal charges and what happens next in the case. plus, we ll explain why this indictment from a florida grand jury is significant when it
Con 2ke78ing this indictment. yes, they re allies but seen by many to be a nod towards the far right. senior politics reporter for axios eugene scott, thanks for joining us. have a good weekend. it is going to be an important and newsworthy moment, the first time ever a former president has been indicted on a federal charge and, of course, for donald j. trump also indicted on a state charge. legal peril mounting as 2024 years. thank you so much for getting up way too early with us on this friday morning. morning joe starts right now. i want to say this to the audience, i made my mistakes but in all of my years of public life, i have never profited, never profited from public service. i ve earned every cent. this is warfare for the law and we can t let it happen. we can t let it happen.