The seat of American Democracy. Its described in the indictment, it was fueled by lies. This hour, the charges, the coconspirators and trumps arraignment tomorrow. Plus, his defense as he compares his prosecution to nazi germany. And later, the reaction of his former Vice President , including copious notes mike pence turned over to the Special Counsel. Thats all ahead here on ana cabrera reports. Good morning, it is 10 00 eastern. Im Ana Cabrera Reporting from new york. And today the seat of our government prepares for the arraignment of the 45th president of the United States. Donald trump called to appear at a District Courthouse tomorrow in washington to face four federal counts, including three conspiracies to defraud this country and subvert americans right to vote. Special counsel jack smiths 45page indictment details repeated and exhaustive efforts by trump to stay in power, a Pressure Campaign that involved attorneys and Campaign Operatives and lists six coconspirators that pr
the indictment is sealed, but just last hour nbc confirmed from two sources familiar with the matter that they are about 30 counts of document-related fraud charges in that indictment trump s attorney says he s expected to be arraigned on tuesday, and one of trump s lawyers told nbc s today show earlier today that trump will voluntarily surrender to authority. he s not going to hole up in mar-a-lago he ll face this, and we ll face it, and we ll be successful i m sure president trump will not take a plea deal in this case it s not going to happen there s no crime with us now to talk more about all of this, nbc news correspondent garrett haake, our chief investigative reporter for wnbc and our nbc news chief justice contributor, and maya wiley, a former u.s. attorney and now president of the leadership conference on civil and human rights jonathan, you actually broke the news for us about 30 counts in this trump indictment. what do you know well, we know it relates to d
Right now. Its not an order, the president s opinion. Are President Trumps tweets considered official white house statements . The president is the president of the United States, theyre considered official statements by the president of the United States. Wow. Good morning. And welcome to morning joe. Im confused. So confused. What is that line from the office . Universe, you win. Its thursday, august 2nd. And what a way to start the day. What a way. So, is it the official policy of the president or not . I think the most telling thing of the whole story is how much his lawyers freaked out immediately and started calling around immediately. He was just venting. Just like a baseball game. When hes actually doing what talking about what would start a constitutional crisis. Or Obstruction Of Justice. As brian clause pointed out yesterday is exactly what he did in turkey back 2013, 2014. Talk about fake news. You talk about deep state conspiracies. You fire prosecutors and you have a were