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
unsecured fashion, and happens to have a dinner party where a couple of foreign nationals are present. it goes on from there. she transports those materials. she doesn t put them in a classified pouch, takes them back to her office. it s not clear that she has any bad will here. it s not clear that any of those documents leaked. this is a relatively low level person, and she is prosecuted in the district of hawaii, and ends up being sentenced to three months in prison last year. that sentence may not sound particularly impressive. what is impressive is the certainty, the swiftness of punishment in that case. doj takes these matters very seriously. top secret information is information that if it s released to unfortunate hands would do serious damage, grave damage to national security. that s what s driving this whole case. yeah, i mean, there s a political circuit obviously around this from trump republicans and trump supporters. were there anybody else this would be an open and shu
question when you look at both the policies that are being made in washington as well as the electoral system itself, so much of it is driven by big special interest dollars, and when you look at that corrosive influence, and how it impacts the decisions that are being made, the kinds of people who are getting elected into office with their support, you can see the clear connection with the impact on people s lives, and how more and more the voices of everyday people all across the country, in my district of hawaii, voices get drowned out and they get frustrated and disengaged and end up with the situation we re in today, where very few people are turning out to vote. very few people are saying, hey, i want to run for office because they see it as an insurmountable challenge, and it no longer is this government of by and for the people our
question when you look at both the policies that are being made in washington as well as the electoral system itself, so much of it is driven by big special interest dollars, and when you look at that corrosive influence, and how it impacts the decisions that are being made, the kinds of people who are getting elected into office with their support, you can see the clear connection with the impact on people s lives, and how more and more the voices of everyday people all across the country, in my district of hawaii, voices get drowned out and they get frustrated and disengaged and end up with the situation we re in today, where very few people are turning out to vote. very few people are saying, hey, i want to run for office because they see it as an insurmountable challenge, and it no longer is this government of by and for the people our