this morning. welcome back to the fourth hour of morning joe. it s 9:00 a.m. in theeast, 6:00 a.m. out west. elise jordan and jonathan lemire still with us. we have a lot to get to this hour, including more on that critical inflation report just released that shows consumer prices rose less than expected last month. yay, inflation only at 8.5%. wait a second that s sti a lot. it is lower tha expected. fuel prices droppg as quickly as they have probably helped. also we have the latest development on the justice department s investigation of donald trump, this as the 45th president will be questioned under oath today in the new york attorney general s civil investigation into his real estate dealings. release the warrant, mr. president. if you care about transparency, release the warrant. you have it. let us see it. stop playing your followers as dupes. you know, doj needs to be as transparent as they can be while being fair to this possible criminal. we don t know yet,
presidential pardon in connecti to the events of january 6th. why d he want a presidential pard? this is interesting and relevant to the committee. then there s mo brooks, who centlyad a public falling out with dond trum after the former president unendoed his campaign for the u.s senate. since then he s made some public statements. he has dhed aut private conversations with trump where he says trump tald about rescinding the election and taking down joe biden. there s been talk of this conspiracy theory of trump getting reinstated. brooks said he told trump the election is finaand scant be can t be reversed . ronnie jackson was named in encrypted messages by stuart rhodes the leader of the far right oath keepers which has been chargedith seditious