legal experts suggesting this trial might even be the one that comes first because it is the most important. indeed, indeed. we will have to see. of course, we ll all be watching what happens this afternoon in washington, d.c. michael, we appreciate it. thank you. have a good day. a private white house lunch and a pledge to do whatever it takes. the concerns former president obama is sharing with current president biden about donald trump s political strength as we head into 2024. then coming up on morning joe, we will have live reporting from outside the courthouse in washington where, just hours from now, donald trump will be arraigned on 2020 election charges. plus, a potential conflict of interest? why the special counsel is raising concers about a
to have our raincoats and brollies to hand. so let s take a look at some of the front pages. the financial times, trump team seeks for trial before election is a headline. the guardian, trump court date set, us set on course for election crutch. and york first president rabbi says 1190. finally on the times, drum heads back to washington to deny election charges. that s all tonight. mark s here tomorrow. before we go, you may have noticed we ve had the newsnight whatsapp number up on screen. we love to hear from you and will read out some of your thoughts on what you ve seen. tonight some comments on that trump legal case. luan o carroll from north london told us, trump s voter base support his actions, perhaps a conviction would result in a sort of public jury nullification. and helen clarkson fieldsend from suffolk wrote to say she thinks we may have missed the main focus
mentioned giuliani and others they have a right to be concerned. but they shouldn t be surprised here. right? i think all of us know that there was a series of court rulings, about 60 different federal courts in the winter of 2020, that found that all of these election charges didn t have any real legal merit. and bill barr himself, then he was sitting in the seat as united states attorney general. he said very publicly to the associated press and to others that there wasn t enough fraud in the 2020 election to change the outcome of that election. so it shouldn t be really a surprise to any one of these lawyers. my hope that is what we are seeing from jack smith and his prosecutors, despite some of the rhetoric, right? they have in many cases trump
if it walks like a duck and? like a duck, it is a duck. it may not be a positive let s move to trump. he may sue cnn unless the network apologizes for defaming him over his election charges. if he files it, is it likely to go anywhere? asking that they retract statements like the big lie. i read the document. a lot of it as exhibit. they are trying to draw this distinction between how cnn characterizes president trump versus other people that make claims of election malfeasance. stacy abrams, for example. we have seen him threaten lawsuits before. nancy pelosi, adam schiff, people that work on his team.
by saying i won in 2016. i won in 2020. there go the stolen election charges. real quickly, bret. it s kind of amazing but donald trump is getting much more coverage than the incumbent president. hearings, investigations when he is going to declare. introducing the biden clip saying trump lacked couraged on january 6th to-to-a side bar. negative coverage helped him it riles up his base is bret brett another clip from the trump back and forth today. absolutely essential at a time when so many americans are hurting, so many families are struggling. that we don t give way to the temptation to look back time has come to offer a bold agenda to bring america back. america s story is far from