newspaper clippings and documents with him after leaving the white house, something his aides apparently refer to as his beautiful mind boxes, this as trump s defense comes under scrutiny even by some conservatives like carl rogue who say trump invited this indictment. plus, there s even more legal trouble for the former president as writer e. jean carroll s second defamation case gets a court date. we ll run through it all straight ahead. good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, june 16th. we are all glad it is friday. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. so one week after the latest indictment of donald trump, there s new reporting that pokes holes in one of the former president s defenses. despite claiming earlier in the week that he, quote hadn t had a chance to go through all the boxes that he took with him to mar-a-lago, former white house aides are telling the new york times that trump was unusually attached to those boxes
donald trump not to be charged. that s former federal prosecutor andrew weissman with analysis on the meeting yesterday between donald trump s attorneys and the department of justice concerning the classified documents case. we ll go through all the new developments straight ahead. plus, one down, one more to go. mike pence is officially in the race for the 2024 republican presidential nomination with new jersey governor chris christie expected today join the field later tonight. and an update from ukraine i it appears the long awaited counter offensive may be underway. good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, june 6th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day us. we ve got a lot of news to get to this morning. there s a potential new key development in the investigation into former president donald trump taking classified documents with him to mar-a-lago after he left the white house. nbc news has confirmed that attorneys for the former p
if you can t afford your medication, astrazeneca may be able to help. farxiga welcome back. joining us now, chief white house correspondent for the new york times, peter baker. peter, great to see you as always. let s talk about, president trump s federal arraignment in week. we ve been getting into the mechanisms of the case, but let s take a step back and speak a little bit about this moment for the american presidency, which you have covered so well and for so long.