request to represent trump. that should be interesting. we have a report on how top republican ron desantis lost a free speech case. by the end of the hour, the beat will go full happy days. henry winkler, our special guest tonight on fallback friday. our top story is the escalation in the probe in georgia where rudy giuliani is being questioned. a judge is telling graham comply. ordering testimony, which the d.a. says will be crucial because of what graham knows. he will not be allowed to delay the revelation of relevant witnesses. georgia is something of an epicenter of more than one of the plots we have been covering for you that you see here. on the left you have some of the plots technically legal like filing lawsuits or the beginning of the electors scandal which turned into something that might be illegal. georgia has several of those red arrows, overthrowing votes, trying to install fraudulent electors. it s eyeing witnesses, lawyers who might not be as well-known
information. not where you want that information. good morning, and welcome to way too early. on this tuesday, august 23rd. let s start with the news. we begin with that reporting on what sparked the fbi search for classified materials at mar-a-lago two weeks ago. sources tell the new york times the government has recovered more than 300 documents marked as classified from donald trump so far. those documents returned in january included more than 150 classified documents. according to the times, quote, the number ignited intense concern at the justice department and helped trigger the criminal investigation that led fbi agents to swoop into in to mar-a-lago this month seeking to recover more. multiple people briefed on the matter tell the times the former president personally went through 15 boxes before handing them over in january. the paper quotes, reports quote, the highly sensitive nature of some of the material in the boxes prompted archives officials to refer
forthcoming with investigators, or both. sources telling the times, investigators still are seeking more surveillance footage from mar-a-lago, a sign officials are looking into how the classified material was handle while improperly stored at the former president s estate. according to the times, the fbi declined to comment. president trump s spokesman did not immediately respond. joining us now, justice and intelligence correspondent, ken dilanian, and former u.s. attorney and senior fbi official, chuck rosenberg. good morning to you both. ken, i ll start with you. nbc news is working to confirm all of this, a blockbuster story dropped last night by the new york times . the top line, the 300 documents. 300 of them taken by donald trump, according to the times reporting out of the justice department, is a pretty staggering number when you consider all the excuses donald trump has made. well, he just slipped some things into his briefcase, or they were planted by the f
that is testimony from mike pence s former adviser regarding former president donald trump s repeated efforts to get pence to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. we will hear much more of the key moments from yesterday s january 6th hearing, including the vice president s close call with the mob, very close call that day. and the pardon request from the architect of the president s election scheme. plus, new reporting that the house select committee now wants to talk to conservative activist ginni thomas. she is, of course, the wife of supreme court justice clarence thomas. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is friday, june 17th. along with joe and me, we have white house bureau chief at politico and the host of way to too early, jonathan lemire. washington post s jackie alemany. host of politicians nation and host of the national action network, reverend al sharpton. and nbc legal analyst joyce vance. good morning to everybody. joe, anothe
eastman. one day after, january 7th, eastman was still talk at trying the get some way to overthrow then president-elect biden s incoming administration, preserving information out of georgia. this is the new testimony. eastman i don t remember why he called me, or he texted me or called me, wanted to talk with me, and he said he couldn t reach others. and he started to ask me about something dealing with georgia, preserving something potentially for appeal. and i said to him, are you out of your eff ing find? i said, i only want to hear two words coming out of your mouth from now on orderly transition. i said i don t want to hear any other eff ing words come out of your mouth other than orderly transition. repeat your words to me. what did he say? eventually he said orderly transition. i said, good, john. now i m going to give you the best free legal advice you re ever getting in your life. get a great criminal defense lawyer. you re going to need it. and then i hu