Which will get him in serious trouble in court if he tries the same thing on the witness stand. And we will bring you the rest of the major legal developments of the day, including federal judges officially finding that Rudolph Giuliani did lie about two Election Workers in georgia, an innocent mother and daughter, who were attacked by not just giuliani but the then president of the United States, donald trump. And there is more we have to get to tonight, because it happened again. In tennessee. You would think that the Republican Legislature learned their lesson when they suffered worldwide condemnation for expelling representative justin jones and representative justin pearson, who were then immediately reappointed to their positions by local officials, and then went on to win their reelections to the legislature. But this week, the tennessee Speaker Of The House, formally ordered the silencing of representative justin jones. And once again, the republicans in the Tennessee House of
Not apply to the other codefendants. Were seeing a request that the trial go forward starting on october the 23rd. I want to get to our reporters and our legal experts now. To make sense of this because this is my interpretation of it which could prove to be entirely incorrect. But i got Glenn Kirshner. This came out about a minute before the show started. So i dont know if you had a chance to read it or make sense of it. But tell me what you know. I had your producer read it into my ear just moments ago, ali. So i think i understand what is going on here. So under Georgia State law, a speedy trial means that a defendant should be taken to trial during the present term of court or the next term of court. That would be the end of october. We already know that defendant Ken Cheesebro has been set for october 23rd. We know Sidney Powell made a speedy trial and we assume shell be batched together with Ken Cheesebro. That is the natural thing to do. Batch codefendants together. Fani willis
Rocket blasts off to new heights. Now the question is, where did it go . Our nbc reporters are following all of the latest developments. We begin in florida, where theyre in court, and the judge just made things interesting. Back in session after the lunch break. I understand that judge cannon is showing some skepticism. About what . Reporter thats correct, chris. Its always perilous to trying to interpret judge cannon. She has a habit of asking tough questions on both sides, but it was pretty clear shes baulks at the argument that the president ial acts means this case should be thrown out. She replied, its difficult to see how this gets you to the dismissal of an indictment. She added that this line of argument cements better suited in trial or during jury instructions, which is a point that some of our legal experts have made. This question that he decreed that some of these documents were personal, thats a fact question that should be decided at trial. Even though theres no evidenc
With more than a dozen of his closest allies. That is according to some news accounts. An it this come though thafternoon. The grand jury had heard from half of ten witnesses expected to testify in this case at this stage. Among those witnesses, former Georgia State representative bee wen. Present for the 2020 hearing where Rudy Giuliani pedalled false election claims an urged legislators to appoint a slate of fake trump electors. Two other witnesses who were expected to testify tomorrow have been called in as well. They include journalist george chidi, who stumbled upon a december 14th, 2020 meeting of Fake Electors, as well as Former Georgia Lieutenant Governor jeff duncan, hes a republican who has been openly critical of trumps baseless claims of fraud in the state of georgia. Signs a potential end game in fani williss Criminal Investigation into the expresident and his allies is where we begin today with our favorite reporters and friends. Former Top Justice Department official, ou
I think they have more evidence as to President Trumps state of mind. Donald trumps former Attorney General with an ominous prediction for the former president in the 2020 election case. It comes as trump faces arraignment today in Federal Court in washington. Well get a live report from washington, d. C. , and legal analyst on what we can expect from todays hearing. Meanwhile, former Vice President mike pence just gave his most direct criticism of his former boss. Well play those comments for you. Also ahead, new reporting on a private meeting between President Biden and former president obama over concerns about the 2024 election. Good morning. Welcome to morning joe. It is thursday, august 3rd. Along with joe, willie and me, we have the host of way too early, White House Bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. Senior attorney and fbi official, chuck rosenberg. Reporter for the Washington Post, Jackie Alemany. And Pulitzer Prize winning columnist and Associate Editor of the Washin