pleaded guilty to on a federal level in a campaign finance law violation. the misdocumentation and giving a campaign contribution over the legal limit. were that to happen, and we re obviously projecting here, but were there to be an indictment and that charge be leveled at former president trump, what sort of penalty could be attached if we get a conviction? so if they can do both charges, and it is kicked up from a misdemeanor to felony, it is punishable by up to four years in prison. doesn t need prison time, but he could go to jail in four times. mika? gene, i want you to chime in on this becauses that i was try put into perspective as we talk about the danger of donald trump. these are the incredible saga dramas of his presidency that have just blown past us. i mean, if any other person
call one eight hundred, eight million coming in with a live look at new york on a rainy, cloudy tuesday morning. welcome back to morning joe. 48 past the hour. it is time to take a look at the morning papers, see what s making headlines across the country. the ledger inquirer leads with georgia prosecutors indicating they will likely seek criminal charges against former president donald trump and his allies. it s all part of an election subversion investigation. the fulton county district attorney is trying to block the release of a special grand jury report, arguing a decision is coming soon is and that publicizing the report could jeopardize the rights of, quote, future defendants. in mississippi, the sun herald reports abortion activists are trying to stop a lawsuit filed
state of the union address next tuesday. congressman and black caucus chair of nevada says they accepted the invitation. they also invited brandon tsay, the man who disarmed the monterey park shooter at a dance hall in california just last week. just minutes after the gunman killed 11 and injured 9 more at another dance hall. the representative of the district where the shooting took place said she invited tsay, and then an hour later, president biden asked him to be a guest. pulitzer prize-winning journalist bob woodward in a new case. whether there s merit to it. some want donald trump to disappear from politics. a guest argues republicans main strategy appears to be hope he goes away. also ahead, the biden administration signaling a new chapter in the government s
vladimir putin and kim jong-un, an obsession with fascists, with dictators, with strongmen. oh, someone who we would get someone who would actually try and shake down a foreign leader for dirt on a political rival. not at all a danger to our national security at all. we d get someone who really understands the optics of being an empathetic president. he would throw paper towels at hurricane victims. i don t even remember what was on the back of melania s jacket when she went to the border to, quote, visit with migrants, but it kind of summed up the entire trump presidency. let alone, jonathan lemire, author of the big lie, all the different legal challenges this former president appears to be running from as he campaigns to be president again. yeah, there s a lot that he s facing right now. earlier, we were discussing what was happening in new york. we know georgia, as well, looms.
to leave office. what i reported for the first time in this book is that the federal prosecutors convened a series of meetings in-house, where they said, do we do this or not? we know the bottom line they reached was no. what i found really interesting is it was not because of the evidence. the prosecutorial team at the southern district of new york felt they had enough evidence to indict donald trump for his role in the hush money payments. now, some on the team felt the evidence was enough to charge close to the line, others felt it was more than sufficient. ultimately, the feds held off because they felt there was political issues with bringing an indictment. plus, all the other incidents, january 6th, ukraine, mueller, would supersede them. if we re talking about the strength of the evidence when alvin s former office, the da s former office and my former office looked at it, they thought the evidence was enough. whether it carries over, we ll see. there was also tension