investigations into the current president s family. ted lieu, democrat of california, set to orient facts as they exist on earth one. watch. let me ask you a series of basic questions to get facts out to the american people about our system of justice. trump adviser roger stone was convicted in a federal court, correct? that s my recollection. trump donor elliott brady was convicted in a federal court. correct? also my recollection. the attorney general at the time for those two convictions was bill barr, which president nominated bill barr for attorney general? president trump. you were the fbi director for all of those cases at the time. which president nominated you? president trump. okay. what these facts show is we don t have a two-tiered system of justice. we have one department of justice that goes after criminals regardless of party idealogy. all of these folks were convicted under the administrations of three separate republican attorneys general. i
71 felony counts in two jurisdictions, in new york and in south florida, to say nothing of a grand jury in fulton county, georgia, that may indict trump as early as next week, also a federal grand jury in d.c. investigating trump s role in the january 6th insurrection. in this case, the documents case, trump s attorneys are asking for trump to get special treatment, to be treated unlike every other american, to take into consideration trump s status as the frontrunner for the republican presidential nomination. the lawyers write that trump is, quote, currently the likely republican party nominee. this undertaking requires a tremendous amount of time and energy and that effort will continue until the election on november 5th, 2024. quote, mr. nauta s job requires him to accompany trump on most campaign trips around the country. the schedule makes trial preparation with both defendants challenging. whether judge cannon buys into this idea that the ex-president and walt nauta ar
everyone, welcome to sunday morning futures. i m maria bartiromo. thanks so much for joining us today. today, my if exclusive interview with president donald trump on the upcoming election and his plans for policy changes should he return to the white house. also coming up, reaction from the governor of texas, greg abbott is here on why the open border has become america s number one national security threat. also ahead, south dakota governor kristi noem on the communist party of china and its efforts to capitalize on the wide open border ask and undermine america. it s all right here, right now on sunday morning futures. maria: is and we begin this sunday morning with my exclusive interview with president donald trump. with 275 days until the presidential election and just days ahead of the next gop nomination contests, the nevada primary on february 6th and the south carolina primary on february 24th, i met with the 45th president on thursday at his estate in flo
will: affections news alert. u.s. carrying out retail tourist strikes on dozens of iran-backs targets in iraq and syria. rachel: hours after three u.s. soldiers in a drone attack in jordan last night. pete: trey yingst is live in tel aviv with the latest. trey. reporter: good morning. overnight the united states struck 85 different targets in iraq and syria. this is in response to the drone attack last weekend that killed three american soldiers. according to u.s. central command, there are both control centers and weapon storage facilities hit and some affiliated directly with iran s revolutionary guard forces and other with iran-backed militias and national security council spokesman john kirby saying this. i want to repeat what i said in my otay mesaing comments opening comments, these responses began tonight, they re not going to end tonight. there ll be additional responses and actions we ll take. reporter: the biden administration is looking to send a message to
republican nomination, donald trump is bringing in a good deal of cash, but there are questions about where all that money is going. we ll look into it. also ahead, more on the story we ve been following all week. the cocaine found at the white house, we re learning where exactly it was discovered and who had access to that area. plus, treasury secretary janet yellen kicks off high-level meetings in china with criticism of how beijing treats american companies. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is friday, july 7th. joe and mika off this morning. with us, the host of way too early, jonathan lemire. jen palmieri. and associate editor of the washington post, eugene robinson. we re going to dive in with president defendant s co-defendant and personal aide, walt nauta. he has been arraigned on charges in the classified documents case. he pleaded not guilty in court in florida yesterday. this was the third attempt to arraign nauta, who was finally able to hire a