that in just a moment. but first, let s talk about the sedition trial that s happening today after a break for the holiday weekend, the day, federal prosecutors in washington, d. c., resumed prosecuting a case against five members of the oath keepers on charges of seditious conspiracy, or trying to overthrow the government. last week zeroed in on the group s founder, stewart rhodes. but today s former afghanistan veteran. her name is jessica watkins. introduced evidence that watkins discussed cutting off pool cues to serve as antifa smasher is. she sought to recruit and train people to join the oath keepers. if it convicted of seditious conspiracy, watkins and her fellow defendants face up to 20 years behind bars. there s been a lot of wrangling on the radar. but today s trial is important because it s another example of individual accountability. and this, case accountability for a small group that s not tweens flicked significant damage. individual accountability do
on charge of seditious conspiracy trying to overthrow the government. last week, the group focused on the founder stewart rhodes. but today focused on afghanistan veteran, jessica watkins. and she cut off pool cues to serve as antifa smashers january 6th. if they re convicted of seditious conspiracy, watkins and her fellow defendants each face up to 20 years behind bars. now, there s been a lot of legal wrangling on the radar lately, but this trial is incredibly important because it is yet another example of individual accountability. in this case, accountability for a small group that sought to inflict significant ghdamage. at the same time, accountability does not get to the root of the problem. let s take the case that happened to d.c. police officer michael fanone on january 6th. i should warn you some of what we re about to show is graphic. if you don t want to see it, now is your chance to turn away. this is the image that made officer fanone famous. it s a snapshot tak
yeah. okay. and what they don t tell is the rest of this clip, which we got to play in full. that happened yesterday. that wasn t, like from years ago. this was their cleanup. the story was, a bull wanted to have sex with three cows. gets the three cows pregnant. i don t want to hear this, no. and saw three other cows over the fence and wanted to get those cows pregnant so much that he went over barbed wire. are you okay? to get to the other cows. is this really what happened or are you making this up? sweetheart? yeah? i didn t tell the story. uh-huh. about a bull wanting to get six cows pregnant. there s no way herschel walker would tell that story at this moment. these people come to georgia. yeah. to help him get out of a scandal where he got a lot of people pregnant. lied about it. didn t want to so he literally said that yesterday, katty kay, on the campaign trail in georgia, and there was tom cotton and i guess rick s
Foreign aid page passed on a bipartisan basis despite threats to tank it from republican isolationists. Take a listen. I hope our republican colleagues stand together. Im a child of the 80s, regan republic. I understand maintaining peace through strength. That is a guiding principle. A big part of our party and worldview. Here is an opportunity to make that stand at a critical time in world history. With that bipartisan win, johnson was effective liable to silence those same far right members threatening to move him from the speakership. Speaker johnson yesterday addressed a group of protesters at Columbia University who hack lettered him as he attempted to speak to the press. Take a listen. A Growing Number of students have chanted in support of terrorists. They have suchased down jewish students. They have mocked them and reviled them. They have screamed leat those w bear the star of david. Enjoy your free speech. We will do idwhat is right by america. We respect free speech. We resp
Justices seem divided as they debated trumps Immunity Claim for his role in attempting to overturn the 2020 election. Youll hear their remarks with one justice raising concerns that shielding president s from prosecution could turn the oval office into a seat of criminality. Plus, this morning, former National Enquirer publisher david pecker is set to return to the stand in the hush money case with Defense Attorneys continuing their crossexamination. Good morning. Welcome to morning joe. It is friday, april 26th. With us, former white house Director Of Communications for president obama, jennifer palmieri. Cohost of the podcast how to win 2024. Rogers chair and the american presidency at vanderbilt university, historian jon meacham. And our legal analyst, former litigaor and msnbc Legal Correspondent lisa rubin. Former u. S. Attorney and msnbc contributor barbara mcquade. Good morning to you all. Lets dive right in with yesterdays historic day at the Supreme Court where the justices he