bob mueller. last night, senator flake tweeted, quote, the senate needs to protect the special counsel. and again and again last week again, joe, the majority leader mitch mcconnell says we don t need legislation like this. there s no way donald trump would do anything to get rid of robert mueller. so again we ask what gives him that can confidence. say what you will, jackie, about jeff flake, his mournful face, his floor speeches and his lack of action sometimes they re tiring. he is going out always active on twitter, though. he is going out in a way that is not just meaningingless. th he s getting hammered by a lot of conservative outlets and he s calling mitch mcconnell s bluff. you say you want, you know, the rule of law to be upheld, here is an easy way to do it.
and they keep settling so we don t hear them in open court. this morning, some lawmakers are mow demanding an investigation and we ll get into that. welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, december 6th. welcome. along with joe, willie and me, we have john heilman and jackie alemanie is with us this morning. good to have you all on board. let s dig right into it. a bipartisan group of senators has introduced a legislation holding the crown prince mohammed bin salman responsible for a number of transgressions, including the murder of jamal khashoggi. this group of senators urges the white house to hold him accountable. in addition, the resolution
but in december of 2015, they shifted most of their bookings over to the trump presidential hotel which the president still happens to own. the hotel bookings are part of a federal lawsuit claiming the president took improper payments from foreign governments. a federal judge on monday says lawyers from maryland and washington, d.c. can begin issuing subpoenas in the lawsuit. the saudi embassy did not respond to the post s requests for comment. trump hotel executives, speaking on the condition of anonymity, told the paper they were unaware at the time that saudi arabia was covering the bill and declined to comment on the rates they offer to guests. jackie, this is your paper s reporting. just knowing how trump operated before he went into the white house, some of this stuff is okay in some places, in some
and see. that s on january 3rd, so we have a little bit of time to get this figured out, but we ve got to get to the bottom of it. if you think about these folks in north carolina and from the reporting and, you know, let s do a shout-out to free press and good reporting, but the reporting shows that it was african-american voters who were targeted. why was that? you know, our most solid base of support as democrats is in the african-american community. so, you know, everybody in north carolina, whatever community you come from, needs to make sure they have confidence in the electoral system and every vote is counted, and it appears you did a great job with the overview there, there s something very fishy in north carolina. jackie alemany. i wonder why we haven t heard a ton about this.