election. we ll walking through this potentially major development in just a moment. putin attempts to impose marshal law in parts of the country he annexed. on capitol hill, the top republican in the house is warning that financial support for ukraine could take a hit if the gop wins control of that chamber. good morning and welcome to way too early. thanks for starting your day with us. we re going to begin with new evidence connected to donald trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. according to a federal judge, trump signed legal documents claiming voter fraud in georgia. knowing that information was false. it involves one of the architects to overturn the case. he ordered him to turn over 33 new documents including e-mail that s the judge says demonstrate an effort by trump and lawyers to press false claims in federal court. according to the ruling, one of the documents includes an e-mail exchange in which eastman tells or members of trump s legal team that th
date of birth matches a georgia resident who died in 2020. 2,506 ballots were cast by individuals whose name and date of birth matches an incarcerated felony. 4,502 illegal ballots were cast by individuals who do not appear on the states voter rolls. that s january 4th, donald trump, two days before the january 6th attack on the capitol speaking in georgia and making those claims about election fraud in georgia he knew were false, and now a judge says trump and his legal team also knowingly made those false claims in court. that s a problem. we ll have some new reporting on that. plus, an eye opening conversation with pennsylvania democrats. is abortion really a make or break issue for them in the midterms? and should president biden run for reelection? we ll play for you what voters are saying in a new focus group with elise jordan. and when asked if he would vote for trump if he runs for reelection, former vice president mike pence dodges the question and instead, hint at
window into how political strategists, politicians, candidates, parties target us. so axios lachlan mar kay who your viewers know well dug into data that meta posts about how people buy facebook ads, and if you re a candidate, you can say i want more of this, and less of this, i can add these people, exclude these people, and it s a real window into american culture. with republicans, you have them saying we don t want people who shop at trader joe s or whole foods. democrats can say, we don t want people who are nascar fans or who are deer hunters. republicans will say, give me a little more of people who are fans of kid rock. democrats can say give me a little more of people who like a different kind of music.
those four, they feel that nevada is republicans best pickup opportunity. they might have said georgia a couple of weeks ago, but a lot of the headlines recently obviously not great for the candidate there. it s looking like that could be, you know, the one race that this all comes down to, and i think, you know, democrats would like to see their candidate performing better than she appears to be right now. the ap had a really good story about how it s a test of the political machine once put together by the later senate majority leader kenneth reid, and can they propel the democratic candidate over the line. we ll be watching. lachlan mar kay, thank you for joining us, and thanks to you for getting up way too early with us on this thursday morning. morning joe starts right now. right here in georgia, there were tens of thousands of illegal votes cast and counted. we were up 10,315 ball lots cast by individuals whose name and