we will see you again tomorrow. now it s time for the last word with lawrence o donnell. good evening, lawrence. with lawrence o do i think yoa booking for over the alexander twins. we have the exclusive! i know, c ten pm is too late for them, right? i m not going to be able they are the alexander twins they are night owls, obviously. yeah, okay. you get the justin, we get the alexander twins. okay that s the way we will leave it. thank you, alex. have a good show! thanks. tonight, there is a new trump defense, bravado. votto is a spanish word which, and current american english, usage means boasting, exaggerating, which, in legal terms, means lying. so, the new trump defense tonight is i was lying. on this program, we pledge to bring to you, as soon as it is available, as soon as we have already done, every word of donald trump s defense in the case of united states of america versus donald j trump, in which donald trump stands accused of 37 counts of vi
that puts this whole call and the other activities that meadows was engaging in squarely in the political realm. any reasonable person can see that. so it not only undercuts meadows claim to remove the trial to federal court, it ll be an issue when donald trump comes to federal court and says, i m immune under the presidential immunity document because i was concerned there was fraud in the election. deeply concerning hearing yesterday. lisa, i m sure people are wondering, if you are participating in an alleged conspiracy to overturn an election, why does it matter in what role you are acting? in other words, if you were acting as chief of staff or in a campaign role, you re still participating in an alleged conspiracy. what s the distinction there? i think the import of the question has to do with meadows effort to remove it to federal court. it is a threshold question. if you are trying to, as a state criminal defendant, move a case to federal court on the grounds that you ar
did is serious, but likely i m going to vote for him anyway. exactly. we spent a chunk of our at the ajc calling poll respondents who said that. they are worried about these charges. they think he did wrong when he called raffensperger and urged him to find exactly the amount of votes to overturn the defeat. at the same time, they re willing to support donald trump in the primary. that is going to be the difference here in be georgia. the atlanta journal constitution s greg bluestein, always plugged in. great to talk to you. we appreciate it. ken, let s put the calendar back up. put yourself in the shoes of a trump attorney navigating this. we have the trials. mix in the e. jean carroll defamation suit. the pyramid scheme, civil action suit january of next year. we re waiting to see where georgia falls in terms of starting the trial there. first of all, how did the
attorney. just a really interesting appeal to how important it is to get this case to trial. she said that the defendant is accused of historic crimes. this is molly gaston from the special counsel s office. and there is an incredibly strong public interest in a jury s prompt consideration of those claims in open court. judge tanya chutkan agreed. she said the right to a speedy trial wasn t just a defendant s right, it was the public s right. she agreed the public had a right to hear this case before the november 2024 election. look, nobody thinks this march 4th date is firm. there are at will of reasons to think it ll slip. lauro made clear he is going to file a motion to argue that donald trump is immune because he was president from these criminal charges, and that s something that could go all the way to the supreme court while this trial is pending. this may slip, but the bottom line is judge chutkan clearly wants to get this trial moving sometime next year before the election. th
expected land fall. we ll have the latest forecast for that storm which is projecting to be a big one. welcome to morning joe. it is tuesday, august 29th. i m willie geist. we have the host of way too early and bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. nbc s ken dilanian and former analyst lisa rubin. good morning to you all. let s dive right now as we begin with a start date now set for donald trump s federal election interference trial. district court judge tanya chutkan ordered jury selection to begin on march 4th of next year. that s just one day before super tuesday. prosecutors had asked for the trial to begin in early january of next year, while trump s lawyers proposed it begin in april of 2026. yesterday, judge chutkan said neither of those dates were acceptable, but, quote, this case is not going to trial in 2026. that decision was met with pushback inside the courtroom