is over. i just want to say congress has certified the results without saying the election is over, okay. now congress i didn t say over. go to the paragraph before. wow. how would you like to be ivanka stage managing that? back in july, the january 6th committee played raw footage of the outtakes of former president trump s taped address the day after the capitol riot when he was choking on every word. this morning, the day before he called them patriots, beautiful, this, that, the other. wow. this morning, the committee s full final report has finally been released. we re going to go through it all. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it s friday, december 23rd. everybody s off. i m here. i hope you re not bothered too much by that. we re going to get through it together. we have former aide to george w. bush white house and state department s elise jordan. and the host of msnbc politics nation and president of the national action network, the hardest working m
unprecedented now, for the first time in american history, a former president convicted for his criminal behavior while still serving as presumptive republican nominee for president. donald trump calls the verdict rigged and himself, quote, a political prisoner. newsbreak, he is not in prison. maga outrage, trump allies including the house speaker and several potential vice presidential candidates are blasting the verdict and unleashing dangerous rhetoric against the justice system and our democracy itself. but no one is above the law. president biden warns the attacks are reckless and irresponsible while trying to keep his campaign focused on issues important to voters. we will talk about it all, the prosecution and the politics with congresswoman maxine waters of california and politics nation host, the reverend al sharpton. nbc analysts and prosecutor. i m jonathan kay part, this is the saturday show. historic victory for american justice, accountability and the rule of la
in america. tim miller, host of the podcast on msnbc political analyst, michelle goldberg, opinion columnist at the new york times and also msnbc political analyst. this is fantastic to have all four of you on the show today. congresswoman waters, i m starting with you because you predicted years ago, you said, i m counting on stormy. your reaction to thursday s incredible verdict. thank you for having us all on today. let me say, it is a sad day for this country. i m still shocked and amazed his supporters would follow him with the lies and distortions that he continues to give to the american people. he says it is rigged, he says if they can do this to me, they can do it to you, bringing in others to cover the lies he is telling.
let s win. in his first public remarks since the verdict, president biden express how dangerous the maga rhetoric is around the trial and how important the justice system is in times like this. the american principle that no one is above the law was reaffirmed. it is reckless, it is dangerous, it is irresponsible for anyone to say this was rigged just because they don t like the verdict to our justice system endured nearly 250 years. it is the cornerstone of america , our justice system. the justices should be respected. doing is necrotic congressman maxine waters of california. the reverend al sharpton, host of msnbc politics nation, founder and president of national action network and author of righteous troublemakers, untold stories of the social justice movement