indictment, attorney general merrick garland is voicing support for special counsel jack smith. we ll show you his new remarks. plus new polling shows that trump s support among republicans is standing strong despite his mounting legal troubles. we ll break down those new numbers. and the judge handling trump s classified documents case, aileen canon, is coming under new scrutiny for having very little trial experience. that new reporting and so much more is straight ahead. good morning and welcome to way too early on this thursday, june 15th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. for the first time since donald trump s federal indictment, we re now hearing from attorney general merrick garland. speaking to reporters yesterday, garland declined to answer questions about the case, but he defended special counsel jack smith, the man that he appointed to lead the investigation into the former president. so as you know i can t talk about particulars o
trump onsie and just have it on hand rapid response every time ron desantis says something to differentiate himself from donald trump. yes, they ve been playing that a lot, but i say gif. the differences go on. thank you,nc my friend. and thanks to you at home for joining us this evening. it was november 12, 2020, and there was a lot going on at the time. it had been less than a week since the networks called the 2020 presidential election for joesi biden. donald trump was just beginning his campaign to deny that result and try and overturn it. just a few days prior trump s lawyer, rudy giuliani, gave his infamous four seasons landscaping press conference to contest thela election results. we all remember that. trump had decided to deny president-elect biden to the classified presidential daily briefing as was the custom in presidential transitions, which in t retrospect seems a bit ironic. just one day later senator lindsey graham would make a phone callou to brad raffen
and each new paperback edition, because last i checked it was 27, and it s pretty sure it was 37 the other day. there are more psychiatrist who are, like, sign me up, i m on board, i cosign. 37, 37. anyways, dr. dodes has been on this since the start, he will join us at the end of the hour. he predicted that if donald trump gets charged with a crime, he will sound like saddam hussein. and last night in new jersey, he really did. and so, dr. dodes will join us at the end of the hour for his analysis. i will be tuning in for it, and see how many more psychiatrists sign on after that. okay, as of 10:01 pm tonight, it s 37. and maybe by tomorrow, he could bring in some more. let s get it up to 50. all right, have a good show. thank you. we have breaking news this hour from the washington post under the headline trump rejected lawyers efforts to avoid classified documents indictment. the washington post is reporting that one of donald trump s lawyers tried to settle
that s the show for tonight, so you can tomorrow, and it s time for the last word with lawrence o donnell. good evening, lawrence. good evening, alex. we have a last word fan favorite joining us tonight at the end of the hour, dr. lance , he s a former professor of psychiatry at harvard medical school. and early on in the trump presidency, i think was maybe within two months, three months, he and a group of other psychiatrist had seen enough, and they felt they had a duty to warn america. that eventually became the book titled the dangerous case of donald trump. and i think the first time it came out it was in the title, it said, you know, 19 psychiatrists made the case. it s now up to 37. [laughter] they kept reissuing the book as time went by. and each new paperback edition, because last i checked it was 27, and it s pretty sure it was 37 the other day. there are more psychiatrist who are, like, sign me up, i m on board, i cosign. 37, 37. anyways, the doctor has
miracles. the story, i cannot get enough of it. it is extraordinary. and on that note, i was you all a very good night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late with us. i ll see you at the end of tomorrow. tomorrow who it was november 12 of 2020 and was a lot going on at the time. it had been less than a week since the networks had called the 2020 presidential election for joe biden. donald trump was just beginning his campaign to deny that result and to try to overturn it. just a few days prior to trump s lawyer, rudy giuliani, gave his in some vince for seasons landscaping press conference to contest the election results. we all remember that. trump had decided to deny president elect biden access to classified daily briefing as was the custom in presidential transitions. which, in retrospect seems a bit ironic. just one day later, senator lindsey graham would make a phone call to the georgia secretary of state, asking raffe