Threatening federal prosecutors. Today, the judge in that case could decide exactly how much he can talk about it. It comes as federal prosecutors are now pushing for a trial right after new years day. Cue up u2. Well have much more on trumps legal issues ahead. Good morning. Welcome to morning joe. It is i mean, come on, man, its august. Its august. This is moving. This year is moving too fast. Its midaugust. You know, you get old like me, and it just flies, right . Its august 11th. With us, we have the host of way too early, White House Bureau chief at politico, Jonathan Lemire. Host of politics nations, wearing tan today, the reverend al sharpton. Looks good. Come on, man. President obama wore tan, and look what happened. It was a big news story. With me, its just another day. Can you believe that . That was a big news story. The president of the United States wearing tan in the white house. We have a the same people that were upset by that are now, like, hey, its really cool. We su
but i want to start by looking at the bigger picture and ask why we absolutely need to hold everyone involved in this gargantuan anti-democratic efforts to account. it s bad enough that it happened. and but for a few good people doing the right thing at the right time, it could have succeeded. but this is not a past tense discussion. this crime against democracy remains in progress. donald trump is still lying about the election results. he is now attacking, on a daily and sometimes hourly basis, jack smith, prosecutors across the country, the men and women of the fbi, and the justice department. federal judges, the whole united states government, and the rule of law and the republicans in congress who could have washed their hands of trump, after he lost, we ll, take kevin mccarthy, who, in the immediate aftermath of january 6th, laid the blame squarely and accurately with donald trump. that same guy, in order to win over trump s insurrectionist supporters in congress, agr
donald trump. that same guy, in order to win over trump s insurrectionist supporters in congress, agreed to a series of concessions, including the so-called weaponization of government subcommittee, which is, itself, the weaponization of government. donald trump held a fund-raiser for january 6th felons at his golf club three weeks ago. the michigan secretary of state, jocelyn benson, said on this program last night, that the threats posed by election denier still persists, and noted the election denier that she beat out the ballot box was rewarded with a job as the head of michigan s republican party. so, yeah, the repercussions of donald trump s lie about the 2020 election have a long tale, all the way to the present day. it s not about making trump and his allies pay for the past. it is about making sure this does not happen again in the future. and to make that case, the only person i wanted to talk to was congressman jamie raskin. he s the ranking member of the house ove
a pair of mass shootings in state to state to build his bona fide bss going into twenty , twenty four . nothing about this is surprising. everythings is about this is infuriating. the second amendment s becoming licide pactsecond a. okay, if that guy s: okay the democrats post biden plan ds b , they re in trouble. po leaders take charge and when necessary, they take responsibilityd when. he takes aoes he do? he takes lowbrow pot shots. when h e wasn t blaming the second amendment to the constitution, he was gaslinend the first attacking the freefrep press. well, the onresse network that consistently hold him accountable tell an abc affiliate in california that it s a disgrace. whatcalifo we say at fox every . he said there s xenophobia, racl there s racial priming, whatever . that is what they ve doner thaet is. de crime and violence in this country. what xenophobia, racial priming. newsom immediately tried to tie the attacks to right wing trumpt supporterstacks and of co
quote, narrowly tailored to serve the government s legitimate interest in the integrity of the ongoing investigation. media outlets, including nbc news, asked the judge to make it public. trump and his allies have also repeatedly called for it to be unsealed, although they ve made no formal motion to do so. so the question we ll be waiting to find out, what is it going to reveal about the doj s case against the former president. at least, why they had that search warrant. we ve got a team of experts standing by to answer that question and to help us dissect it once we have it. meanwhile, this morning, president biden is on the offense, turning up the heat on what he s call maga republicans. a big change in tone from president biden, slamming their philosophy during a fund-raiser in d.c., saying it s like semi-fascism. then he took that energy on the road last night to a campaign rally, it seemed, in maryland. they re a threat to our very democracy. they refuse to accept the