phang show, live from miami florida. we have a lot of news to cover a lot of questions answered. let s get started. unprecedented indictment. the one term ex president, donald trump, now has two indictments to match his two impeachments. that special counsel jack smith breaks his silence on trump s stunning 37 criminal counts and classified documents case. plus, they have receipts. the photos allegedly showing boxes of top secret documents hidden at mar-a-lago, in a ballroom, even a bathroom. i want to know is this any way to treat our national security secrets? and on the road again later today, donald trump is hitting the campaign trail. what will his message now be to voters admits his federal indictment? our in-depth coverage of this remarkable moment in united states history begins right now. and a good saturday morning to you. i am katie phang. we start with history unfolding before our very eyes. donald trump is now the first president ever to be indicted on fe
the department of justice reveals it has already complete its review of documents seized. in other words, they re now finished with what a special master would be designed to accomplish in the first place. they say that a privileged review team, quote, identified a limited set of materials that potentially contain attorney-client information and is following the procedure set forth in paragraph affidavit for disputes if any. that filing, and it started a classification review of all of the materials seized at mar-a-lago. in the second, the odni, the office of the director of national intelligence is indeed leading an assessment, basically an evaluation of threats to national security associated to trump s decision to keep whatever it is that he took and kept. remember, the affidavit released on friday showed the government s concern with how those important documents were stored at mar-a-lago. in addition to the room we ve all heard so much about these past few weeks, the ne
never-before-seen video. plus, attorney general merrick garland is pressed about the justice department s response to the attack on the capitol. we ll show you his response to a question about prosecuting former president trump. and concerns about the next election have the senate taking rare, bipartisan action. there is promising progress on a bill to prevent future coup attempts. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, july 21st. big night tonight. with joe and me, we have the host of way too early and white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. former chairman of the republican national committee, michael steele. good to have you both. we begin with a new development surrounding those deleted texts from the secret service from the day before and the day of the january 6th attack on the capitol. a senior secret service official tells nbc news that employees received at least three emails, including one before the insurrection wow.
of a jury, but is he able to share the secrets with america? not necessarily the public writ large, but the jury as to an extent. there is a procedure set forth in federal law called the classified information procedures act. it was designed to address these very types of cases. where there is classified information issue where the prosecutor has the burden of demonstrating that the documents constant national defense information. it affords the prosecution various procedures in the courtroom, providing summary, stipulations, instead of actual documents to allow the defense to obviously have access to relevant information. for purposes of due process. to allow the jury to see or understand the information so that the government can still meet its burden while still protecting the constitutional rights of the criminal defendant in this case that s
january 6th understood that we had to get to the bottom of what happened. that s what the january 6th committee is doing right now, including tonight. we had to fix the security at the capitol, something senator blunt and i took very seriously. we have new police chiefs, new sergeant in arms, you name it. the third piece was not allowing procedure set in 1887, rutherford hays, antiquated law and updating it. one person can object. i don t think they knew ted cruz. one person can object, and you can throw the whole thing for each state they can object to. so what can group has done here, and we ll have the hearing august 3rd, senator blunt and myself, hear this legislation and take testimony from witnesses, is to suggest some changes to this. up the ante on how many people have to object and make sure you