Importantly, tonight we have Speaker Nancy Pelosi joining us, and im not sure where this story would be if she had not appointed that january Six Committee. So true. This begins with that very difficult and somewhat controversial decision to move forward without the candidates that Kevin Mccarthy wanted on that committee, and the work that they did, maybe the foundation of where we are today. Im really eager to hear how she did it and how she made it work so well. Gonna be a great show. Thanks, alex. Well, yesterday, as i began reading the newest indictment of donald trump, i wondered if this indictment would exist without nancy pelosi. The roadmap for the conspiracies described in this indictment was provided to the Justice Department by nancy pelosi through the work of the january Six Committee that she created. On the darkest day of the history of american president ial transitions of power, january six, 2021, america was lucky. But nancy pelosi was Speaker Of The House. As long tru
From mega donors. Elena schneider, thank you for joining us this morning with your reporting. Thanks for getting up Way Too Early with us on this Monday Morning. Morning joe starts right now. We will restore peace through strength. Get that war settled. Thats a bad war. And putin, you know, has so little respect for obama that he is starting to throw around the nuclear word, too. You heard that, nuclear. Donald trump over the weekend once again thinking hes running against barack obama. When trump wasnt confusing biden with obama really sad. He apparently thought he was obama. It really is sad. Taking credit for legislation that was signed by his predecessor. So sad. For our great veterans, we passed v. A. Accountability and v. A. Choice. That was a big deal. I have no greater honor than serving as your president and commander in chief, and i have no greater privilege than the chance to help make sure our country keeps the promises weve made to everybody who signs up to serve. With tha
President at the United States. The only person who could possibly have told jack smith and The Grand Jury about those phone calls is mike pence. The january Six Committee invited mike pence to testify, but he refused. The january Six Committee did not bother to issue a statement to mike pence since they knew he would ignore it, just as some other elected republicans ignored subpoenas from the committee. Mike pence could not ignore jack smiths subpoena. Mike pence went to court in what he knew was a legally hopeless attempt to block jacks mitt subpoena. Mike pence went to court to try to show trumps quarters, whose votes he wants in the president ial campaign to think that he was forced by Judicial Process to testify to jack smiths grand jury. Mike pence did not just testify to jack smiths grand jury. He became the star witness, and he will be the start witness when the case that the United States of america versus Donald J Trump is presented to a trial jersey in washington, d. C. They
The vote of the people determining who the president of the United States is, or instead, violence and forced determining. As alleged in this indictment, he chose the latter. And he failed at it. And now the country and federal government will attempt to hold him criminally responsible for what he tried to do. For that alleged felony criminal conspiracy. We of course have been expecting this indictment for a long time but it is no less stunning for having been foreshadowed for so long. This is a federal criminal indictment of the former president for trying to overturn an election and keep himself in power. The indictment also describes six unindicted coconspirators. Five of the six of them, lawyers, primarily those who crafted the bogus legal arguments that underpinned trumps alleged attempts to undermine the electoral process. I say that because theres been interesting efforts within the Legal Profession to essentially police itself, and without accountability of various kinds for a
Sexual abuse former president. But also the most important trial of our life times. The United States of america versus donald trump. Tomorrow, trump will be arraigned in a washington, d. C. Courtroom. Hes expected to plead not guilty to four criminal counts, conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to obstruct, conspiracy to violate the right to vote and obstruction of an official proceeding. This latest indictment of the former president handed down by special counsel jack smith is an incredibly detailed and damning account of an attempt to subvert democracy and forcibly overturn the 2020 election. It pulls from firsthand accounts including people very close to the president and sets up a potential block buster trial with star witnesses, including his former Vice President and countless maga senators and members of the and members of congress. The core of the case is broken down into three parts. The first part details how trump was fully aware that he lost the election. F