newspaper clippings and documents with him after leaving the white house, something his aides apparently refer to as his beautiful mind boxes, this as trump s defense comes under scrutiny even by some conservatives like carl rogue who say trump invited this indictment. plus, there s even more legal trouble for the former president as writer e. jean carroll s second defamation case gets a court date. we ll run through it all straight ahead. good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, june 16th. we are all glad it is friday. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. so one week after the latest indictment of donald trump, there s new reporting that pokes holes in one of the former president s defenses.
tuesday. on morning joe, the latest surrounding the former president s indictment, including report ong trump s affinity for the boxes of classified documents he d been hoarding at mar-a-lago, as well as the first move by the judge overseeing the criminal case. also ahead, we ll have a live report from beijing as secretary of state antony blinken tries to cool down tensions with china. and we ll hear from democratic congressman colin allred of texas about his bid to unseat republican senator ted cruz. plus, former number one men s tennis player in the world, andy roddick, is a guest. morning joe is a few moments away. enough was enough. i talked to an asthma specialist and found out my severe asthma is driven by eosinophils, a type of asthma nucala can help control. now, fewer asthma attacks and less oral steroids
there with the music? meanwhile george w. bush aide the titled this, he writes in this part, america has been plunged into an unprecedented crisis by the indictment of donald trump on 37 felony counts. the case will further tear our country apart as it has a heavy impact on the presidential campaign and wrongly undermines confidence in our justice system. the blame for this calamity rests solely on mr. trump and his childish impulse to keep mementos from his time in the oval office no matter when about the law says. so now the judge who s overseeing trump s classified documents case made one of her first moves yesterday. in a brief order the judge ordered all attorneys in the case contact the doj about getting security clearances, giving them until tuesday of
reportedly had a habit of bringing documents with him from the west wing to the white house residence and even went around his own staff s system for tracking that material. and since leaving the white house, sources tell the times that trump has maintained that behavior, even filling up new boxes when those close to him have suggested he condense his collection or review it to see if it had any classified material with it. trump for his part continues to insist the documents belong to him. on truth social yesterday the former president once again claimed he did nothing wrong and called on the justice department to drop all charges against him, apologize, and return everything that was, quote, illegally taken from his home. but trump s defense strategy is facing a lot of scrutiny even from some conservatives. take a look at what he had to