have a decent security situation set up here. let s hope it is a peaceful day. president of the united states, the former president of the united states will be arraigned today at 4:00 eastern time in that courthouse behind you. justice reporter ryan riley, thanks so much. john, he mentioned potential change of venue, highly unlikely. donald trump yesterday suggesting the state of west virginia would be an appropriate place for this trial. coincidentally, he won by 40 points there in both his elections. this was trump s take on social media. he says, let s move it to an impartial venue, such as the, quote, politically unbiased, nearby state of west virginia. a, west virginia had nothing to do with january 6th. b, he won it by 1,000 points in 2016 and 2020. no ulterior motive there, i m sure. i was talking to someone yesterday concerned about security around it, and makes the point that donald trump s most violent supporter, those likely to cause trouble, well,
of law, but he would have to establish, again, that he was completely candid with his counsel, as i was with you, and that he acted in good faith upon the advice of counsel. i think those are stumbling blocks for mr. trump in any setting, certainly in a court of law. let s take a look at day ahead. joining us now, nbc news justice reporter ryan riley, outside the courthouse in washington, a matter of blocks away from the united states capitol that was attacked on january 6th, 2021. ryan, good morning. we know former president trump is waking up in bedminster, new jersey. he ll fly down to reagan national later this afternoon. what do you expect to see around the courthouse today around 4:00? a lot of secrecy. i think they re going to bring him in through the garage, the elevators. the courtroom is in the annex of the building behind me. it was the newer facility built around 2005. what it allows them to do
political woes. take us inside the thinking of house speaker mccarthy, if you will how they re going to approach this one. it seemed a few days ago he was trying to tamp down the impeachment talk and only a couple days later we heard former president trump pushing to do that again. i think this increases the likelihood of an impeachment. i think mccarthy will again say this is distraction. the investigations while hit a fever pitch, john, when congress returns in september. all right, well, jake sherman, thank you so very much and ryan riley, thank you as well. we ll be watching your coverage here here on msnbc. still ahead the country s credit rating takes a hit over the debt ceiling debacle that was resolved earlier this year. we ll go live to cnbc for more on the impkt of that downgrade and a look what s driving wall street and more coverage of the
that was senate minority mitch mcconnell speaking just over a month after the january 6th attack on the capitol. so far he s yet to comment publicly about trump s latest federal indictment, the one-handed down yesterday in washington, d.c. joining us now co-founder of punch bowl news, jake sherman. he s an msnbc political contributor. and also with us nbc news justice reporter ryan riley. thank you both for being here on such an important morning. jake, let s start with you. give us the sense of the reaction on capitol hill particularly from republicans to trump s second federal indictment. this one, of course, hits closer to home for so many who were in the capitol on january 6th trying to avoid a mob as i know you were who were fueled to violence by trump s lies. so the reaction is relatively predictable, john, which is republicans are saying this is a distraction to their investigation to donald trump,
far. also yesterday fellow oath keepers member kelly meggs was sentenced to 12 years in prison. meggs apologized to his family for the pain he s caused. the judge said he did not pose the same continuing threat as rhodes, which justified the shorter sentence. twodential oath keepers will be sentenced later today. joining us now abc news justice reporter ryan riley has been following these investigations and trials since the very beginning. ryan, give us a little more as to how these sentencings played out in court yesterday and in particular what strikes you of the significance of the sentence that rhodes received. it was quite an extraordinary moment because of course during the actual trial you had all these defendants wearing normal clothe or a suit what you would expect someone on trial would wear. that all switches when you get to the sentencing phase.