information, corruptly concealing documents, the conspiracy to obstruct justice and also 18 false statements. let s not pretend here. over the next year, maybe more than that, maybe longer, we will see a very complicated legal process that will unfold regarding this indictment. we will cover it every step of the way as it does unfold. i am sure at different points you will see merrick garland the attorney general on the hill insisting that this prosecution is all being done by the books without political fear or favor. motions will be filed. cross-motions will be filed. leaks will happen but maybe in an unconventional way. i want to be very clear upfront here. tens of millions of americans believe that donald trump is being indicted by the fbi because he is a political opponent of the dc establishment and joe biden. and of course he is the most popular republican in the gop today. the swamp cannot let it stand. they cannot risk that trump will actually win in 2024. that s wha
good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is tuesday, may 16th. ahead this hour, the latest developments from ukraine following new russian missile attacks overnight. the strikes come as the ukrainian president is touring europe, looking to restock his army s arsenal. plus, the durham report was supposed to vindicate donald trump of his alleged ties to russia, but now that it s finally out after four years, there s not much in it that we didn t already know. we re going to go through the findings just ahead. we ll also have an update on the debt ceiling talks ahead of a high-stakes meeting at the white house. also today, just ahead now, arnold schwarzenegger joins us live from austria, where some of the world s top climate activists and leaders are meeting right now. along with joe, willie and me, we have the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. special correspondent for bbc news, katty kay is with us. and columnist and asso
a second trove of documents were found in his garage in wilmington, delaware, right next to his prized muscle car. the president is downplaying the discovery, and using the classic corvette defense. classified material next to your corvette. what were you thinking? i ll have a chance to speak on this god willing soon, by the way, my corvette is in a locked garage. not sitting out on the street. in a locked garage? yes, as well as my corvette. as i said earlier this week, people know i take classified documents and classified material seriously. they discovered a small number of documents with classified markings in storage areas, in file cabinets in my home and my personal library. no one ever breaks into a locked garage, breaks into a garage door and leaves it open. today the doj discovered another document in biden s house. the president s lawyers claimed they were inadvertently misplaced. a lot of questions here. the white house is more than happy to answer them
prepares to reconvene for its seventh hearing into the attack on the capitol today. focusing on the extremist groups that led the attack. how the committee plans to tie the far right militias to the trump white house. boy, mika, as we look at the united states capitol, which, of course so beautiful. was besieged by terrorists on january 6th. if you call people who try to take something over and brutalize cops and try to destroy american democracy terrorists, i guess it s all a definitional thing. you re really starting to see the impact of these investigations, not just the january 6th investigation, but we re going to be talking this morning about what s going on in georgia. lindsey graham has tried to escape a subpoena because the secretary of state in georgia said they re republicans. secretary of state said his fellow republican lindsey graham called and tried to get him to throw out legal ballots. graham is trying to get out of that. of course he wants to esc
Cant we use them . Thats wow. One of the reasons why he has he just doesnt have Foreign Policy experts around him. Trump asked three times . In an hour briefing, why cant we use Nuclear Weapons . From wondering about the use of Nuclear Weapons to stealing war plans, to reportedly spilling secrets about Nuclear Submarines, donald trump has a long history of problematic behavior with classified intelligence. Well have more on that one reporting. Nuclear, nuclear intelligence, willie. This is, again that and his love of autocrats is a bad mix. Yeah. I mean, we all remember that disturbing time when we said he was ill fit, but, you know, this is a guy that has been reckless with intelligence from the very beginning. I mean, one of his first visitors in the white house, he had the Foreign Minister of russia and the Russian Ambassador to the United States. What did he do . He spilled classified secrets that we got from another country. Had no reporters in there, no u. S. Reporters there, but