for sexual abuse, ordering him to pay $5 million to writer e. jean carroll. we have legal analysis on the case and more reaction from capitol hill straight ahead. also ahead, a high stakes meeting on the debt ceiling lives up to the low expectations everyone predicted. a look at what could come next as both sides have a small window to hammer out a deal. plus it appears that george santos elis and questionable financial claims are finally catching up to him as he is facing federal charges. and a live report from el paso, texas on how the biden administration is preparing for the end of a pandemic-era immigration restriction. good morning and welcome to morning joe it s wednesday, may 10th. along with joe, willie and me, we have host of way too early, jonathan lemire. former white house director of communications, jen palmerry. cohost of show time s the circus . attorney and columnist for the washington post george conway is with us as well. so it begins. donald tru
country is headed. not this hit and run stuff, not to cherry pick but a more folsom understanding, william jacob son with a great web site, this pairnk gave sums it up for me: so this garcie paragraph sums it up for me: what about the united states? this got mde to thinking. in between our elections, a lot happens to this country s tothat is not subject to elections. no longer subject to representative government. did you support the hiring of 87 thousand new irs agents? was that on a boot ballot, the disruption of energy independence? and complete attack on theepen c combustion engine and automobiles that usene? gasoline? did yo u support somehow, or vote for open borders where fentanyl and illegall im immunity and ms-13 and drugg car at the time cartels our can operate freely? did you votede forr. or support or hear about a massive debt? a massive debte like the planet has never seen on top of regular spending? that would affect inflation the way it does. did someone r
Pattern for one donald j. Trump. His incredibly reckless and cavaer handling of the ys most sensitive natiecurity secrets. Abc news was they first to report this, quote, former President Trump allegedly discussed potentially Sensitive Information about u. S. Nuclear submarines with a member of his maralago club. An Australian Bilonaire who allegedly sre the information with scores ofothers, including more tozen foreign officials. Several of his own employe a handful of journalists. That is according to sources familiar with the matter. The billionaire is named anthony pratt. You can see him right here in this 2018 photo from the sydney morning herald. Hes at maralago in the photo. He reportedly spoke to prosecutors and fbi agents about his conversation with the expresident. Heres what he told them, according to abc news. Quot pratt described how looking to make conversation with trump at a meeting at rlago in april 2021 he brought up the american submine fleet, which the two had dcued
also about their defense of clarence thomas. this idea that we can t agree that it s out of bounds to accept millions of dollars worth of gifting from a party before the court, as a supreme court justice. over and over and over and over again as long as it justifies donald trump being elected or republicans winning cases on the supreme court. you re seeing this republican party demonstrate over and over again that the rules don t matter if the end of power is served by the means. as we ve pointed out, senator marco rubio, who himself is a lawyer, went to lawyer and said, quote, the jury is a joke, talking about the jury system. let s move on to other matters. guns are a question you ve tackled now for well over a decade. after the shooting in uvalde almost a year ago, you were able to come together with republicans to get some bipartisan legislation done on gun safety.
but tunnel vision, they get, to a point they believe inin t their case so much they overlookii ecuador information or they devote too much have venom, ien mean this on highest reaches. that, certainly goes for fbi, i don t think hasnk changed a lick since comey left, people feel in is such a righteous cause to go after president trump. rules don t matter. and the inconsistency does not matter, it all about the ends justifying the means, it a sad day, i wish people would recognize tho howand threatening this is to have a do j and fbi that create new rules for people they