Live from washington, im paula reid in for jim acosta. You are in the cnn newsroom. Former President Trump is pushing back on the new criminal charges hes facing. The former president took to social media today to deny that Security Footage from maralago was deleted, but thats not what prosecutors have accused here. They allege that he was part of an attempt to delete the footage. Prosecutors say a maralago property manager, Carlos De Oliveira, urged another employee to scrub the footage, saying that, quote, the boss, aka trump, wanted the entire server deleted. De oliveira is accused of lying to investigators about moving classified documents at the resort, and the indictment alleges that the desire to have this footage deleted was all aimed at trying to conceal critical information from investigators. De oliveira is due in federal Court Tomorrow morning. Trump also says that the footage was voluntary handed over. Thats also not true. It was subpoenaed. This weekend, trump has been on
literally tilting at windmills. it comes as his legal team decides its best defense in his civil rape trial. no defense at all? another deadly mass shooting in america. the latest, a medical center in atlanta, prompting an impassioned plea from georgia senator raphael warnock. also, new reporting on the deep financial ties between supreme court justice clarence thomas and a texas billionaire. keep getting deeper. it keeps getting worse. on capitol hill, there is no off-ramp when it comes to a deal on the debt ceiling. we ll have the latest on the contentious negotiations. meanwhile, the markets mostly flat this morning in response to the latest interest rate hike from the federal reserve. we ll have a full breakdown of what could be the final move from the central bank in the fight to bring down inflation. good morning, everyone, and welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, may 4th. we got two out of three birthdays under our belt here. exactly. willie
so what is dhs secretary mayorkas doing during his visit there? happening as we speak. to convince folks the government has things under control. and the gunman accused of shooting five people in atlanta is expected in court later today less than 24 hours after he was captured, why the police chief says technology was key to making the arrest. we are going to start, though, with the breaking news, four members of the right wing militia group the proud boys have been found guilty of rare seditious conspiracy charges, all of them now facing the possibility of spending up to 50 years behind bars. this is just a partial verdict. the jury was considering more than 40 counts against the five defendants, and is yet to decide several of them including a seditious conspiracy charge against the fifth man, dominick pizzola. i want to go ahead and bring in nbc s ryan reilly outside the courthouse in washington, carol lamb is a former federal prosecutor and msnbc legal analyst, and ma
safety concern. we are monitoring this developing story and keep you updated as we learn more. breaking tonight, in austin texas, governor greg abbott says is working swiftly pardon army sgt. convicted of murder during the 2020 black lives matter right. hey shooting police originally deemed self-defense but a liberal prosecutor decided to pursue the case anyway. even after the lead detective accused him of withholding evidence and witness tampering. now the fate of the sgt. mcdaniel sits in the hands of texas border pardon pearls. joining me now exclusively to break down the case, who today governor dan patrick. thank you for joining me on this story. when you have a lead detective accusing the prosecutor of witness tampering, i don t understand what s going on when you have a da who typically is not tough on crime, all of a sudden going after this guy, what can you tell us? the da like a lot of the das around the country in big blue cities seem to let criminals go free and
police say there s no public safety concern. we are monitoring this developing story and keep you updated as we learn more. breaking tonight, in austin texas, governor greg abbott says is working swiftly pardon army sgt. convicted of murder during the 2020 black lives matter right. hey shooting police originally deemed self-defense but a liberal prosecutor decided to pursue the case anyway. even after the lead detective accused him of withholding evidence and witness tampering. now the fate of the sgt. mcdaniel sits in the hands of texas border pardon pearls. joining me now exclusively to break down the case, who today governor dan patrick. thank you for joining me on this story. when you have a lead detective accusing the prosecutor of witness tampering, i don t understand what s going on when you have a da who typically is not tough on crime, all of a sudden going after this guy, what can you tell us? the da like a lot of the das around the country in big blue cities seem