life as well when he held on to documents contain something of the nation s most sensitive national security secrets and then stonewalled efforts by the government to retrieve those documents. we ll start with the trump organization going on trial. jury selection began in the case brought by the manhattan d.a. against the trump family business alleging a 15-year scheme in which top executives were compensated off the books in order to avoid paying taxes. as the new york times reports the trial marks a reversal of fortune for the ex-president s business. the business that was the basis for the image trump peddled to voters as a businessman and deal maker, even if that image was smoke and mirrors. from the reporting the dawn of donald trump s presidency his family business appeared poised for a windfall. it unveiled new hotel lines, held ribbon cuttings around the world and attracted major tournaments to his golf clubs enough for eric trump who ran the company while his fathe
worst part of the day. since we last met, donald trump responded to that development in the form of a meandering, unhinged 14 paige letter addressed to bennie thompson. we ll spare you the much debunked claims, the kicking and screaming, random sentences, inexplicably in all caps except to say nowhere did trump commit to complying with the subpoena and even reporting trump may want to make that interview with the committee a live one. we ll talk to a committee member to find out if that is on the table. as a matter of fact, though, trump s kwaurl with the january 6th committee is one of a number of separate avenues of legal peril for the twice impeached ex-president. all of these stories every one of them broke within hours of one another. we ll run down the rest. there is this seditious conspiracy trial of far right oath keepers related to the capitol attack an trump is very much present in all of those proceedings. evidence presented in court shows that militia group s memb
getting up way too early ton friday morning and all weekend long. morning joe starts now. aides found classified documents inside his delaware home. he has had them for a while because a lot of them have to do with the louisiana purchase. the justice department is taking this seriously. today the attorney general appointed a special counsel to investigate biden s handling of the documents. i m not saying biden is getting worried, but he just texted rudy giuliani, so you go, wow, that s not good. that s not good. all right. republicans get the special counsel they have been calling for to investigate president biden s handling of classified documents. it comes as we are learning more about the files and where they were found. we ll also take a look at some of the hypocrisy inside the gop when it comes to the special counsels for trump and biden. meanwhile, a prominent republican says it is time for the party to move on from former president donald trump, calling him
intensifies his nuclear rhetoric amid a faltering military campaign in ukraine. the biden administration says it has told russia privately exactly what the consequences would be for using a nuclear weapon. we ll have the very latest on that. plus, a head turning new revelation concerning the attack on the capitol. what a former adviser to the january 6th committee says about a phone call between the trump white house and a rioter while the attack was underway. also this morning, tropical storm ian has just strengthened into a category 1 hurricane as it continues its track toward cuba and florida. we re watching that. and it is just six weeks until voters decide the balance of power in congress. we ll tell you where things stand this morning and what s in play. good morning and welcome to morning joe, it s monday, september 26th. we begin with the new polling from the new york times that shows 54% believe donald trump threatened american democracy when he left office. 51
forces working against him and his allies. concerns are mounting that we could see more than mere spikes of violence as we near the midterm elections. a motley crop of trump acolytes are running on the ticket in states across the country. it includes, and this is by no means a comprehensive list, election deniers, covid vaccine skeptics, a celebrity doctor pedaling quack medical cures and a former football star under fire for allegedly paying for a girlfriend s abortion while advocating for a near total ban on abortion. this is one of the great tricks that i think the sexual revolution pulled on the american populous, this idea, okay, these marriages were fundamental, you know, they were maybe even violent but certainly they were unhappy. and so getting rid of them and making it easier for people to shift spouses like they change their underwear, that s going to make people happy in the long term. 250,000 illegals cross this boarder every month. this is an invasion. i p