department. what investigators inside the doj could be looking for. plus, the january 6th committee seeking testimony from trump cabinet members who discussed at the time invoking the 25th amendment to remove the then-president in the panel s cross hairs, former treasury secretary steve mnuchin and dni john ratcliff. new cooperation from inside the former president s doj. someone who worked with jeffrey clarke, the man trump tried to install as acting attorney general in the days leading up to january 6th, is now cooperating with the criminal probe. let s begin with senior justice correspondent evan perez. a lot of movement within the doj, particularly as they attempt to get around this executive privilege argument. break down exactly how the department plans to do this and how quickly. reporter: well, jim, they are planning to try to get this as quickly as possible. they are looking the goal here is to try to get to people, testimony from people who were in direct
thursday morning. morning joe starts right now. it was just released that the pentagon deleted all messages from the january 6th. then they hear hillary clinton, well, well, well. we look at the missing january 6th text messages. the questions all over washington this morning with multiple government agencies now involved. has a massive coverup been exposed. and former dhs secretary, jay johnson is standing by. a federal grand jury asked former aide what it means for donald trump. and poland say that democrats continue to make gains as the republicans fly with them wanting to control congress. fallout from kansas and arizona. a lot more than that. we have and overall look of trump s record in the primary races, which is very strong. c pack kicks off today with a controversial guest. we ll get to that. let s start with the number two democrat in the senate now calling on the department of defense so open an internal investigation from key officials. he asked the inspecto
I think we need to think through, to me also is more this position we need to have all 19 people at the table 47 days from now, and maybe this is something, if you need to tag team with somebody else on the counsel, one of the first things i kind of want to talk through is potentially how removal affects this. So i know your estate is currently litigating this issue with multiple codefendants in federal court. And while that is happening until a decision is made, we cant issue a judgment of conviction here. Yes, judge. No matter how judge rules, isnt either party going to have right to appeal that rule something. Thats correct. Both sides would have the right to appeal. So the 11th circuit could take, any idea of how long to weigh in . As long as they need to. Right. So it could potentially even optimistically be a six month turn around for the 11th circuit to come up with a decision, right . Yes, sir. If its a fourmonth trial, this starts in october, we present the entire states case,
Case and may not be in others, right . Yes, your honor. So i guess some of the things i think we need to think through, to me also, its more this position that we still need to have all 19 people at the table 47 days from now. And maybe this is something if you need to tag team with somebody else on the counsel. I want to talk about how removal affects this. So i know youre a state your state is currently litigating this issue with multiple codefendants in Federal Court. And while thats happening, until its a decision a decision is made, we cant issue a judgment of conviction here, right . Yes, judge. Now, no matter how judge jones rules, isnt either party going to have the right to appeal that ruling . That is correct, judge. Our positions would be both sides have the right to appeal. The 11th circuit could take any idea of how long to weigh . As long as they need to. Right. Could potentially even optimistically be a sixmonth turnaround for the 11th circuit to come up with a decision.
Earlier, its interesting, the timing, its been about three weeks now since that first attack by hamas. What you make of the timing and we should not say that this is the awaited Ground Incursion but this is maybe the most significant Military Action we have seen. What do you make of the large gap there, three weeks . First gap there, three weeks . First of all i gap there, three weeks . First of all i think gap there, three weeks . First of all i think the gap there, three weeks . First of all i think the israelis gap there, three weeks . I; st of all i think the israelis did not have a plan for what they wanted to do. They knew what the objective was, to destroy hamas, they didnt necessarily know what they wanted to do, and i think the conversations with the us when President Biden visited, about a week or so ago was very important in terms of the us really saying to the israelis we know your objective but we also know there is a lot of anger, a lot of rage, you really want to go in g