Plus, were learning more about the failed Plea Agreement for hunter biden and the questions raised by the judge in that case. And also ahead well bring you new reporting on a private meeting between President Biden and former president obama over concerns over the 2024 election. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this thursday, august 3rd. Im jonathan lemire. Weve got a big day ahead. Thanks for starting it with us. Well begin in the nations capitol where just down the street from where he was inaugurated back in 2017, the former President Donald Trump will be criminally charged today for allegedly trying to disrupt the same government he once swore an oath to protect. Around 4 00 this afternoon, trump will be arraigned in d. C. Federal court on four Felony Charges stemming from his alleged efforts to block the peaceful transition of power following his loss in the 2020 election. The charges are conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to obstruct an official proce
conundrum these republicans are in theirsemicly reluctant to criticize trump. is anyone trying to make the case of, hey, we love trump, yeah, he s being wronged here, it s all a witch hunt. that said, look, it s going to hurt him, you know, he can t get elected next fall? yeah, we ve seen a number of candidates allude to that like nikki haley, for example, when she said, look, we can t keep talking about this, we need to talk about the so-called kitchen table issues. we also heard ron desantis talk about why he s the best choice without maybe mentioning donald trump by name. the problem with that, though, is that they re still being forced to confront this issue of donald trump and in a way talk about him and look what we re doing here, we re talking about donald trump. all day today we ll be talking about donald trump. donald trump will be getting lots of free earned media, if you will, on tv while these