morning joe starts right now trump indicted the first ever criminal indictment of a former president of the united states came down yesterday when a new york city grand jury convened by the manhattan district attorney s office took the unprecedented step of voting to charge donald trump. because the indictment is under seal, the exact charges are unknown, but we do know they center around that $130,000 payment trump allegedly made to porn star stormy daniels just days before the 2016 election, to keep her silent about an affair she claims the two had a decade earlier according to the star witness in the case, trump s own former lawyer, michael cohen, the trump organization tried to cover up the payment, falsely claiming it was a legal expense. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is friday, march 31st along with joe, willie and me, we have the host of way too ea early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire the host of politics nation, presid
several grounds such as prosecutorial misconduct and selective prosecution and as well as how much time has passed since the alleged crimes. we re looking at statute of limitations and a whole host of motions that are going to be levied here, and this case won t see a jury in my opinion. and turning himself in historic criminal charges, 34 felony counts brought forth by manhattan district attorney bragg, accusing him of hush money payments to stormy daniels and mcdougall. daniels says if the case goes to trial, she wants to testify. i think having them call me in and put me on the stand let legitimizes my story and and oh, she must not be a good witness, she s not credible. as for republicans, it s the credibility of prosecution that s in question. yesterday, house judiciary chairman jim jordan wrote a letter to the d.a. s office for new york county requesting documents and testimony relevant to their investigation into bragg s case. quote, if state or local prosecu
you thank you for that great reporting. pro that propublica kind o stuff. thank you for joining us tonight, alex s office evening she will be back nex week we re gonna start the evenin with breaking news out of texa were trump appointed federal judge has issued a ruling th lava act on the lives of nearl every person in the country. why do we say every person because it s about every perso who can become pregnant, everyone who cares about someone knocking apartment, an everyone who cares access to regulated drugs. pretty much everyone has a stake in the case. it revolves around the first o two pills better use i medication abortion. mifepristone, first approved b the fda in the year 2000 it s been used overseas fo that gates before that but tonight, the approval is o pause. because of a case brought by a group of conservative christia lawyers, with a history of failed lawsuits talkin transgender student athletes months, ago one month ago, the lawyers on behalf of antiabortio
tonight, alex is off and she will be back and joining us next week we re gonna start the evenin with breaking news out of texa were trump appointed federal judge has issued a ruling th lava act on the lives of nearl every person in the country. why do we say every person because it s about every perso who can become pregnant, everyone who cares about someone knocking apartment, an everyone who cares access to regulated drugs. pretty much everyone has a stake in the case. it revolves around the first o two pills better use i medication abortion. mifepristone, first approved b the fda in the year 2000 it s been used overseas fo that gates before that but tonight, the approval is o pause. because of a case brought by a group of conservative christia lawyers, with a history of failed lawsuits talkin transgender student athletes months, ago one month ago, the lawyers on behalf of antiabortion organizations and doctors argue to the u.s district judge, matthew ka merrick, that the f
announcement that he will run for president again. that will likely happen today. that action 70% of americans say they do not think he should run. half of those say that his age is a major reason why they feel that way. take a look at the wall street journal today. this widely read piece. on biden s age, asking the country to elect him is a risky act that borders unselfish. it s impossible to know mr. biden s real physical and mental state because the white house goes to great lengths to hide it. his decline is clear to anyone that is not willfully blind writes the editorial page in that opinion piece in the wall street journal. here we always look at presidents then and now. it is a job that takes its toll. you take a look at these two general mow from the debate stage and then within the past year. watch. i will take care of this. ly end this. i will make sure we have a plan. auto yeah. clept martha: okay. there s a lot of moments like that. we didn t pick