Felt like, okay, im going to read the article. But do i really have to . Im just gonna find out the name of the rich guy who paid for him. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse is gonna join us with his reactions to the latest turn in the road, so to speak, for Clarence Thomas. The Supreme Court ethics thing, i feel like its a banking your head against the wall, because the more on planetary and consequential the ethical like, literally, financial, ethical Conflict Of Interest issues are exposed, just the clear it gets they dont feel they need to answer anybody, they dont feel constrained by any rules, no matter what you expose, theyre never gonna do anything about it. I feel like Sheldon Whitehouse is the one member of the u. S. Senator was consistent consistently optimistic that something can and should be done. So, im glad youve got him. I will ask him how his head feels. [laughter] very good. Thank you, rachel. Thank you. Well, weve had a flurry of motions filed tonight by Donald Trumps curre
Left his golf estate in bedminster new jersey, he got on his trump plane at Newark International airport and flew back to washington, d. C. And when trump arrived there today, it was just showing up for courts. He was returning to the scene of the alleged crime. The federal courthouse where, trump was arraigned today, sits near both the ellipse, where trump riled up the crowd on january 6th, and the capital plaza, where rioters stormed the barricade and tried to stop the peaceful transition of power. The court room that trump was in todays the very same room where numerous january 6th cases have been heard. The judge overseeing trumps arraignment has also overseen the cases of people including dominick box, a Qanon Activist Who Livestreamed the storming of the capitol and jarred wise, a former fbi agent whos charged with assaulting a Police Officer on january 6th. So this was all very much a Trip Down Memory Lane for mr. Trump. Now there were no Courtroom Cameras today. But thanks to C
That, in fact, donald trump did attempt to hold up a constitutional proceeding. Yeah. He admitted that last week. Yesterday, he admitted that he violated the constitution of the United States. Just a technical violation of the United States constitution. Pretty bizarre. He violated the constitution. I mean, the admissions keep rolling. Yeah. Keep him was this a full ginsberg . He was on a lot of the sunday shows trying to own the narrative. Meanwhile, the former president himself spent the weekend raging on social media, and this could get interesting, with posts that could defy the judges orders. Remember the directions the judge gave him at his arraignment . Well get legal analysis on that new development. Also ahead, one of trumps allies in the senate makes light of the humiliating nature of his relationship with the former president. Plus, republican senator Tommy Tuberville has held up crucial Military Promotions since february over the pentagons abortion policy. His Unprecedented
I think they have more evidence as to President Trumps state of mind. Donald trumps former Attorney General with an ominous prediction for the former president in the 2020 election case. It comes as trump faces arraignment today in Federal Court in washington. Well get a live report from washington, d. C. , and legal analyst on what we can expect from todays hearing. Meanwhile, former Vice President mike pence just gave his most direct criticism of his former boss. Well play those comments for you. Also ahead, new reporting on a private meeting between President Biden and former president obama over concerns about the 2024 election. Good morning. Welcome to morning joe. It is thursday, august 3rd. Along with joe, willie and me, we have the host of way too early, White House Bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. Senior attorney and fbi official, chuck rosenberg. Reporter for the Washington Post, Jackie Alemany. And Pulitzer Prize winning columnist and Associate Editor of the Washin
Im Anderson Cooper here in new york, along with jake tapper in washington. Anderson, the indictment charges donald trump with four counts, you see them there on your screen, allegedly motivated by one single goal, one that is antithetical to any functioning democracy, the peaceful transition of power. Quoting from the indictment now, quote, despite having lost the defendant, donald trump, was determined to remain in power, unquote. We learned of the indictment in the 5 00 hour today, shortly after Special Counsel made a brief statement, it is now in full. Good evening, today an indictment was unsealed. Charging Donald J Trump with conspiring to defraud the United States, conspiring to disenfranchise voters, and conspiring and attempting to obstruct an official proceeding. The indictment was issued by a grand jury of citizens here, in the district of columbia, and it sets forth the crimes charged in detail. I encourage everyone to read it in full. The attack on our nations capital, on j