we today uphold our solemn responsibility to ensure that everyone stands equal before the law. we have one set of laws in this country, and they apply to everyone their evidence can be tested in court and judged by a jury of citizen sdpgs we look at the fact, we look at the law and we bring charges. for the fourth time in as many months donald trump, the former president of the united states, is facing a criminal indictment. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is tuesday, august 15th. let s dive right into the latest indictment for the former president. the charges are from fulton county, georgia, where trump and 18 others were named in a sweeping 41-count indictment targeting alleged attempts to overturn the state s 2020 election results, fulton county district attorney fani willis announced the charges just before midnight. the state s role in this
that the system is working, that all of the efforts by donald trump, his allies and his enablers to try to silence the truth, to try to undermine democracy have been brought into the light, and justice is being pursued. that was former secretary of state hillary clinton on msnbc last night, before the full indictment came out. she was asked about the georgia case and trump s efforts to overturn the election. something she warned years ago that he might try. welcome back to the third hour of morning joe. it is tuesday, august 15th. catty cat, jonathan lemire still with us. joining the conversation we have the state attorney for palm beach county, florida, dave aaronburg and pulitzer prize winning historian john meacham joins us this morning. let s get straight to donald
today, randi? well, john, donald trump waived his appearance to appear in court but did enter a not guilty through his attorney. his aide walt nauta also was here in court and did enter a not guilty plea. we were expecting the property manager from mar-a-lago carlos de oliveira to be in court, which he was and to enter a plea. you may recall last week he was in miami with a washington, d.c.-based lawyer. so he couldn t enter a plea because he needs a florida lawyer to enter a plea here in the state of florida. he had a florida lawyer in the courtroom with him, but apparently he hadn t signed up all the paper, hadn t officially signed on. once again carlos de oliveira s arraignment was postponed. he ll new appear back in court here on tuesday august 15th, or he could possibly waive his appearance. but we did learn earlier this evening that his florida lawyer did officially sign on hours after that scheduled arraignment. and he will now officially represent him here in the state.
not guilty plea. we were expecting the property manager from mar-a-lago, carlos de oliveira to be in court, which he was, and to end to a plea. you may recall last week, he was in miami with a wash and you see bass lawyer, which so he could enter a flea, because he needs a floor lawyer to enter a plea here in the state of florida. he had a florida lawyer in the court room with him, but apparently, had finished up all the paperwork, had officially signed on. so once again, carlos, yellow there is really arraignment words postpone, to not appear back in court here on tuesday, august 15th. where he possibly could wave his appearance. but we did learn earlier this evening, that his florida lawyer did now officially sign on, hours after that schedule arraignment. and he will now officially represent him here in the state, so we do expect that he will enter the plea. but john, just in terms of the charges that they are facing now. we are looking at false statements, conspiracy to obstruct ju
through his legal team. joining me, katie phang outside the courthouse in florida. new york times chief white house correspondent peter baker. and former u.s. attorney barbara mccabe. take us through what happened this morning with defendants, the lawyers, judge cannon. and this is another delay. reporter: yes, so carlos de oliveira today took a page out of the walt nauta playbook of delay. walt nauta had his arraignment on two separate occasions to obtain counsel. there was a judge from west palm beach who was alongside mr. de oliveira claiming there were details that had to be ironed out before a notice of appearance that would indicate he is permanent counsel of record on behalf of carlos de oliveira. the judge set the arraignment for tuesday, august 15th. if mr. de oliveira fires the paperwork and mr. trump did, de oliveira will not have to appear in court. i will note that not only was