Accusing them of engaging in a criminal enterprise designed to overturn the will of georgia voter. The d. A. Wants to try all 19 defendants together at the same time. She wants to do it within six months and that puts this thing on a Collision Course with the primary schedule. Dana the president and legal team are seizing on that saying the charges are politically motivated. Chris christie is here with us. Jonathan turley on deck with legal analysis. In atlanta Jhonattan Seary is standing by for an update. Good morning to you, dana. Former President Trump is lashing out against prosecutors because of the timing of these indictments. Mr. Trump tells fox news digital quote, this politically inspired indictment which could have been brought close to three years ago was tail ored for placement with my Political Campaign where im leading all republicans. He has been indicted along with 18 others including former Chief Of Staff mark meadows and former trump attorneys Rudy Giuliani and sidney
Or, alternatively, trump can take his phone with him but his Defense Counsel has to babysit him to make sure he does not copy anything onto his phone. And if the defendant takes notes, regarding sensitive materials, the Defense Council must inspect those notes. It is sort of like the sats, only its all part of a federal criminal indictment. As the prosecution argued for that provision, they noted dryly and pointedly, trump has shown a tendency, a desire to hold on to material which he should not have. Yes, that is correct, trump was caught having taken more than 300 classified documents with him to his Florida Beach house when he left the white house. The reason this all had to be ironed out today is because Special Counsel smiths team is going to start handing trumps Team Evidence to review before they all go to trial. Those rules are part of a much larger protective order that judge chutkan ordered today, outlying what evidence trump cannot share from this case outside court. And we
Thank you for your coverage, my friend. You bet. Thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. Former President Donald Trump, former President Donald Trump got some marching orders today. The judge overseeing Special Counsel jack smiths case into trumps attempt to overturn the 2020 election, judge Tanya Chutkan, today she laid out some new rules for the former president , as far as the next phase of this criminal indictment. When mr. Trump want to go over sensitive evidence, like Witness Emails or Audio Recordings in his testimony, he is not allowed to bring anything into the room with him that could be used to copy that sensitive material. Like a smartphone, if trump is reviewing this material on his own. Or, alternatively, trump can take his phone with him but his Defense Counsel has to babysit him to make sure he does not copy anything onto his phone. And if the defendant takes notes, regarding sensitive materials, the Defense Council must inspect those notes. It is sort of like t
Threatening federal prosecutors. Today, the judge in that case could decide exactly how much he can talk about it. It comes as federal prosecutors are now pushing for a trial right after new years day. Cue up u2. Well have much more on trumps legal issues ahead. Good morning. Welcome to morning joe. It is i mean, come on, man, its august. Its august. This is moving. This year is moving too fast. Its midaugust. You know, you get old like me, and it just flies, right . Its august 11th. With us, we have the host of way too early, White House Bureau chief at politico, Jonathan Lemire. Host of politics nations, wearing tan today, the reverend al sharpton. Looks good. Come on, man. President obama wore tan, and look what happened. It was a big news story. With me, its just another day. Can you believe that . That was a big news story. The president of the United States wearing tan in the white house. We have a the same people that were upset by that are now, like, hey, its really cool. We su
Ainsley march 12th. Where is the time going . Steve i know it. This morning on capitol hill, that man Special Counsel robert hur will defend his report that paints joe biden as an elderly man with a lousy poor memory. Ainsley plus tiktok ceo talks with lawmakers ahead of tomorrows vote to ban the platform. Brian and, permission please . Am i allowed to take any questions . [laughter] anybody here . Brian wow. They are laughing. But thats our president. Ainsley ask permission to take questions . Brian i know. Steve very polite. Brian second hour of fox friends. Mornings are better friends. Ainsley did you ask permission to say that . Brian yeah. Steve all right. It is a tuesday. And, you know what . Its primary day in georgia and mississippi and the state of washington. Plus hawaii is also holding their republican caucuses and, you know what . This is why its a red letter day. Today could be the day both parties lock in the nominees. It will probably be as of tomorrow this time joe bide