early with us on this thursday morning. morning joe starts right now. this isn t a question of vindication. it is not a question, as i stated before, about revenge this is a my position is that, at the end of the day, donald trump needs to be held accountable for his dirty deeds if, in fact, that s the way that the facts play out that was donald trump s former fixer after wrapping up his testimony to a manhattan grand jury by the way, former fixer who went to jail, actually got convicted and went to jail for being part of this scheme that donald trump is now being investigated for. michael cohen spent two days on the stand answering questions about the hush money given to stormy daniels, the porn star. now, we re learning that she is talking to prosecutors also ahead, we ll dig into the new reporting out of georgia on another phone call the former president made to an election official there in the aftermath of the 2020 election. it s like the end of the hunt
very exciting. in normal circumstances, this would be an absolutely thrilling year, but these aren t normal circumstances. still, we ll see what happens. hope all goes well. all right. last week, in honor of international women s day, forbes and know your value hosted the second annual 30/50 summit in abu dhabi, the multi-cultural, multi-generational, historic event. it was attended by over 500 women from 50 different countries. we were joined by global icons, legends who truly changed the world for women and are changing the world. here s a recap of the greatest global gathering of women in history. hello to everybody on morning joe from everyone here at the 30/50 summit in abu dhabi. we re having a great time.
that s the rub where people have a lot of questions about what crime the d.a. is going to use i think that is a real issue your issue about whether this will hold up i think that s the piece that s the most vulnerable. the misdemeanor seems very, very clear, and there should be very strong proof whether they can link it to another crime and, thus, make it a felony and a more serious charge, that s going to be an issue. andrew, what would all of that mean, then, in terms of sentencing i know there has been i mean, the conventional wisdom is that this doesn t carry jail time do you see any circumstances in which it might do, and if it doesn t, what are the other sentencing possibilities, charging possibilities sure. so that, obviously, is way down the road there would have to be a trial that could take that could, frankly, unfortunately, take years before that happens. we know from the trump organization and allen