Trumps free speech. It is about his conduct. Plus, new revelations about the extent of trumps pressure campaign, and we are talking to the man who is in charge of running secure elections there in 2024, we are going to get into the lasting effects of voting in the political process. Then, we will take a timeout from donald trump so that our critics can weigh in against lizzo, and what the popstar has to say about it. I have something to say. We start with Breaking News this evening, in spite of being warned by a judge not to temper with witnesses or jurors, or interfere with the administration of justice, former President Donald Trump fired off a threat within the last 24 hours. If you go after me, i am coming after you. Now, this threat is the definition of political speech. As part of the prosecutions case against trump. If you hours go, the trial judge gave trumps negotiate deadline of five pm on monday, to respond to a protective order proposal submitted by the Special Counsel. Jac
with us on this thursday morning. morning joe starts right now. as you know, i can t talk about the particulars of this or any other ongoing criminal matter. as i said when i pointed mr. smith, i did so because it underscores the justice department s commitment to both independence and accountability. mr. smith is a veteran career prosecutor. he has assembled a group of experienced and talented prosecutors and agents who share his commitment to integrity and the rule of law. any questions about this matter will have to be answered by their filings in court. attorney general merrick gar garland with brief words for the first time since donald trump s federal indictment. is it just me or, willie, are we starting to see again not a complete breaking of ice but sort of more thawing of ice, mike pence day one, this is horrible. day two, it s bad, but i m going to pardon him. day three, too early to talk about pardons. because you know, the news came out and i m sure mike p
analysis here, and is suggestion that trump is going to need to be given a bit more room to speak than most people. i think the government recognizes that, because it didn t actually ask for a gag order, they simply raise this tweet in the context of arguing that the protective order should be tightly constrained around him. he is going to be able to say things like that. however obnoxious, or undesirable they mean it and a political matter. okay. there is another case brewing in georgia around this very issue. you actually reported georgia secretary of state, brad raffensperger, met with federal prosecutors as recently at the end of june, we have the special counsel indictment now with the timeline of the conspiracy. i m wondering, did you learn anything new there, and can you tell me anything about what is going on with fani willis? that has been the question. we ve been waiting for those georgia indictment for a while. there was a lot of information
the minute we read this indictment was that they seemed to walk right up to the precipice with these bedminster allegations. there are two instances where the former president appears to have shown classified material to other people. it s not entirely clear that he actually had the documents with him, and so there are some factual sort of needles that would need to be threaded here, but it was very interesting that they didn t do anything additional with those allegations, and that s led to speculation there could be an additional case brewing in new jersey. lots of procedural issues to be resolved if there are two cases like that. there might be some possibility that the former president could try to consolidate them and face trial only in florida, but this is a very intriguing sort of piece that ryan has written along with andrew, and it suggests that doj is not out of moves here. yeah, and jen psaki, we ve heard from the very beginning
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