lead lawyer of one of them. i helped my dad in the other four. still a part of preparing the case? yes, sir. still a part of gathering the evidence and putting it together for trial? in a criminal case, we didn t do much the gathering of the evidence. we took what law enforcement had gathered. putting it together for the criminal trial, correct? yes, sir. presenting evidence in court? yes, sir. giving jury arguments? i did the closing argument in one of them, yes, sir. did you ever have any cases that you prosecuted that went short of a jury trial, either pled out or were dismissed for some reason? you know, i m sure that at some point over between 1998 and 2021 that i took some plea, but as we sit here today i can t specifically remember that, and i don t ever remember working a case up for trial that didn t go to trial, but i m sure at some point in time i was involved in some level of a guilty plea or guilty pleas. you would agree with me that t
house to capitol hill with the collision of two historic and deeply connected events. the first, the ongoing crisis over the house speakership still unfolding in the house at this moment, which just voted to adjourn until 10:00 pm tonight after 13 votes took pl. and the speaker was still not elected pickett is something that has not happened in american politics in 164 years. since before the civil war. the second event, the anniversary of the january 6 insurrection. the worst attack on the united its capital in centuries. the commemoration today took place at the white house where pres. joe biden awarded the country second highest civilian honor, the presidential citizens will to 14 people who were instrumental in making sure that american democracy survived the coup attempt by the ex-president and his republican allies. it is group that includes first responders, officers, as well as election workers like ruby freeman and shane mossberg we have a chance to speak to two of t
investigations into january 6th and based on the evidence we saw last night, he might not be the last given that blockbuster hearing from the january 6th select committee in prime time last night. the committee put in place critical building blocks in its case against donald trump having criminal exposure as the leader of the plot against the government he led. in a hearing focused on what was unfolding inside the west wing of the white house on january 6th and in the days immediately following. the committee laid out in extraordinary detail everything that was happening as donald trump holed up in the white house dining room in front of the tv and barred photographers from the room as the mob he riled up attacked the united states capitol. the committee delivered evidence proving trump repeatedly and consistently resisted pleas from just about everybody on the white house staff for a forceful statement of condemnation. that would have the effect of calling off and stopping t
never-before-seen video. plus, attorney general merrick garland is pressed about the justice department s response to the attack on the capitol. we ll show you his response to a question about prosecuting former president trump. and concerns about the next election have the senate taking rare, bipartisan action. there is promising progress on a bill to prevent future coup attempts. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, july 21st. big night tonight. with joe and me, we have the host of way too early and white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. former chairman of the republican national committee, michael steele. good to have you both. we begin with a new development surrounding those deleted texts from the secret service from the day before and the day of the january 6th attack on the capitol. a senior secret service official tells nbc news that employees received at least three emails, including one before the insurrection wow.
they have to be presumed you can t presume that this was just something that happens with a bureaucratic snafu, this is outrageous. well, the explanation for the quote, lost data sounds more suspicious this morning based on a new time line from lawmakers, julia insley is standing by with more on this story. plus, new subpoenas for supporters of former president trump. good news out of fulton county, georgia. nearly a dozen fake elects from one state could face criminal charges for election interference. things are heating up. meanwhile, trump hasn t given up on overturning the election he lost, apparently. a wisconsin lawmaker says the former president called him just this month, following a court ruling on ballot drop boxes. also, vladimir putin takes his first significant foreign trip since the invasion of ukraine as the russian president looks for an ally in a nation also isolated from the west. and the bidens meet with ukraine s first lady at the white house ole