While his own lawyer roasts him. Look, i get the defenses argument that you cant trust Michael Cohen because he hates donald trump, but, to be fair, everyone who has ever worked with donald trump hates donald trump. At some point, you have to be like, i think its trump. We also learned what the defense ordered for lunch today. 14 pizzas, four cheese, five pepperoni, four sausage and pepperoni, and one chicken, bacon, and ranch. No word yet on what trumps lawyers ordered. Boom, boom. Okay. Good morning. Welcome to morning joe. Willie, it is, today, officially, i have triple sourced this, friday. She did. Yes. We did it. Friday, may 17th, everybody. We made it. Welcome to morning joe. Along with joe, willie, and me, we have the host of Way Too Early, White House Bureau chief at politico, Jonathan Lemire. And Associate Editor, the great euGene Robinson. Jonathan lemire going to hang his American Flag upside down because the red sox lost last night. I did text that to you last night. It wa
Sought to protect us. But now along comes a president who actually says he is constitutionally empowered to do whatever he wants. That he can neither be prosecuted or even investigated for any crime. And that he can totally ignore any impeachment proceeding of which he disapproves. These are the claims of a wanna be tyrant who has extowed the virtues of tyrants from manila to moscow. To advance tyranny, he adopts an openborder policy. Inviting foreigners to come into our country and intrude in our elections. Foreign nations have their own agendas. Especially, adversaries like rush s russia and china. American citizens should be the only ones determining the fate of america. If the president continues demanding more foreign interference, we will never have trulyfree elections. And we will not be free. We act today, recognizing the solemn responsibility to safeguard our security and constitution. We pledge allegiance to the flag. And the republic for which it stands. Not to one man who w
speaker pelosi, i yield. gent of and from california. my colleagues continue to make the argument that the ukrainians got the money. yet the president got caught, but they got the money. no harm, no file. it s the equivalent of saying if you re pulled over by a crop, and the cop doesn t take the money but arrest you, where is the crime and that russian mark they didn t take the money this is what my colleagues would have you accept. because the president got caught in the act, we must look the other way. of course, that s not the way the law works. that s not the way the constitution works for that s not the way our oath of office works. our oath of office requires us to impeach a president that abuses his power whether he gets away with it or he gets caught. and in this case, he got caught. i m now proud to recognize the gentleman from new jersey for
and i defended the truth. madam speaker, i yield. gentleman from california. madam speaker, my colleagues continue to make the argument that the ukrainians got the money. yes, the president got caught. but they got the money. no harm, no foul. it is the equivalent of saying, if you re pulled over by a cop and you attempt to bribe the cop and the cop doesn t take the money but arrests you. well, where s the crime in that? they didn t get the money. this is this is what my colleagues would have you accept. this is what my colleagues would have you accept. that because the president got caught in the act, we must look the other way. but of course, that s not the way the law works. that s not the way the constitution works. that s not the way our oath of office works. our oath of office requires us to impeach a president that abuses his power. whether he gets away with it or he gets caught. and in this case, he got caught. i am now proud to recognize the
illegal immigrants hire? sanctuary cities or municipalities where this joe: what could be better than when you arrest someone for committing a crime, you can check their status. how can you object to that? kat: what do you do besides opting in. the federal government can t force local governments to do their job, what do you do? eboni: that s why i think my solution is the best one. for states that choose it, it s excellent. joe: they can t function without the assistance of the authorities. no matter how much power they have over immigration. eric: you don t have to. a cop doesn t have to do it but i like them having the arrow in the quiver. corey: you want to have as many tools as possible and use the one that best fits the