special counsel jack smith is looking for in the classified documents probe. as with the $5 million defamation and sexual abuse judgment against donald trump, his own words are once again being used against him in a court of law. this time we re of course talking about that stunning february 2021 audio recording. donald trump bragging about a secret document with plans to attack iran at bedminster. to a writer working on a book, the discovery of that recording according to report from the wall street journal we discussed on this program last week, we know was a watershed moment that helped spur doj into pursuing a criminal case against the ex-president. days after his indictment on 37 felony counts, the ex-president claimed this. there was no document. that was a massive amount of papers and everything else talking about iran and other things, and it may have been held up or may not, but that was not a document. i didn t have a document per se. there was nothing to declas
it matters. our democracy is more than a system of government. it s the very soul of america. it s how we ve been able to constantly adapt through the centuries. it is why we ve always emerged from every challenge stronger than we went in. it s how we ve come together as one nation united. just as our fallen heros have kept the element of faith with our democracy, we must keep faith with them. because of them, all of them, we stand here today. we will never forget that. we will never, ever, ever stop working to make a more perfect union, in which they live and which they died for. that was their problem. that s our promise. that s our promise today to them and our promise always. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is tuesday, may 28th. that was president biden marking memorial day at arlington national cemetery with a somber message about freedom, democracy, and honoring those who have made the ultimate sacrifice for our country. it certainly is a day for reflection
united states. you know, charlie, we talked a little bit yesterday about the tension that people in the national security agencies have largely been reluctant to jump into the fray with a few exceptions. general haden has been warning about trump and his effect and he s served democratic and republican presidents. john brennan is on our air waves as a national security contributor. as this sinks in some of the folks who have been reluctant to say what they saw, people like generalmattis, people who still try to thread some needle that trump wasn t the horror with u.s. national security that we can all now hear with our ears that he was. do you think it represents a moment? it should be and maybe it will be. i think what s been happening is that a lot of those folks have been saying these things in private, keeping their concerns to themselves but have been
faith in democratic institutions here in the united states using thousands of fake social media and e-mail accounts. the plotters allegedly sought to inflame passions online, focusing on issues like immigration, race relations and gun control. house speaker congressman eric swalwell of the intelligence and judiciary committees and mikel haden and our correspondent and specialists are also standing by with full coverage. let s begin with the breaking news. let s go to our justice reporter, laura jarrett, here along with cnn justice correspondent, evan perez. laura, this is a criminal complaint. it shows moscow s election interference is still happening, heading into next month s midterm elections. what are the details of this alleged russian operation? wolf, this remarkable complaint just shows the depths of the russian efforts to sow discord and to exploit divisions in america less than two weeks away from the midterm elections. in this particular case, we have
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