Good evening and welcome to Joe Scarborough presents. As we move closer to the primaries, donald trump remains the dominant frontrunner, according to the Morning Consult tracker. He is nearly 40 points ahead of his closest rival, Florida Governor ron desantis. And there is real apprehension about what a second trump term might look like. This morning, the New York Times published a frightening article that gives us the best look at how far donald trump may go with his obsession with authoritarians and personal political loyalty. According to the times, trump and his enablers plan to, quote, alter the Balance Of Power by increasing the president s authority over every part of the federal government. If trump wins, they plan on stacking the government with trump loyalists, regardless of their personal or professional limitations. Its going to look a lot more like 2019 than 2017. They will bring independent agencies like the fcc and the ftc, quote, under direct president ial control. The
Good evening and welcome to Joe Scarborough presents. As we move closer to the primaries, donald trump remains the dominant frontrunner, according to the Morning Consult tracker. He is nearly 40 points ahead of his closest rival, Florida Governor ron desantis. And there is real apprehension about what a second trump term might look like. This morning, the New York Times published a frightening article that gives us the best look at how far donald trump may go with his obsession with authoritarians and personal political loyalty. According to the times, trump and his enablers plan to, quote, alter the Balance Of Power by increasing the president s authority over every part of the federal government. If trump wins, they plan on stacking the government with trump loyalists, regardless of their personal or professional limitations. Its going to look a lot more like 2019 than 2017. They will bring independent agencies like the fcc and the ftc, quote, under direct president ial control. The
and thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. so, special counsel jack smith has ten business days left if he wants to beat fulton county district attorney fani willis to an indictment. we have talked a little bit about that. dea willis has indicated that at some point between july 31st and august 15th she may bring charges against donald trump for his attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 election in georgia. and mr. smith, whose federal indictment could over lap significantly with da willis s state indictment, well he likely wants his federal case to go first. at least one of the two grand juries and that da willis has empanel down in fulton county has already started its work as of this week. and either one of those grand juries could be asked to indict trump. but while we are waiting for a potential charging decisions here, it turns out that we should still be keeping our eyes on florida, and not just mar-a-lago. the new york times is reporting tonight that p
has already started its work as of this week. and either one of those grand juries could be asked to indict trump. but while we are waiting for a potential charging decisions here, it turns out that we should still be keeping our eyes on florida, and not just mar-a-lago. the new york times is reporting tonight that prosecutors have asked questions about boxes of documents being moved, not only at mar-a-lago, but also at other trump s own properties in florida, including the trump national doral golf club, which is near miami, and the trump national golf club in jupiter, also in florida. that is according to a person familiar with the matter. that would seem to be some real news here, as far as the special counsel s classified documents investigation is concerned. it means that it might not just be the storage rooms, and the bathrooms and a at mar-a-lago, with all the boxes of wrongfully retained government documents. there might be more stuff squirrels away at doral and you p
trey: good evening and thank you for joining us i am trey gowdy and it is sunday night in america. every four years they tell us this is the most important election of our lifetime. usually it is hyperbole. sometimes it is simply logical sense it s the next election it s there for the most important. but i will concede this election cycle does the field disproportionately consequential. our country is at a real crossroads. more people are questioning democracy as a system of government. americans seem less interested in working things out in more ae interested in duking things out. maybe 82024 is the most important election of our lifetime. regardless it is definitely the next one and is 10 months away. joining us now are two old friends of the show washington times opinion editor charlie hurt the handsome hurt brother as i call him and former biden surrogate democrat strategist kevin wall. you ve got to help me with this when there are prominent republicans and conservativ