Mara gay. White house editor for politico, sam stein. You saw him on way too early. And the founder of the conservative website, the bulwark, charlie sykes. It is a great group. Thank you for being with us this morning. Well begin the week with the latest on those new charges against former President Donald Trump in the classified documents case. Today, a newly introduced third defendant, the Property Manager at former president s florida home, is scheduled to be arraigned in miami Federal Court. Carlos de oliveira was named in a Superseding Indictment last week and charged in four counts, including conspiracy to obstruct justice and making false statements to the fbi. According to prosecutors, trump directed both de oliveira and his valet, walt nauta, to destroy Security Camera footage last year from the Room Monitoring where boxes of classified documents were being stored at maralago. That alleged order came just days after the fbi issued a subpoena for that same footage. Its unclear
Reporting on a surge for the u.s. marines. marine leaders say they ll make their recruiting goal this year while the army, navy and air force all expect to fall short. officials say one key factor to their success is a focus on selecting top performing marines to fill recruiting jobs. in louisiana, the advocate is highlighting a government task force that has been responding to a growing number of cyberattacks across the state. according to officials, since the group s founding in 2019, it has responded to more than 130 attacks on local government and organizations operating critical infrastructure. it s become a cost for the state of louisiana, with the state spending near $21 million in the past fiscal year responding to such attacks. in georgia, the atlanta journal constitution is reporting on a new effort to install high-definition cameras at every gas pump in the city that runs
This summer. to your point, the window is closing for another democrat to get into the race. you have filing deadlines to get into the race. that s a challenge. that s coming up. it has to be this fall if you re going to have a real democratic challenge. it has to be this fall. real fast, though, the opportunity is in new hampshire because biden probably isn t going to be on the ballot there. it is still going to be covered. can some democrat, a challenger to biden, get on the ballot in new hampshire and get some kind of a bounce from that? it is very unlikely. if it is going to happen, if there is going to be a serious challenge to biden, it ll be this fall. the snafu in new hampshire with the change of the state going first, much to the dismay of the granit state. david and jonathan, thank you for being here. great reporting. ahead on morning joe, why do somepl support donald trump also wind up believing conspiracy theories?
Emerges in that position. they just want someone to emerge, then they d get behind him and hope they can do some damage. i don t think donors are clueless about the state of the republican party and the fact they look at things differently than the republican base, the way they re often accused. i think they re clear-eyed and realistic about where the party is, where the race is, but they still want to have a part in steering the party where they think it should go, where they would like it to go. you have a column in politico with this title, a 4-way race? the 2024 presidential contest is anything but settled. you write this, we are underestimating how turbulent next year s campaign will be and how likely, on the current trajectory, it is to become a three or even four person race. if voters are faced with a nearly 82-year-old incumbent who may not be able to serve a full second term, and a 78-year-old challenger who could be a felon
Know, experiments with malicious language, such as hitler s germany and statin s russia, is that they re able to tap into a historical formula that a lot of people respond to. simple example is the idea of a cabal behind the scenes. you can call it a deep state. call it whatever you like. if your belief that there is such a cabal, such a deep state is strong but dormant, all you need is a great manipulator of that theory, of that conspiracy theory bringing it out into the open, and then making you connect the dots. psychologists call it you have a large group of people. once it enters into groupthink, it can become a very dangerous movement. fascism, nazism andprofessor, t fascinating claim. so language is also social, right? it has a history. there s this reservoir meaning we all trade upon.