early on this tuesday morning. morning joe starts right now. i don t know what goes into paying hush money to a porn star to secure silence over some type of alleged affair, i can t speak to that. right. ouch. left hook. yeah. you know, also, i can t answer any questions about playboy stars. i can t answer those questions. oh, and i know nothing about having businesses that go bankrupt after you inherit $400 million from your father. i can t speak to blowing that money that quickly. can t speak to being creepy. come on now. come on. boy, that was quite the defense, wasn t it, willie? it was. it actually was the first time really with any strength we ve seen governor desantis speak out. i guess that was indirect. and amid some other things. it quickly spun to an attack on the investigation, an attack on the manhattan district attorney, as a soros-backed leftist, everything you expect, but he dipped his toe in the trump criticism. i saw it. let s hear
brought up on charges. and it was a spectacle today. correspondent bryan llenas is in new york with the latest. good evening, bryan. bret, good evening. it s unclear if cameras will be allowed in the courtroom today tomorrow but we know former prestrump s legal team opposes . cameras at the courthouse will ait tempt to capture trump s every move on what will be a historic day. on the eve of his arrest, former president trump arrived at his manhattan trump tower residence. the culmination of historic trip aboard so-called trump force one from palm beach florida to new york city where supporters cheered his motorcade ahead of his unprecedented court appearance. tonight fox news can confirm trump has bolstered legal team hiring former federal prosecutor and top white collar crime attorney todd blanch. he successfully defended paul manafort trump s former campaign manager getting state charges dropped in a case he argued was politically motivated. tomorrow morning the former
porn star stuff was coming. and, you know, talking about salacious sex and condoms and if all this stuff, no one understood what the heck to do with campaign financing. but why was it happening? and it really dominated the conversation at institutional meetings asking me, or what is this? is that really america? because we don t g20 countries, g7 countries, you usually do not do this former leadership because you re protecting the sovereign brand, the mother egg of the united states of america, the white house. regardless who s anytime. doesn t matter. any president. finish you really have to a raise the bar. maybe if they burdened somebody or were accused of that,, maybe you bring a trial, but you look at any g7 country, they protect the sovereign brand. we have somehow stopped doing that. and, look, i m not saying, you know, i don t want to get partisan about it. a i m just saying we should protect the brand of america and and think about this whether you re a democratic accurate o
yeah, i mean, there s not much i can guarantee in life, but i can guarantee he will continue to say that he lost, knowing or continuing to say that he won, excuse me, knowing very well that he lost. he has to triple down and quadruple down because his base believes him and he needs that support. he needs to fundraise off of it. if you just think about it from a legal perspective, if he admits suddenly that he knew that he lost, i think it would get him in a whole lot of trouble. in order to save himself from the local woes, i think he ll continue. but he will never admit that he lost ever. i just think, you know, it s about time. the other cases are important cases, but the porn star stuff probably hurt his feelings more than anybody else. he was the cheer leader for an insurrection. and he s still walking around acting like everything s just fine. that is an offense to the american people.