with us on this thursday morning. morning joe starts right now. as you know, i can t talk about the particulars of this or any other ongoing criminal matter. as i said when i pointed mr. smith, i did so because it underscores the justice department s commitment to both independence and accountability. mr. smith is a veteran career prosecutor. he has assembled a group of experienced and talented prosecutors and agents who share his commitment to integrity and the rule of law. any questions about this matter will have to be answered by their filings in court. attorney general merrick gar garland with brief words for the first time since donald trump s federal indictment. is it just me or, willie, are we starting to see again not a complete breaking of ice but sort of more thawing of ice, mike pence day one, this is horrible. day two, it s bad, but i m going to pardon him. day three, too early to talk about pardons. because you know, the news came out and i m sure mike p
classified documents case. evidence that paints a potentially damning portrait of efforts by the expresident in the expresident s push to retrieve important and sensitive security documents from that washington post report, quote, two of donald trump s employees moved boxes of papers the day before fbi agents and a prosecutor visited the former president s florida home to retrieve classified documents in response to a subpoena. timing that investigators have come to view as suspicious, and an indication of possible obstruction. according to people familiar with the matter. trump and his aides allegedly carried out a dress rehearsal for moving sensitive papers, even before his office received the may 2022 subpoena. that is according to people familiar with the matter who spoke anonymously to describe a sensitive ongoing investigation. the washington post has new details on a question that has loomed over the entire investigation. what did donald trump do with his trove of
protecting our democracy. the president is expected to address threats from maga republican election deniers to not accept the result thofs year s vote. and the growing embrace of political violence in the aftermath of the hammer attack on house speaker pelosi s 82-year-old husband. joining me for the hour are jen saki, matthew dowd and david plus. jen i start with you. you ve been talking to white house officials. what should we expect to hear from the president? joy, it s six days until the election and this is the big closing argument for the president. there he s doing this because at this point it sless about convincing people that you have a better plan. it s about lighting a fire under those democrats and people who are going to support democratic candidates to get them out. the other piece they are focused on is saying to democratics and other people voting for candidates hang with us. it may be a long week. it may take time to count the votes but stick with us and
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