i think they have more evidence as to president trump s state of mind. donald trump s former attorney general with an ominous prediction for the former president in the 2020 election case. it comes as trump faces arraignment today in federal court in washington. we ll get a live report from washington, d.c., and legal analyst on what we can expect from today s hearing. meanwhile, former vice president mike pence just gave his most direct criticism of his former boss. we ll play those comments for you. also ahead, new reporting on a private meeting between president biden and former president obama over concerns about the 2024 election. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, august 3rd. along with joe, willie and me, we have the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. senior attorney and fbi official, chuck rosenberg. reporter for the washington post, jackie alemany. and pulitzer prize winning columnist and a
we are grateful you join us tonight. happy to. thank you very much. it has been quite a here of course, only the first of many as we learn today that there are many more court dates to come. the news continues, i want to turn things over right now to cnn prime time with wolf blitzer and laura coats. our special coverage continues now on the arrest and arraignment of donald trump. i m wolf blitzer along laura coates, truly an extraordinary and unprecedented day right here in washington d. c.. the former president at one point was in the custody of the very government he allegedly tried to overthrow. just a mere step or two or three from the center of democracy with his supporters attacking on january six and a combination of a plot to overturn the election. donald j trump arrested and arraigned for the third time in four months, on for federal charges including conspiracy to defraud the united states. conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding and conspiracy a
it is described in the indictment, fuelled by lies. lies by the defendant targeted at obstructing a bedrock function of the us government, the nation s process of collecting, counting and certifying the results of the presidential election. the men and women of law enforcement who defended the us capital onjanuary the 6th are heroes. they are patriots and the very best of us. they did notjust defend a building, or the people sheltering in it they put their lives on the line to defend who we are as a country and as a people. they defended the very institutions and principles that defined the united states. since the attack on our capital the department ofjustice has remained committed to ensuring accountability for those criminally responsible for what happened that day. this case is brought consistent with that commitment. our investigation of other individuals continues. in this case, my office will seek a speedy trial so that our evidence can be tested in court and judged
involvement seems particularly notable. according to the indictment, he played a key role in what appears to be a pressure campaign from trump and his co defendant, valet walt nauta and mar-a-lago property manager carlos de oliveira, to delete security footage from the club after it was subpoenaed by prosecutors. and now, it sure seems like employee 4 could be talking, it turns out, he is an i.t. worker for mar-a-lago named yuscil taveras. according to one new report, taveras himself received a target letter from the department of justice after trump was first indicted in florida. but taveras himself has not yet been indicted, and to be clear, as of now, we do not know if taveras is formally cooperating with jack smith s office. that said, as the washington post reports, quote, taveras offered information implicating all three defendants in an alleged conspiracy to cover up evidence. and we also know that following trump s indictment, taveras switched lawyers. he was previous
wavering on him ahead of next year s elections. good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, august 1st. we are in august already. i am jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. and we ll begin this new month with a possible new indictment against former president donald trump for his alleged efforts to overturn the legitimate results of the 2020 election. the grand jury hearing testimony in special counsel jack smith s investigation is expected to be back in session in washington today. now it s been two weeks since trump announced on social media that he received a target letter, which is an indication that charges could be brought in the very near future. that letter suggested that the former president could face charges of conspiracy to defraud the united states, depriving voters of their rights, and witness tampering. trump seems prepared to be preparing for another federal indictment against him, posting yesterday on truth social that he