hush money scheme. it may very well also be a court appearance that proceeds an indictment of a former president of these united states michael cohen, donald trump s former attorney and fixer went before a grand jury in manhattan today in what may be alvin bragg s end game a years-long investigation based on hush money payments made to porn star stormy daniels payments made nearly seven years ago. here s what cohen had to say earlier today before he went in for his grand jury testimony this is not revenge, right? what is this is about accountability i don t want to see anyone, including donald trump, indicted, prosecuted, convicted, incarcerated, simply because i fundamentally disagree with them this is all about accountability he needs to be held accountable for his dirty deeds. new york times reports this, quote, the manhattan d.a. s office has already questioned at least seven other people before the grand jury, hearing evidence about the hush money deal that s accor
election. we also that the grand jury waaa empaneled by a soros funded d.a. called alvin bragg, who looks and acts like ta tawanna brawley era, alvidenc sharpton. so we would assumee on the bass of that evidence that it s pretty likely trump does get charged with something at some point. but charged with what? in a fre that s the question. that should matter in a free country, laws or universal laws apply to all citizens equally precisely because all citizens i are considered equal forou generations. this was very obviouss to ami to american liberals. in fact, iact was the basis ofel their worldview that was back when liberals opposedas jim crow.om and we re notet tryinhing cg to reinstate it as something called equitequiy. we are not liberals, but we retain the traditional american view, which is that laws must be applied equally or else they are not laws at all. justice must be blind or elsejut it is tyranny. so we spent the day with helpp f staff toyer on our staff t
money payments to stormy daniels. remember that? now, that could come back to haunt him. his former attorney and fixer, michael cohen, says trump can t hide from the paper trail. calling the new grand jury convened by the manhattan d.a. his biggest legal threat yet. and there are many. meanwhile, the former president is suing journalist bob woodward for $50 million. we ll explain what that is all about. plus, more fallout and firings in the aftermath of tyre nichols death. we ll go live to memphis for the latest in that case. for the second time in three years, lawmakers on capitol hill are talking about police reform following a high-profile murder case involving officers. we ll look at whether these discussions have a real chance at being successful. and president joe biden announces a major policy shift on covid in response to strong opposition from house republicans. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is tuesday, january 31st. joe will be back tomorrow.
a judge in florida saying there are portions that could be unsealed and giving the doj a week to explain everything that they say needs to be kept secret. but will it be page after page of black redactions? how will we know? we don t know until we see it. that as a justice department lawyer says the affidavit contains, and i quote here, substantial grand jury information and warns releasing it could have a chilling effect on witnesses. but the judge did release several never-before-seen documents today including the motion where prosecutors argue that they needed to keep their search warrant secret because the integrity of the ongoing investigation might be compromised and evidence might be destroyed. there are some more really intriguing clues in one of those documents. more on that in just a moment. but you ve got to wonder just how much the former president actually wants the full affidavit to be released. because his lawyer sitting right there in court today didn t sa
that is testimony from mike pence s former adviser regarding former president donald trump s repeated efforts to get pence to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. we will hear much more of the key moments from yesterday s january 6th hearing, including the vice president s close call with the mob, very close call that day. and the pardon request from the architect of the president s election scheme. plus, new reporting that the house select committee now wants to talk to conservative activist ginni thomas. she is, of course, the wife of supreme court justice clarence thomas. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is friday, june 17th. along with joe and me, we have white house bureau chief at politico and the host of way to too early, jonathan lemire. washington post s jackie alemany. host of politicians nation and host of the national action network, reverend al sharpton. and nbc legal analyst joyce vance. good morning to everybody. joe, anothe