Good evening. Im kaitlan collins, the source this coming to you live tonight from South Florida where i just spoke exclusively with one of the central witnesses and one of the biggest cases, criminal cases i should note in american history, the Trump Classified documents case. Until now, he has been known to the world as trump employee five as a mara lago valais in special counsel, jack smiths Superseding Indictment. Hes referenced six times in it. He has never spoken out publicly until now. It always got brought up about biden and other people that did the same thing. And then there was one time he said were all dirty, we all move boxes that is just one of the explosive things that brian butler told me about what one of trumps codefendants told him. He worked for donald trump for two decades since he was just 19 years old. Now at age 41 with his identity revealed, comes that incredible story. Youre about. Thats a here butlers take on how he says he unwittingly participated in the movi
A Special Election that could also signal which way the swing state might go next year. Also the brutal fight for ukraine and a tough Reality Check on the losses ukraine has suffered in their counteroffensive. And later tonight, how the u. S. Coast guard hid a damning investigation on Sexual Assault from public view. The Newest Development in a story cnn was first to bring you. Good evening. Thanks so much for joining us. Late today, judge Tanya Chutkan rejected the former president s attorneys attempts to delay a hearing about evidence should be handled in the january 6th case. She set 10 00 friday morning for both sides to make their arguments. A short time earlier, the former president was in New Hampshire, cursing in front of a crowd, continuing to lie about the 2020 election, and seemingly suggested hell likely do it again in 2024. They rigged the president ial election in 2020, and were not going to allow them to rig the president ial election in 2024. Were not going to allow it
I think they have more evidence as to President Trumps state of mind. Donald trumps 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. Well get a live report from washington, d. C. , and legal analyst on what we can expect from todays hearing. Meanwhile, former Vice President mike pence just gave his most direct criticism of his former boss. Well 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 Associate Editor of the Washin
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 maralago 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 maralago 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 smiths 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 trumps indictment, taveras switched lawyers. He was previously represented
40 million ways that his base may help keep him out of prison. Plus, trumps newest codefendant and maralago manager emerges from obscurity to the center of the storm, swarmed today by cameras at his First Court Appearance but not his last. Could his indictment end up helping his boss delay that trial until after the election . And as President Biden reverses a trump decision to move u. S. Space command to alabama, some politicians are blasting the politics behind the nogo. Well speak to one of them next. Im kaitlan collins, and this is the source. Tonight, trump is predicting that his next indictment is imminent. Any day now, is the way he worded it in a new post on social media. And of course as with other Target Letters and other indictments, he has been the one to tell us about them. Though hi to be growing and mounting exponentially, his political rtes are growing and growing as well. Its coming into clear vw today just how much he is dominating the nomination fight. A brandnew pol