a hearing in the subcommittee on the weaponization of the federal government to investigate abuses by the fbi. the whistleblowers testifying at the hearing to suspended fbi agents and one former agent all claim the fbi retaliated on them for speaking out on the practices at the bureau . now, if i may, maybe just as a reminder, a couple of stories on those practices. in 2020 one , the fbi counterterror division raided the home of a red cross volunteer named joseph bolaños . bolaños is sixty nine years old, anonymous hipster s claimed bolaños was at the capitol on january 6th. there s no evidence, though, that bluenose was there, much less that he did anything violent, regardless of the fbi. regardless, they showed up at bolaños house. they were armed. they seized his electronics, and the raid was so traumatizing. the bolano suffered two strokes. then there were the pro-life raids on christians. mark and paul von again. no evidence that either of these men were threats
beautiful sunrise in washington, d.c. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, may 18th. donald trump has claimed that he could declassify materials just by thinking about them. like i dream of jeannie. but there is new evidence in the mar-a-lago documents investigation that proves he knows it s not true. the former president is seizing on two failed endorsements in florida from governor ron desantis, while ignoring the lack of success his candidates had in the last election. also ahead, the latest on the debt ceiling negotiations with both sides digging in on one big issue. we ll explain what that is. and we re keeping an eye on president biden this morning as he is in japan for the g7 summit. welcome, everybody. along with joe, willie and me, we have the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. former aide to the george w. bush white house and state departments, elise jordan is with us. and former white ho
the subcommittee on the weaponization of the federal government to investigate abuses by the fbi. the whistleblowers testifying at the hearing two suspended fbi agents and one former agent all claim the fbi retaliated on them for speaking out on the practices at the bureau. if i may, may be just as a reminder, a couple of stories on those practices. in 2021 the fbi counterterrorism division raided the home of a red cross volunteer named joseph. he was 69 years old. anonymous tipsters claimed he was at the capitol on january 6. there is no evidence, though that he was there, much less that he did everything violent. regardless of the fbi, they showed up at his house. they were armed and seized his electronics. the raid was so traumatizing that he suffered two strokes. then there were the pro-life raids unchristian and paul von. no evidence that either of these men were threats to society but armed fbi agents raided their homes anyway. and then there is you and me and those of
jake. i think everyone knows the democratic party has an incestuous relationship with the media. nobody benefits from it more than joe biden. it s safe to assume the more over the top the press gets. he gets from the media, the worse. biden, though, is doing. biden is doing so poorly lately that joe scarborough and mika morning joe are having daily segments telling you the opposite , that he s feeling great and doing a great job. the the age issue, it s an issue. but you know what? i will say this for the biden white house, it s more the presentation issue because he is cogent. he is on top of the issues presented. biden keeps up a brutal schedule. there is no question that there is a tremendous difference. and this is understating it incredibly between the amount of work that he puts in in