Plus, were learning more about the failed Plea Agreement for hunter biden and the questions raised by the judge in that case. And also ahead well bring you new reporting on a private meeting between President Biden and former president obama over concerns over the 2024 election. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this thursday, august 3rd. Im jonathan lemire. Weve got a big day ahead. Thanks for starting it with us. Well begin in the nations capitol where just down the street from where he was inaugurated back in 2017, the former President Donald Trump will be criminally charged today for allegedly trying to disrupt the same government he once swore an oath to protect. Around 4 00 this afternoon, trump will be arraigned in d. C. Federal court on four Felony Charges stemming from his alleged efforts to block the peaceful transition of power following his loss in the 2020 election. The charges are conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to obstruct an official proce
6th and what he did to bring that about is going to be assessed in this court, in this trial. if this trial had not been held and it was pretty close to not being held even a few months ago, there would be a hole at the center of our system of justice. yeah, and that s you mention the idea of how president ford pardoned president nixon. certainly there is a theory if donald trump were to be elected again he would pardon himself, and that would be a constitutional crisis. it would be a real test of our democracy. michael, isn t this whole a matter a test for our democracy. whether it was pearl harbor or september 11th and of course the civil war, and now the u.s. rose to meet those moments. sometimes just barely, but we did. talk to us about how we need to rise as a nation, setting aside republicans and democrats, how we need to rise as a nation to