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trump is wrong. mike pence saying those words, something we have never heard before. former vice president before a crowd of republicans calling out his former boss, his partner, a man that he of course was fiercely loyal to for more than four years. i heard this week that president trump said i have the right to overturn the election. president trump is wrong. i had no right to overturn the election. the presidency belongs to the american people and the american people alone and frankly there s no idea more unamerican than the notion that any one person could choose the american president. under the constitution i had no right to change the outcome of our election. the outcome, accepting and saying the words. trump is wrong. pence then took it further because he made it clear, his words, the lies about the election are putting the entire american democracy and constitution at risk. men and women, if you lose faith in the constitution, we won t just lose elections ....
violence. that is the sheriff in jacksonville, florida, yesterday, describing the white gunman who carried out a rampage saturday afternoon killing three people. we ll have a live report from florida in a moment. also ahead, a hearing in washington later this morning could determine the time line now for donald trump s federal election interference case. we ll explain what s happening in that courtroom today. meanwhile, this mugshot has been worth millions of dollars already for the trump campaign. more on the recordrecord-breaki donations ahead. the suspected death of a mercenary group leader in russia who was once a close ally to president vladimir putin. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is monday, august 28th. i m willie geist. joe and mika off this morning. with us, we have the host of way too early white house bureau chief at politico and author of the big lie, jonathan lemire. bbc news s katty kay. and host of politics nations, the reve ....
jansing reports. the scene outside the georgia jail, so much happening already today, that of course where donald trump will surrender just a few hours from now. the sheriff promising no special treatment, arrested, booked, finger printed, height and weight noted with a new lawyer ready to fight charges that he tried to overturn the election. plus, the fulton county d.a. reveals the date she wants for trial as a parade of trump codefendants continue to turn themselves in. and new developments with two big names charged in the case. mark meadows and jeffrey clark losing their bids to avoid arrest with their bonds now set at $100,000. and the elephant not in the room, how eight republican candidates responded when asked would they support trump as the nominee if he s convicted. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. we begin with the breaking news from the d.a. s office about a proposed trial date for donald trump and his codefendants. vau ....
so far we have seen two of the 19 defendants turn themselves in. first was scott hall, a georgia bail bondsman charged in the coffee county election database. second, the grand architect of the coup donald trump s former law john eastman, a key figure in the attempt to overturn the 2020 election. a potential criminal conviction seemingly not deterring eastman from continuing to repeat the lies about the election that led to him being indicted in the first place. outside after he was processed our colleague asked if he believes the election was stolen. he said, yes, absolutely, no question, no question in my mind. eastman surrendered proving that the warning from a white house lawyer was all to press yent. i only want to hear two words out of your mouth from now on, orderly transition. eventually he said, orderly transition. now i said, good, john. now i will give you the best free legal advice you are getting in your life, get a great criminal defense lawyer, you are ....
trump. he appeared at the fulton county jail on thursday evening to be fingerprinted and have his mugshot taken. he then posted that mugshot on x, formerly known as twitter, positioning himself squarely as the wronged party. he will return at a later date to defend himself in court. he denies all 13 charges against him, including racketeering and making false statements all this is eight of his rivals try to stand out from the pack as they debated in milwaukee, absent mr trump himself. our bbc team have been on the ground all week, covering every twist and turn. this is how the dramatic day unfolded at the fulton county jail on thursday. right now we just have a huge motorcade coming in. i am going to get out of the way, and these are a large number of police motorcycles coming in. there has been a very obvious uptick in security. we have seen some secret service here, sheriff s officers as well as police. so i want to thank you for being here. we did nothing wrong at ....