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MSNBC's Joe Scarborough ripped Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) for expressing indignation over the release of a special purpose grand jury report showed he was recommended for criminal charges related to his efforts to help Donald Trump reverse his Georgia election loss.

The South Carolina Republican called Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to discuss election fraud claims raised by Donald Trump and his campaign, which the grand jurors apparently considered to be a criminal violation of the law, and the "Morning Joe" slammed Graham's sanctimonious response to the news.

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough pointed to the ongoing feud between Donald Trump and Fox News as a leading indicator of divisions within the Republican Party.

The former president challenged Fox boss Rupert Murdoch to a mental acuity test after the Wall Street Journal and Fox News reported concerns about his age heading into next year's election, and the "Morning Joe" host said that showed a GOP split that could hurt his chances at re-election.

MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski and other "Morning Joe" panelists were stunned by Fulton County district attorney Fani Willis' scathing response to Rep. Jim Jordan's attempt to peek into her investigation of Donald Trump.

The Ohio Republican last month asked for records, communications and other documents related to the Trump election interference case, and Willis accused Jordan of obstructing her work and misunderstanding the fundamentals of the law -- and she took a gratuitous shot at his never having taken the bar exam despite finishing law school.

MSNBC's Mehdi Hasan faced off against Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy in a heated interview – and afterward explained why he believed it was important to challenge him no matter how "annoying" it got.

The GOP candidate refused four times to say what he had meant with a previous comment that Donald Trump's "abhorrent" behavior made him a "danger to democracy," and the two clashed over Ramaswamy's business record, conspiratorial claims about 9/11 and his stance on the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough bashed Donald Trump's fans for crudely mocking their opponents' feelings while insisting everyone to tread lightly around their own emotions.

The "Morning Joe" host highlighted sharply critical comments Mike Pence made about the anti-democratic direction the Republican Party had been steered toward by Donald Trump, although he didn't actually mention him by name, and Scarborough pointed out that was just a coping mechanism for the GOP's inability to field candidates who voters like.

Enrique Tarrio, the former leader of the Proud Boys militant group, was just given the longest sentence yet for the Jan. 6 riots, and MSNBC's Chuck Rosenberg explained how that might impact Donald Trump's prosecutions.

The former president has been charged by special counsel Jack Smith's office for his own role in the insurrection, and Rosenberg told "Morning Joe" that Tarrio's conviction and sentence was instructive because, like Trump, he wasn't present at the U.S. Capitol during the attack but his leadership role was factored into his trial and penalty.

George Conway diagnosed the underlying problem that's causing Republicans to undermine military readiness and attack law enforcement.

Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) continues to block military promotions to force the reversal of a Pentagon policy granting leave and travel expenses for military personnel stationed in states where they cannot obtain an abortion, but the conservative Conway told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" the political stunt was emblematic of the GOP's attitude toward the U.S. government at large.

Right-wing attorney John Eastman appeared on Fox News and continued to push the election fraud conspiracy theories that led to his indictment and a massive defamation payout by the conservative network, and MSNBC's Chuck Rosenberg said the interview never should have happened.

Host Laura Ingraham pushed back on his claims during the interview, saying that no evidence of widespread fraud had been accepted in any of the court cases brought by Donald Trump, and Rosenberg told "Morning Joe" that Eastman hadn't done himself any favors as he faces prosecution.

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) never runs away from a culture war fight, no matter how trivial or contrived, but panelists on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" would like to see a little more effort.

The Texas Republican appeared earlier this week on the right-wing Newsmax network to rage against health guidelines recommending that two beers a week was plenty, which Cruz suggested was a mandate, and moderator Willie Geist mocked his performative outrage.

Donald Trump's lawyers argued they would not have enough time to prepare for his upcoming trial in federal court in the Jan. 6 case, and legal experts agree the former president doesn't have adequate representation for all of his criminal prosecutions.

U.S. District Court judge Tanya Chutkan set a March 4 trial date on charges that Trump tried to subvert the 2020 election, and he's currently scheduled to stand trial March 25 in New York on business fraud charges and May 20 in Florida in the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case, and and he'll be arraigned next Wednesday in the Georgia election case.

Mark Meadows is seeking to have his Georgia criminal case removed to federal court, and a legal analyst called out his gambit as an attempt to end his prosecution entirely.

The former White House chief of staff surprisingly took the stand at his removal hearing, where he told a judge that he was acting as a federal official when he tried to help Donald Trump overturn his election loss, and MSNBC legal analyst Lisa Rubin told "Morning Joe" that Meadows took the risk of testifying under oath in hopes of wriggling off the hook.

During the hearing on setting a trial date for the 2020 election interference case against former President Donald Trump, the former president's lawyer, John Lauro, brought up an unlikely person in the debate before Judge Tanya Chutkan: Hunter Biden.

Speaking to former federal prosecutor David Kelley on MSNBC's "The Beat" Monday, anchor Ari Melber — himself a former lawyer — laid out the absurdity of this play.