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Former President Donald Trump's lawyers blew their chance to get a deal for a favorable trial date, argued former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner on MSNBC on Monday. The legal team repeatedly highballed their demand in the face of U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan's repeated requests to propose a reasonable compromise.

As the trial in the election subversion case begins to take shape, Trump's lawyers have demanded the trial be delayed until 2026 — which special counsel Jack Smith's team has blasted as ridiculous. Chutkan ultimately decided on a date next March, still well before the presidential election.

The pressure is on for some of Donald Trump's co-defendants in Georgia to flip and testify against the former president, and a legal expert explained how that was baked into the prosecutor's case.

The ex-president was indicted in Fulton County on racketeering and other charges related to his post-election conduct, and Florida prosecutor Dave Aronberg told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" that the district attorney there had rounded up a coterie of accused co-conspirators to ensure Trump's conviction.

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough has been warning for years that the "walls are closing in" on Donald Trump, but he said that moment has finally arrived.

The former president was booked into the Fulton County Jail on charges related to his post-election activity in Georgia, where he has been charged with racketeering and other crimes, and the "Morning Joe" host said his situation was dire.

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough laughed at Donald Trump's apparently "self-reported" height and weight in his Georgia booking record.

The 77-year-old former president surrendered Thursday evening to authorities in Fulton County on racketeering and other charges, and the "Morning Joe" and others were suspicious of the report's declaration that Trump stands 6'3 and weighs 215 pounds.

Republican presidential candidates – with the notable exception of frontrunner Donald Trump – convened for the first 2024 debate, and panelists on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" discussed the best and worst performances.

The panelists agreed that Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) fared surprisingly poorly and Nikki Haley exceeded expectations, and contributor Mike Barnicle panned upstart candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, whose recent surge in the polls landed him at center stage and who seemed to aggravate all of his rivals.

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough identified one key difference between former President Donald Trump and his indicted allies in the Georgia scheme to overturn the 2020 election result.

The former president pressured state officials to take part in the scheme to reverse his loss to Joe Biden, but those Republican elected leaders refused, recorded evidence against him and publicly disputed his claims of fraud -- which the "Morning Joe" host said has left local GOP officials who have been charged in the case with little political protection.

Donald Trump won't be taking part in the first Republican presidential debate this week in Milwaukee, and MSNBC's Joe Scarborough warned that his efforts to overshadow coverage of his rivals could backfire.

The former president has agreed to surrender to authorities in Fulton County, Georgia, on Thursday, which could eclipse coverage of the previous evening's debate, and he has already conducted an interview with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson that would be aired on as-yet-unknown platform at the same time GOP candidates face off.

Donald Trump agreed to a $200,000 bond and other release conditions much more restrictive than his co-defendants will endure, but panelists on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" agreed the court would have a hard time enforcing those rules.

The former president will surrender Thursday in Fulton County on racketeering and other charges related to his effort to overturn his election loss in Georgia, and he has been explicitly warned not to use social media to target his 18 co-defendants, 30 unindicted co-conspirators or other potential witnesses.

A survivor of a cult that is now actively pro-Donald Trump spoke out on Monday night about ways he thinks friends and family can handle bringing MAGA supporters back to the normal world.

MSNBC host Joy Reid began the conversation by citing a new poll the network did with the Des Moines Register asking Republican caucus goers, who they support. A new CBS News poll last week went further, revealing that many supporters of Trump's trust him over their own friends or family.

Rachel Maddow on Monday mocked Donald Trump over the former president's calls for protests over his indictments that have fallen flat.

The MSNBC host suggested that Trump’s calls for protest were intended to have the effect of making the public uneasy about prosecuting a former president now facing four indictments.

Judge Tanya Chutkan is likely to set an early trial date in the federal 2020 election coup case against former President Donald Trump, simply because the former president's lawyers are not engaging in the process in good faith or proposing a realistic alternative time frame to the prosecution, argued former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner on MSNBC Monday.

This comes after Trump's attorneys suggested a trial date in 2026, which was widely ridiculed as absurd by legal experts.

Republicans' purported respect for law enforcement and the legal system is thrown completely aside when any Republican of note is charged with breaking the law, complained MSNBC anchor Joy Reid on Monday.

She pointed to a recent comment by Trump's spokesperson Liz Harrington speaking to One America News, saying, "They need to defund the special counsel ... all we're going to get are sternly worded tweets. I'm sorry, that's not good enough and President Trump has called the Republicans out. The time for words is over, and President Trump has been very clear if they do not act, he will join any primary challenger, America First, that enters into the ring against these Republicans, and they will win."

Many Republicans are aware that the rhetoric of their party is increasingly driving political violence — but their concerns and objections are being ignored and "drowned out" by leadership, argued Mary McCord, the former acting Assistant Attorney General for National Security.

This comes as former President Donald Trump increasingly targets prosecutors and judges involved in his criminal cases with personal language — and threats mount against them, including a Texas woman who threatened to kill Judge Tanya Chutkan.