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MSNBC's Joe Scarborough hasn't lost the capacity to be shocked by Donald Trump's phone call to Georgia elected officials, nearly two years after the former president was caught on tape asking them to "find" exactly enough votes to overcome his election loss.

The "Morning Joe" host played the recording again, and still laughed in astonishment by Trump's wheedling request and said that he can't imagine that he'll escape prosecution for such an obviously corrupt solicitation.

The recently appointed special counsel has issued a subpoena to Georgia's secretary of state for records related to Donald Trump's effort to overturn his election loss, signaling a new direction for the federal investigation.

Jack Smith, who was appointed to oversee Trump-related investigations for the Justice Department, asked Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger for documents related to Trump's request to state officials asking them to "find" exactly the number of votes he needed to undo President Joe Biden's victory in the state -- and NBC News correspondent Ken Dilianian explained the significance of this latest development.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's boasts that she would have planned a successful insurrection serves as a warning that she's "untouchable" within the Republican Party, and MSNBC's John Heilemann said she's going to continue flaunting her power.

The Georgia Republican has quickly become one of the most influential GOP lawmakers, and she has formed an alliance with minority leader Kevin McCarthy that boosts her standing in the caucus by making the would-be House speaker beholden to her whims.

The massive trove of text messages turned over by Mark Meadows to the House select committee show Republican elected officials were willing to violate the U.S. Constitution on "bizarre" and obviously phony evidence.

Talking Points Memo reporter Hunter Walker obtained the messages, which show the former White House chief of staff communicating with GOP officials at all levels of government about far-fetched conspiracy theories to justify overturning Donald Trump's election loss, and he told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" that their lack of sophistication was genuinely shocking.

A trove of text messages between members of Congress and former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows reveal alarming new details about the wide-ranging plot to overturn Donald Trump's election loss, but a reporter who broke the news said there's likely even more evidence that hasn't been shaken loose.

Talking Points Memo obtained more than 2,300 messages that Meadows turned over to the House select committee, and reporter Hunter Walker told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" the communications show the White House was engaged with officials at all levels of government, along with outside activists and Republican fundraisers, to overrule the will of the voters.

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski condemned Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's remarks about the Jan. 6 insurrection.

The Georgia Republican spoke over the weekend at the New York Young Republican Club's 110th Annual Gala, saying that if she and Steve Bannon had actually organized the Capitol riot that participants would have been armed and the insurrection would have succeeded.

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough bashed Donald Trump and other Republicans for their "absolutely insane" hypocrisy on the prisoner swap that returned WNBA star Brittney Griner from a Russian penal colony.

GOP lawmakers and conservative media attacked President Joe Biden for agreeing to free Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout for Griner, who had been convicted of possessing cannabis oil, and not former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan, who was convicted of spying. The "Morning Joe" host ripped their complaints.

All signs are starting to point toward Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis mounting a 2024 campaign challenge to Donald Trump.

DeSantis first ran for governor as an unabashed Trump supporter but has emerged as the former president's top GOP challenger, and NBC News correspondent Marc Caputo, who covers Florida politics, told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" the recently re-elected governor appeared likely to enter the Republican primary.

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough mocked the Republican losing streak under Donald Trump's leadership.

Herschel Walker was the latest Trump-endorsed candidate to lose his election in this cycle, but the "Morning Joe" host said Republicans have been losing ever since the former reality TV star entered politics.

The House select committee has agreed to make criminal referrals to the Department of Justice at the conclusion of their investigation into the Jan. 6 insurrection, and legal experts expect Donald Trump will be one of their targets.

The panel hasn't announced who will be the subject of a referral or how many individuals will be targeted, but former U.S. attorney Barbara McQuade told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" the former president will almost certainly be recommended for prosecution on at least two charges.

MSNBC's John Heilemann offered some mocking advice to Republicans who are afraid to condemn Donald Trump's call to terminate the U.S. Constitution.

The ex-president continued his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss by directly threatening constitutional democracy, and Heilemann and "Morning Joe" host Mika Brzezinski role-played as GOP lawmakers to show how easily they could denounce his statements.

MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski called out Republicans for remaining silent about Donald Trump's latest attack on the U.S. Constitution.

The former president called for the termination of the Constitution and the overturning of his 2020 election loss in a post on his Truth Social account, and the "Morning Joe" host and her guest Charlie Sykes said Trump's threat couldn't have been made plainer.

George Conway explained the toxic dynamic the Republican Party has with its increasingly extreme base.

Republicans had expected a "red wave" in last month's election, but thanks to low-quality candidates endorsed by Donald Trump and chosen by GOP primary voters, they failed to win a Senate majority and eked out a narrow majority in the House.