The Morning Joe panel discusses continued Republican support for Donald Trump despite his indictments and the dangers Trump continues to pose for democracy.

Days after being formally charged for his alleged efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, former President Trump spent the weekend testing the limits of the judge assigned to the case. Also, federal prosecutors on Friday asked the judge overseeing Trump's election interference case to bar him from publicly disclosing some of the evidence gathered during their investigation. Former U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade discusses.

The January 6 Committee’s findings became the core of the Justice Department’s charges against Donald Trump, says former investigator Marcus Childress. He tells MSNBC’s Alicia Menendez how the committee’s narrative will serve prosecutors at trial: “That’s the case right there, that’s where all the facts are going to flow through.” 

House Speaker Emerita, Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), joins Andrea Mitchell to share her reaction to former President Donald Trump’s indictment and arraignment in DC on charges that he conspired to defraud the United States in his attempts to overthrow the 2020 election and exploit the violent attack on the Capitol. “I wasn't in the courtroom, of course, but when I saw his coming out of his car and this or that, I saw a scared puppy,” says Pelosi. “He knows the truth that he lost the election. and now he's got to face the music.” 

Former President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges that he engaged in criminal conspiracies aimed at subverting the 2020 presidential election results and keeping himself in power. The Morning Joe panel discusses Trump's arraignment and how some Republicans are responding.

MSNBC legal analyst Andrew Weissmann describes the two things he found "unusual" about Trump's arraignment on charges related to the  2020 election. 

Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn, who received a Presidential Citizens Medal for his defense of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, was inside the courthouse during Donald Trump's arraignment on charges relating to that day and his alleged 2020 election interference. Dunn describes the mood inside the courtroom, which he described as "emotional" and "intense," and his feelings about the indictment. 

MSNBC's Ken Dilanian, who was inside the courtroom during Donald Trump's arraignment, describes the "very intense" situation as the former president was formally charged.

"The very first crime listed at the top of the indictment was a conspiracy to defraud the United States," MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donell says about Jack Smith's indictment of Donald Trump in his 2020 election probe. "It was a conspiracy to defraud everyone at this table, everyone watching, every voter in America, every resident of the country." 

MSNBC's Joy Reid, Chris Hayes and Rachel Maddow discuss their feelings about the latest indictment and arraignment of former President Donald Trump. "This is finally the first time I feel like Donald Trump is being treated like a normal American," Reid says. "I feel invigorated," Chris Hayes added. "Water is wet, gravity exists, 2+2=4, we saw him commit the crime." 

Former Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday gave one of his strongest criticisms yet of Donald Trump and Trump's actions on January 6.