felony violations of our national security laws as well as participating in a conspiracy to obstruct justice. adherence to the rule of law is the bedrock principle of the department of justice in our nation s commitment to the rule of law sits an example for the world. we have one set of laws in this country, and they ve let everyone. the 38 count indictment against trump and his personal and now codefendant walt nauta accuses the former president of 30 accounts of willful retention of national defense information, three counts of withholding or concealing documents in a federal investigation, two counts of false statements, and one count of conspiracy to obstruct justice. according to the indictment the classified documents trump stored in these boxes included information regarding defense and weapons capabilities of both the united states and foreign countries. united states nuclear programs, potential vulnerabilities of the united states and its allies to military attack
the united states of america, versus donald j trump. we have one set of laws in this country. and they apply to everyone. , tonight the stunning 49-page indictment. 37 criminal counts, secret national security documents, strewn around his country club, on stage in a ballroom, on the floor in the bathroom. a conspiracy to hide them from the feds, and the lies that he told to cover it up. rachel maddow, lawrence o donnell, aubry melbourne, joy, read are here for msnbc s special coverage of the second indictment of donald trump. good evening from new york. welcome back to our special coverage. i m chris hayes here at 30 rock with the whole team. as well as the great and the good, rachel maddow who is joining us remotely on this historic day. and unprecedented, is an understatement. 37 count indictment against the 45th president of the united states. was unsealed today. a special counsel, jack smith, made his first public comments since his appointment by attorney general,
jack smith released the indictment today ahead of the court appearance in miami. and as we all discovered when it hit, the details inside those pages are simply stunning. yeah, and disturbing. the indictment alleges the former president transported boxes containing hundreds of classified documents from the white house to mar-a-lago. some were stored on the stage of a working ball room that he used at the time for events and gatherings, that anybody could wander into. the club s website calling it perfect, quote, for smaller soirees or an incredible cocktail party. some of the documents were kept in the bathroom. most telling in the indictment was that trump aid walt nauta texted of papers spilling onto the floor, including one so restrictive it s restricted to the five eyes, our closest allies. and the anderson, the indictment alleges that mr. trump took some of these documents to a second club, bedminster, where he is today, and where he shared the information about an a
mosel and indictment of the u.s. president of a kind of take you there alive, these are strange days indeed. both the current and former president under special counsel investigation of taking classified documents. today, former president trump was on a golf course oreo today in new jersey, and he also shoop his legal team after learning that he will face charges in miami and they were grand juries remember in d.c. and in miami, and there s a suggestion that they were not expecting this to be centered in miami. but now there is a whole lot of things that we need to talk about around the meaning of that and what that will look like. more on all of the cinema met with congressman michael waltz, constitutional attorney jonathan jonathan turley, former fbi attorney, and former deputy assistant attorney general john year, so they have a great write up as we wait for jack smith at the podium here for any minute. first lucas tomlinson as we get this underway. hello lucas. hello ma
the sunday show. in 1974, richard nixon resigned the presidency in disgrace, following watergate. almost 50 years after that scandal rocked the nation, donald trump has been impeached twice. and now indicted twice. the first ex president to face criminal charges from the federal government. he will be arraigned on tuesday in federal court in miami. the indictment, and still bit special counsel jack smith on friday revealed 37 counts against trump, six against his personal, it walter nauta. it accused both men of lying, scheming and misleading officials in order to hold on to hundreds of classified documents. documents federal investigators said quote, included information regarding defense and weapons capabilities of both the united states and foreign countries, united states nuclear programs, potential vulnerabilities of the united states and its allies to military attack and plans for a possible retaliation in response to a foreign attack. to make matters worse, trump s