his ton aides here in bedminster, new jersey. we learned today he is facing 37 felony charges for his handling of classified documents after leaving the white house and in some cases prosecutors say he showed those documents to people who should not have seen them and in one case he is accused of showing a plan of attack put together for him by the department of defense. our laws that protect national defense information are critical to the safety and security of the united states and they must be enforced. violations of those laws put our country at risk. special counsel jack smith announced the first federal criminal case ever against a former u.s. president. the federal felony charges trump faces include willfully retaining national defense information, withholding and concealing documents. making false statements, and conspiracy to obstruct justice. the former president calls the indictment the box hoax and smith a deranged lunatic. they can t stop because it s elec
the breaking news of this historic and quite frankly damning indictment released to the public today. laying out the special counsel s case against donald trump and his gross mishandling of classified documents. given that this is the first time such actions are being taken against a former president, the special counsel made sure he came prepared with the receipts. and they could not be any more incriminating. in all, the special counsel is charging trump with 37 counts. 31 of them have to do with trump s willful retention of national defense information. otherwise known as the espionage act. these are charges related to false statements, conspiracy to obstruct justice, withholding and corruptly concealing documents, as well as scheming to conceal. included in some of the charges is one of trump s closest aides, walt nada, who was also indicted. also today, we heard for the tir time from the man leading the special counsel investigation, jack smith. our laws that protect n
and wants to return, tells people on christmas day that they can rot in hell. just as congresswoman debbie dingell says, trump s rot in hell christmas message was, to say the least, unpresidential. now, special counsel jack smith is filing a new motion to block trump for making political arguments during his criminal trial. also tonight, michigan supreme court decides against removing trump from the 2024 ballot, unlike colorado s highest court and now extra security is needed for those justices. plus, the republicans all out assault on voting rights, which includes plans to ask the u.s. supreme court to preserve their undemocratically gerrymandered maps in wisconsin. good evening. i m charles coleman, in four joy reid, and we have got a lot to talk about. we begin tonight with a new year faster protesting, many looking head to 2024 and wondering what else could be in store. that certainly appears to be the case for former president donald trump who has been the holidays not
because the constitution says you have to be hello, everyone, i m dana perino here along with jesse watters and greg gutfeld. this is the five. dell: the 2024 election turning into a free-for-all. maybe, a dozen states could follow colorado in kicking donald trump off the ballots and now republicans are vowing to retaliate against biden. less likely that will make him return. it s a question of law. if a 14-year-old tried to run for president, would that person be kept off of the ballot because the constitution says you have to be dana: decide serious legal questions, they are exploring all options. let s listen to us here. we re in unchartered territory in our country and the decision out of colorado is a very significant fact. when the supreme court of colorado determines in an examination of the facts that donald trump is an insurrectionist and therefore is disqualified from being on the ballot certainly here in california we have to make the same determinati
hello, everyone. i m dana perino along with ju dana:i am dana perino with jesse waters and greg gutfeld. it is 5 work in new york city and this is the five. 2,024 election turning into a free-for-all, maybe. a dozen states can follow colorado in kicking donald trump off their ballot or trying to and republicans are vowing to retaliate against president biden. we should be encouraged by any action that makes it less likely that he will return to the presidency. it is a question of law. a 14-year-old tried to run for president, would that person be kept off the ballot because the constitution says you have to be 35 years old? with the limiting principle for that? could we say biden can t be on the ballot because he let in 8 million illegals and violated the constitution which he has? maybe we should take president biden off the ballot in texas. dana:california looking to copy colorado s balaban, the lieutenant governor trying to run for governor next year, that s very