special counsel jack smith charged at america s top military secrets were among the documents boxed up in trump s mar-a-lago home. we will talk about the potential risks with congresswoman stacey plaskett, member of the house intelligence committee. and health alert the growing concern about a spike in mpox cases, just as summer is about to begin. the doctor and the white house response, joining me live with some important tips. i m jonathan capehart. this is the sunday show. today, an indictment was unsealed, charging donald j trump with felony violations over national security laws, as well as participating in a conspiracy to obstruct justice. to that and, my office will seek a speedy trial in this trial, and very much look forward to presenting our case to a jury of citizens in the southern district of florida. announcing the indictment of donald trump, last week, special counsel jack smith made it clear, you heard him right there, that he is aiming for a speed
that does it for a special coverage primetime special coverage this evening but we have much more ahead and now it s time for the last word with a great lawrence o donnell. we have breaking e. jean carroll knows which away began on your show with your interview with e. jean carroll and her lawyer, and that is in the lawsuit, she has another lawsuit against donald trump for all the comments he made about her, and today a federal judge, luis kaplan, granted e. jean carroll s request to revise the defamation lawsuit that she filed against donald trump to include the similar comments that he made recently on cnn, that he made last month on cnn. you had a chance to ask them if that is what their plan was. and it certainly sounded like it was. i said, i mean, you just got this huge judgments against him for saying these terrible things about you that were untrue, and then as soon as the judge came back he said again, what can you do about? that and e. jean carroll s lawyer said
that gives you enough time to make it all the way over to this studio, which is it s like a coin toss, in a way. [laughter] it s not a baseball. it s like a coin toss. i have time for one cocktail to be right back. but rachel, i have a couple of news things about what s gonna happen tomorrow. number one, you would really like this, donald trump rehearsed his plea on a boston radio show tonight. and we are gonna bring you that, what he is gonna say, when he is asked how he pleads. but there is this from the magistrate who s handling it tomorrow, who was the one who issued the first warrant in the first place, judge cannon doesn t come into it yet. and he is basically saying that he s just gonna live by the local rules of how what contains the media in these situations. he doesn t feel he is in a position to change that for tomorrow. so what that means is he is gonna follow the local rule there in the federal court in miami that prohibits all forms of photographing, audio
thank you. well at this hour, tonight right, now, 27 hours after donald trump was told that he had just become the first former president in history charged with federal crimes, including violations of the espionage act, the trump criminal defense team is in chaos. the trump criminal defense lawyer who call donald trump at seven pm last night to tell him that he was indicted by prosecutors in the executive branch of the government that he once controlled, resigned or was fired this morning along with another criminal defense lawyer that also resigned or was fired this morning. last night, after the indictment was announced, the league criminal defense lawyer in the case of the u.s. versus donald j trump said this even if he talks about the documents or the existence of them, that is light years away from the specific intent that they need for an espionage case. and now, that lawyer is gone. anything the trump defense lawyers have ever said publicly about what we re do
business. that gives you enough time to make it all the way over to this studio, which is it s like a conan toss, in a way. it s not a baseball. it s like a coin toss. i have time for one cocktail to be right back. but rachel, i have a couple of news things about what s gonna happen tomorrow. number one, you would really like this, donald trump rehearsed his plea on a boston radio show tonight. and we are gonna bring you that, what he is gonna say, when he is asked how he pleads. but there is this from the magistrate who s handling up tomorrow, who was the one who issued the first warrant in the first place, judge cannon doesn t come into it yet. and he is basically saying that he s just gonna live by the local rules of how what contains the media in these situations. he doesn t feel he is in a position to change that tomorrow. so what that means is he is gonna follow the local rule there in the federal court in miami that prohibits all forms of photographing, audio,