hoberg, the tenth for bowin which ties him for the most spacewalks by an american astronaut. thank you so much for joining us. ac 360 starts now. a judge some feared might slow-walk the trump case kick starts it instead. john berman here in for anderson. tonight on 360, how federal judge aileen cannon just got the documents case moving, and why one veteran prosecutor now argues against casting judgment on her ability to be impartial toward the man who appointed her. also tonight, another federal judge in another case against the former president makes it official. e. jean carroll s defamation lawsuit goes to court just as primary season begins. plus, the cnn exclusive. you will meet ukraine s drone warriors as a 3-d print machinery to send russian shells where they came from with a bang. we begin with what came as a surprise to some, judge aileen cannon s first order in her new position overseeing the documents case. a surprise because during her first encounter w
here is what we know at this moment. the former president has been federally indicted on seven charges, it s all in connection with trump s handling of classified documents discovered at his mar-a-lago resort in florida last year. sources tell nbc news that those charges include false statements, conspiracy to obstruct and even one charge relating to the espionage act. we also know that trump has been summoned to appear in a miami court this tuesday at 3:00 p.m. along with the special counsel s team. secret service agents are meeting today with trump s team to begin logistics planning. we don t know the specifics of those charges as those are still under seal, but speaking on the today show this morning one of trump s lawyers made clear how the former president plans to respond. he was upset for the country, but in terms of him, he is a fighter and he is going to come out swinging and he will be fine. he will appear in court on tuesday, no doubt. he is not afraid of thi
chief legal correspondent ari melber, legal analyst, andrew weissmann, and my friend and colleague, msnbc anchor katy tur. rachel, we re about to hear from jack smith himself. if i have to interrupt you abruptly, i apologize in advance. your thoughts right now. reading the indictment, nicolle, i was struck by the simplicity of it structurally. this is not a case where we need to wait for somebody to flip. there s no allen weisselberg character out here who we need to find out how much they re going to tell prosecutors. there s no opaque question of intent that we need to wait to see if prosecutors have some access to. there s no, you know, contingent second crime that elevates these things to a more serious thing. all things that we ve seen in other serious cases involving trump and his business. in this case this is straightforward. what they re laying out, it s an accusation. it is not a conviction. what they re accusing him of is that he was not allowed to have this stuf
people. this is now the second indictment that trump is facing since he went in office after manhattan prosecutors charged with 34 felony counts earlier this year over alleged hush money payments. and a post on his truth announcing the indictment, trump wrote the correct biden administration has informed by attorneys that i ve been indicted. i am an innocent man. tonight, trump posted a formative video repeatedly claiming that investigation is a hoax. politically motivated. they can t stop because its election interference at the highest level there is never been anything like what has happened, they figured that the way that they would stop us is by using what is called that s what this is. it s wolf warfare for the law. it s called election interference. they re trying to destroy the reputation. and they can try to win the election. joining us now is msnbc colleagues, ari melber and lawrence o donnell, also with us is laura jarrett, nbc news senior legal corresponde
to the teflon don. josh marshall hugo lowell and andrew weissmann. appreciate it. that s all in alex on this thursday night. wagner tonight starts right now, good evening, alex. chris, what a thursday. accountability, i think that is the phrase of the day. accountability. yes. again, lots of things it seemed here to for unthinkable, becoming think-able as the other theme of the last few years. in some, ways unthinkable to donald trump. as much as he knew this was coming, now that it s happened, he s in a different league. he has made history, not the kind of history that i think you want to make. thank, you my friend, as always. you bet. thank you to you at home for joining us this evening. nbc news can now report that former president donald trump has been indicted in the special counsel s investigation into his alleged mishandling of classified documents. the indictment was filed in federal district court in miami. trump has been summoned to appear in federal