prosecutors, jack smith s investigation of the documents continues right now. this is a special, live edition of the last word. the new york times is reporting tonight that the charges include willfully retaining national defense secrets and violations of the espionage act. making false statements, and an obstruction of justice conspiracy, according people familiar with the matter. donald trump has been ordered to surrender for arrest in processing an arraignment in the federal court in miami on tuesday at three pm. here s what donald trump s lawyer said on television tonight. this is not biblically accurate, because i m not looking at a charging document, i m looking at a summary sheet. so there is language in here that might be reflecting a single, counted set of two. but i think there was a conspiracy count as well. so that means that there could be other indictments. have you been told that anyone else is indicted here? we went advised of anyone else being indicted.
transcript. whether he now faces more heat that changes his mind we ve seen before, that s how far in he is, the person you see on your screen, not well-known but long loyal military aide and personal aide to donald trump in the post-presidency. i want to read some more from this. we have so much new material with regard to katy s point that donald trump has long avoided texts and emails, but he hasn t stopped everyone else from using them on his behalf. here you have january 13th, 2022, the doj reading from page 19 says nauta texted trump employee 2 about trump personally, quote, trackingboxes, he s tracking the boxes, more to follow today on whether he wants to go through more today or tomorrow. nauta writes to another anonymous employee, trump employee 2 in the indictment, one thing he asked was for new covers for the boxes. can we get new box covers before giving them out on monday, and the employee replies, yes, i will get that. this is contemporaneous, this is real. the
receiving from the texas billionaire and republican billionaire donor harlan crow, all in the name of hospitality. so, what did justice thomas and his 2022 financial disclosure claim? we are going to have to wait a little longer to find out, because justice thomas has requested a 90-day extension. . that does it for us tonight. we will see you again tomorrow. and now it is time for the last word with lawrence o donnell. good, evening lawrence. good evening, alex. does this mean that i have to disclose every time that out britons me flowers? well every time? the 600 dollar bouquets you get weekly should probably be disclosed. the smaller i am prepared and the corsage s that you get may skate under the disclosure limits. i m prepared to disclose right now all of the flowers i have received in my entire life, which i believe is exactly zero. i will change that. i am going to change that is going to change. you don t have to there you go. no, i m going
here is what donald trump s criminal defense lawyer, james trusty, said on television tonight. this is not publicly accurate because i m not looking at a charging document, i am looking at a summary sheet. so there s ones that might actually be reflecting on single counts too. but i think there was a conspiracy count as well. that means that there could be other indictments, have you been told that anyone else is indicted here? we weren t in fisa of anyone else being indicted. and i have a theory that some of the outrageous misconduct has affected in some other case. potential target. but bottom line is all we know about is our client. donald trump has been ordered to surrender for arrest processing and arraignment in federal court in miami on tuesday at three pm. this is how we got to hear. four months after donald trump left the white house, the national archives sent a letter to the national archives on may 6th, 2021. asking politely for the return of documents tha
a bedrock principle of the department of justice and our nation s commitment to the rule of law sets a an example for the world. we have one set of laws in this country and they apply to everyone. applying those laws, collecting facts, that s what determines the outcome of an investigation. nothing more, nothing less. the words of rachel math maddow, stunningly simple words in both the indictment and from behind the podium. it was the first time we as an american public have ever heard from the special counsel notably he praised the fbi and the prosecutors on his team. rachel pointed out they have already come under vicious attack by the indicted ex-president. he encouraged all of us to read the indictment itself, an endeavor we re taking seriously. it s known as a speaking indictment, meaning it is straight forward and, frankly, gripping and dramatic. it lays out the alleged crimes trump faces. 31 counts have to do with the espionage act. we re going to unpack all of them.