i had actually read something a little while ago. very brief about that episode. and loved it. anyway people should check it out. thank you very much first of all. very kind of you to say. i should credit you actually because it was an interview with a journalist and historian on your podcast which in part got isaac and i really interested in that topic. it is what put it on the table for us to consider as one of our episodes. i love that. so you were part of the inspiration for doing that whole story. great. thank you, rachel. thanks, chris. much appreciate it. thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. very happy to have you here. as chris mentioned, we do have a new podcast that just launched the first episode today called rachel maddow presents deja news. the whole idea of the podcast is deja vu like something is going on in the news today. doesn t this remind me of something else? yes, it does. something that might seem unprecedented like we ve never fac
no exaggeration to call this a daily that no one, in the country has experienced, evidence in the indictment, never been associated with any occupant or former occupant of the oval office or. phrases in the former president, and straining to federal authorities, and that s it for us tonight, thank you so much, turning it over to caitlin collins. good evening everyone, i am caitlin collins in new york. abby phillip in new york, our special coverage of the federal indictment of donald trump continues. the united states of america versus donald j trump, along with his body man, the former president of the united states is now a defendant in a federal case, the first time that has ever happened, if convicted he could go to prison. indictment , 49 pages, accused of breaking seven laws including willful retention of national defense information, withholding or concealing documents in a federal investigation, false statements and conspiracy to obstruct justice. faci
that comment from his former attorney general really got under trump s orange tinted skin as he prepares for tomorrow s historic arraignment. the first former president to face federal charges and the possibility of prison time. also tonight, the extreme denialism of trump defenders. what they get totally wrong about the presidential records act, how declassification works, and the biden and hillary clinton false equivalencies. and we begin tonight with donald trump s reverse snow bird commute to florida. the twice impeached, twice indited liable for sexual abuse president arrived today in miami, and is spending the night at his doral resort as he awaits his unprecedented arraignment tomorrow. he faces 37 felony counts of illegally hoarding classified documents and obstructing the justice department s efforts to get them back. while this is his second indictment, this one carries the very serious prospect of significant prison time. he and his personal valet and alleged
and i m abby phillip here in washington. our special coverage of the federal indictment of donald trump continues. this case, the united states of america versus donald j. trump, along with walt nauta, hs bead man. a former president of the united states a defendant in a federal case. if convicted, he could go to prison. the indictment s 49 pages accuse him of breaking seven federal laws, including willful retention of national defense information, withholding or concealing documents in a federal investigation, false statements, and conspiracy to ob instruct justice. he is facing 37 separate charges including one for each classified document that he s accused of keeping illegally. documents allegedly stashed in a bathroom, a shower, a ballroom, bedroom. the former president allegedly showing some of them to people and also trying to conceal them from investigators. i want to begin with cnn s senior legal affairs correspondent, paula reid, who s been tracking all of th
there s an underground entrance where the secret service can drive him into the building and bring him up to the upper floors where he ll be processed by the federal marshals. he ll be placed under arrest once he comes into the building and then the processing begins. it s a standard thing. they re doing an electronic fingerprinting of him. these usually involve photographs. we expect walt nada to be booked with a mugshot. the former president is very recognizable. we don t think the marshals will take photographs of him. from there he ll go to the courthouse and a judge will read him the charges and he ll have a chance to enter his plea. the question of his release, jake, we don t expect he s going to be there s going to be any issues with him being released. the issue we expect, however, to come up is whether he can communicate with anybody who might be considered witnesses; of course, is an issue of witness tampering which has been a concern already in this case. evan,