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
is in chaos. the trump criminal defense lawyer called 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 done the possible charges against donald trump as turned out to be completely wrong, not that we see the actual charges against donald trump. donald trump is now charged with 37 counts, all felonies. the crimes include obstruction of justice and a violation o
now. all right. good morning, everyone. we re so glad you re with us. really significant developments overnight, perhaps after you went to bed. happy to have phil by my side. good morning. good morning. how are you doing? you know those moments when you see a transcript of something, i really like to listen to the actual tape. then cnn obtains the tape. and the tape is just as bad, if not worse, than the transcript was. and you think, oh, wow. this is huge news. then a former president is at the center of it. that s what we re going to get started with this morning. five things to know for this tuesday, june 27th. first on cnn what we were just talking about, that audio tape central to the prosecution s case of donald trump, trump s mishandling of classified documents you ll hear from the former president in his own words telling people, quote, this is secret information. look at this. and just hours from now, we may get a glimpse of how trump s political rivals lev
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to cut wagner loose. this is a chance. and i think if the biden administration push hard enough this moment, it will make get some traction. all right, guys. stay with us. we have a lot more to get to. check out clarissa s reporting on wagner. it s extraordinary. they ve been doing it for years. new reports multiple secret service agents testified before the grand jury. the latest on that investigation next. plus what we ve done in our politics is create a situation where we re electing idiots. well, saying exactly what she thinks. that is former congresswoman liz cheney weighing in on the current state of politics and whether she ll run as an independent to take on donald trump.