the indictment of former president donald trump marks the first time in history that a former president has faced federal charges. this is now the second indictment for the former president, who was criminally charged by a manhattan grand jury in march on more than 30 counts of business fraud. now he s facing 37 federal charges relating to classified documents from his time in office that were uncovered by federal agents. a special counsel has been investigating this case since november of last year. he s pleaded not guilty to all the charges against him. what makes the situation, though, even more extraordinary is that mr. trump is also the current front-runner in the republican party for the 2024 election, which means he could be taking on president joe biden while the special counsel appointed by the attorney general is working to convict him. trump has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing. over the next hour, our pamela brown lays out everything we know about this case and ta
story. i m anderson cooper. the indictment of former president donald trump mark the first time in history a former president has faced criminal charges. this is now the second indictment for the former president, who was criminally charged by a manhattan grand jury in march on more than 30 counts of business fraud. now he s facing 37 federal charges relating to classified documents from his time in office that were uncovered by federal agents. a special counsel has been investigating this case since november of last year. he s pleaded not guilty to all the charges against him. what makes the situation, though, even more extraordinary is that mr. trump is also the current front-runner in the republican party for the 2024 election, which means he could be taking on president joe biden while a special counsel appointed by the attorney general is working to convict him. trump has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing. over the next hour, our pamela brown lays out everything we kno
president, who was criminally charged by a manhattan grand jury in march on 30 counts of business fraud. he s pleaded not guilty. now he is facing 37 federal charges relating to classified documents from his time in office that were uncovered by federal agents. a special counsel has been investigating this case since november of last year. what makes this situation even more extraordinary, is mr. trump is currently the frontrunner in the republican party for the 2024 election. this means he could be taking on president joe biden while a special counsel appointed by the attorney general is working to convict him. trump has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing. over the next hour cnn s pamela brown lays out everything we know about this case and takes us through the twists and turns that brought us to this moment. we ll also explore what this means for the former president as he faces his first court appearance this week and what implications this may have for the presidential race
at the war crimes tribunal, and we begged the justice department to give us another picture so that we could show it on television, and he politely declined to sit for a new photograph. he is apparently going to maintain this speak softly and carry a big indictment approach to the case. i would expect that he s had the benefit of learning from his predecessors. like recent special counsel robert mueller. it s finally here. robert mueller testifies today. robert mueller had that disastrous time before congress testifying about what his investigation found. the finding indicates that the president was not that the president was not exculpated. or former fbi chief jim comey. although there is evidence of potential violations of the statutes regarding the handling
at the war crimes tribunal, and we begged the justice department to give us another picture so that we could show it on television, and he politely declined to sit for a new photograph. he is apparently going to maintain this speak softly and carry a big indictment approach to the case. i would expect that he s had the benefit of learning from his predecessors. like recent special counsel robert mueller. it s finally here. robert mueller testifies today. robert mueller had that disastrous time before congress testifying about what his investigation found. the finding indicates that the president was not that the president was not exculpated. or former fbi chief jim comey. although there is evidence of potential violations of the statutes regarding the handling