Our special breaking News Coverage continues now of the third, he has a third, criminal indictment of former President Donald Trump. Im laura coates. Remember. Not the news tonight, still stunning, even though people expect an indictment to come right now it is here. We have believed it sink in. The 45th president indicted by a grand jury and jack smiths investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election. And its not lost on anyone that, while trump is facing charges over the last election, he is, of course, in the middle of his reelection campaign, flora. This is the third time, the third time that donald trump has been criminally indicted informants at this point . Special counsel jack smith charged him in the classified documents probe in june, and the Manhattan Grand Jury charge of the former president for Business Fraud back in march and just listen to what Special Counsel jack smith had to say tonight. The attack on our nations capital, on january six 2021, was an unprecede
i m stephanie ruhle. we continue our breaking news coverage on this historic night. nbc news has confirmed, donald trump, the nation s 45th president, has been indicted on seven charges in connection with his mishandling of classified documents. let that sink in for a moment. we ve been talking about it for months but here it is. for the first time in u.s. history,, a former president federal charges trump has received a summons to appear in u.s. district court on june 13th. that is this coming tuesday. the indictment remains under seal. sources tell nbc news. the charges include conspiracy to obstruct. and the new york times reports, the charges also include, quote, willfully retaining national defense secrets in violation of the espionage act. according to people familiar with the matter. the charges, of course, come after a lengthy investigation, led by justice department special counsel, jack smith. tonight, donald trump responded on his social media platform. watch this.
i believe it is. it remains to be seen if it will hurt him at all politically. he is still the front runner for the republican presidential primary. and trump s campaign is not slowing down at all. today he is on a stump in the south making his first speeches since the indictment in georgia and north carolina. i am simone sanders townsend and i have something to say about it all. what kind of democracy are weak? are we a mature democracy, capable of enforcing its rules and laws? or an immature democracy choosing chaos over the competition. questions after this week s historic federal indictment of former president donald trump. and if you didn t get a chance to read that damning 44-page document, or 45, i highly encourage you to do it. it is all right, because we have got you suffered. on thursday we learned the former president was indicted by the justice department and its investigation of mishandling of classified documents. and yesterday when the indictment was unse
what happened to it! access peddling, corruption, and shocking sexual assault allegations in a new lawsuit filed against rudy giuliani. this is going to be eventually a big case. tonight, andrew weissmann on the claims that rudy giuliani sexually abused his employee, and michael schmidt on the allegations that he conspired with donald trump to sell presidential pardons. then, representative george santos, b, and here by is, expelled from the house of representatives. congressman roger brings a resolution to expel george santos from congress, and congressman joe garcia joins us live. plus, senator elizabeth warren on the republican debt limit extortion. fresh off of her grilling of bank ceos. you are planning to return how much? the answers none. that s it? i m not planning to do so, no. elon musk, after a fire storm over the antisemitic tweets. he said he wants to erode the fabric of civilization, and hates humanity. when you do something like that
allegations in a new lawsuit filed against rudy giuliani. this is going to be eventually a big case. tonight, andrew weissmann on the claims that rudy giuliani sexually abused his employee, and michael schmidt on the allegations that he conspired with donald trump to sell presidential pardons. then, representative george santos, b, and here by is, expelled from the house of representatives. congressman roger brings a resolution to expel george santos from congress, and congressman joe garcia joins us live. plus, senator elizabeth warren on the republican debt limit extortion. fresh off of her grilling of bank ceos. you are planning to return how much? the answers none. that s it? i m not planning to do so, no. elon musk, after a fire storm over the antisemitic tweets. he said he wants to erode the fabric of civilization, and hates humanity. when you do something like that i think that s true. that s my opinion. but why shared? all in starts rig