charges of which he and numerous other presidents would be guilty. right in the middle of a presidential election in which he is losing very badly. no other president, even those who kept far more documents than i, has ever been even investigated, let alone charged with a crime. it s joe biden and his corrupt department of injustice who think they are above the law. never before have the two standards of justice in our country been more starkly revealed. laura: and that same type of cheering you just heard at the club was also heard organically hours earlier where hundreds of supporters showed up outside the miami courtroom where president trump was arraigned. now, after that, dozens more went to a cuban restaurant in the city where they sang happy birthday to former president trump and took selfie after selfie with him. now, one thing is clear here, despite all the naysayers, his support is still very strong and perhaps unprecedented among modern political figures. but ins
siphon votes away from the democrat and help elect a republican. and help potentially elect donald trump. if you go on their website, they suggest that they can get 37% of the popular vote. and 282 electoral votes. now, if you think that sounds a bit outlandish, they think they can win texas, florida, montana and illinois. that is delusional. the likelihood that that is going to happen is zero. they are spending millions and millions of dollars and all they are going to do is siphon votes, anti trump votes away from democrats. all, right, well nick is telling me we have to. go you have we ve got to the top of the. our i appreciate you both. all of you, in just a few, minutes we re going to unpack these two headlines, with the journalist who cowrote them. the first is about the former presidents attachment to his boxes. the other is what one person close to trump called an unforced error. trump rejected lawyers efforts to avoid indictment. here we, are a minute, late but
colleagues olamon, as don t offend k mark, a man smiling sanders-townsend with us from miami, katie phang. the twice impeached and now twice indicted donald trump has become the first ex president to face criminal charges from the federal government. over the next two hours, my colleagues and i along with some special guests are gonna break down the justice department s case against the former commander in chief. a case that we saw for the first time just yesterday when the bombshell 37 count indictment was unsealed. the indictment which also names the trump aide and valet, walt nauta, as his coconspirator. outlined criminal charges related to more than 100 classified documents that federal agents recovered from trump s mar-a-lago resort last august. trump faces 31 counts of violating the espionage act, through willful retention of classified records. he faces another six counts stemming from his alleged efforts to impede the investigation. nauta it was also charged with si
crimes he was arrested for? the lead starts right now. a mere few hours after he was arrested and arraigned, donald trump told donors this i hadn t had a chance to go through all the boxes. it is a long tedious job. takes a long time. which i was prepared to do, but i have a very busy life. can prosecutors use this admission against him? plus, an up close look at front lines of ukraine s counteroffensive. we had to evacuate to the shelter now because apparently the guys fear there could be aviation bombs coming in fairly soon. you can see the situation here is still very kinetic, a lot of shelling is still going on. the items ukrainian troops say are key to defeating the russians. and if inflation is supposedly easing, why does it seem every trip to the grocery store is getting more expensive? welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with our law and justice lead. despite donald trump launching a growing number of baseless attacks on special counsel jack s
the coverage. and i m jose diaz-balart. and today new fallout in the light of donald trump s historic indictment. we ll dive into new details about his ladies and gentlemen legal strategy and how it is shaping the race for the white house. and another florida republican launches his presidential bid. and also new this morning, richard engel s exclusive interview with volodymyr zelenskyy. and in new york a grand jury indicts does an yell penny, the man putting neely in a chokehold. we ll have the latest. and today is the 11th anniversary of deferred action for childhood arrivals known as dhaka. daca. a allows hundreds of thousands to live here without fear of deportation. we ll speak to a recipient about her hopes for the future.live h deportation. we ll speak to a recipient about her hopes for the future. from the u.s. supreme court court, last hour the justices rejected a challenge to a federal law aimed at protecting native american children in the adoption process