the united states of america versus donald j trump. we have one set of laws in this country. and they apply to everyone. tonight, the stunning 49-page indictment. 37 criminal counts. secret national security documents. strewn around his country club, onstage in a ball room. on the floor in the bathroom. a conspiracy to hide them from the feds. the lies he told to cover it up. rachel maddow, lawrence o donnell, ari melber, joy-ann reid i, alex wagner, andrew weissmann, and jen psaki are here on msnbc s special coverage of the second indictment of donald trump. good evening from new york. welcome back to our special coverage. i m chris hayes here at 30 rock with the whole team. as well as the great and the good, rachel maddow who is joining us remotely on this historic day. and unprecedented, is an understatement. 37 count indictment against the 45th president of the united states. was unsealed today. a special counsel, jack smith, made his first public comments since his
global where we will be bringing you the top stories from around the world. we start with donald trump because charges against him have been unsealed in the last few minutes, by a us federal court. there are 37 criminal counts that include conspiracy to obstructjustice counts that include conspiracy to obstruct justice and counts that include conspiracy to obstructjustice and retaining a classified government documents. documents include information on foreign states to make defence capabilities and weaknesses, as well as the us nuclear programme. if found guilty, donald trump potentially faces years in prison, and mr trump, who potentially faces years in prison, and mrtrump, who is potentially faces years in prison, and mr trump, who is a frontrunner for the 2024 republican presidential nomination says he is innocent. we go straight to our correspondent jessica parker in washington for us. they have just been released, and expecting that you are still looking at the document
with lucas tomlinson, we have you covered in the beginning on washington, what is exactly in all of this? alexis mcadams on how presidential candidates are responding to this. andy mccarthy on a big shake-up in the president s legal team because of this, and the hills bob q on how money donors are playing this. so it s time to get right to it. welcome, everybody. i am neil cavuto and this is your world, when it moves, and moves fast and this is a fast moving story, the very latest on what happens now. lucas. you re not kidding, we have learned that former president trump was personally involved in moving boxes of classified documents before the indictment that was unsealed this afternoon, listing those 37 charges against him a short time ago, special counsel jack smith spoke from washington. we have one set of laws in this country, and they apply to everyone. applying those laws with the facts, that s what determines the outcome of the investigation. nothing more, nothi
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chris jansing reports. at this hour, donald trump s republican rivals not sounding much like rivals after he s kicked off the ballot in colorado. what they re saying including the candidate pledging to withdraw from the state s contest if trump can t compete too. pressure mounting on israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. his tense meetings with the families of hostages and where negotiations stand right now to bring them home. plus, the threat is far from over as a volcano continues erupting in iceland, what it means for thousands of people forced to evacuate right before the holiday. and it s the most wonderful time of the year, unless maybe you re headed to the airport. the record-breaking travel as families head home for the holidays. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. we start with donald trump s republican opponents rallying around after the colorado ruling. nbc s vaughn hillyard is following that for us. what are they sayin