71 felony counts in two jurisdictions, in new york and in south florida, to say nothing of a grand jury in fulton county, georgia, that may indict trump as early as next week, also a federal grand jury in d.c. investigating trump s role in the january 6th insurrection. in this case, the documents case, trump s attorneys are asking for trump to get special treatment, to be treated unlike every other american, to take into consideration trump s status as the frontrunner for the republican presidential nomination. the lawyers write that trump is, quote, currently the likely republican party nominee. this undertaking requires a tremendous amount of time and energy and that effort will continue until the election on november 5th, 2024. quote, mr. nauta s job requires him to accompany trump on most campaign trips around the country. the schedule makes trial preparation with both defendants challenging. whether judge cannon buys into this idea that the ex-president and walt nauta ar
hi, everyone. it s 4:00 in new york. things are getting intense for the ex-president. those viewers of this program know very well about the drip, drip, drip of new clues trump could soon be facing multiple criminal indictments from special counsel jack smith. today is no exception to the pattern of drips. in miami, one of jack smith s most senior prosecutors was back at a federal courthouse where a grand jury is meeting in the classified documents case. we should note that the washington, d.c. federal grand jury that jack smith has been working with in the january 6th investigation is also in session today. new york times reports that the special counsel s office has put trump s legal team on notice that the expresident is a target of the investigation into his handling of classified documents. quote, the notification to trump s team by prosecutors from the office of the special counsel jack smith was the clearest signal yet that the former president is likely to face char
classified documents case. evidence that paints a potentially damning portrait of efforts by the expresident in the expresident s push to retrieve important and sensitive security documents from that washington post report, quote, two of donald trump s employees moved boxes of papers the day before fbi agents and a prosecutor visited the former president s florida home to retrieve classified documents in response to a subpoena. timing that investigators have come to view as suspicious, and an indication of possible obstruction. according to people familiar with the matter. trump and his aides allegedly carried out a dress rehearsal for moving sensitive papers, even before his office received the may 2022 subpoena. that is according to people familiar with the matter who spoke anonymously to describe a sensitive ongoing investigation. the washington post has new details on a question that has loomed over the entire investigation. what did donald trump do with his trove of
the vehicle crashed into the rainbow bridge checkpoint structure and caught fire and exploded. the two occupants of the vehicle are now dead, and one customs and border patrol officer sustained minor injuries that did not require hospitalization. authorities did not find a secondary explosive or device. the white house says they are monitoring the situation closely, and the canada border service agency says it is working with the u.s. counterparts on this matter. the fbi is now investigating this cnn and whether or not the crash was intentional. joining us now, nbc news investigative correspondent tom winter, former fbi counterintelligence agent peter strzok is back with us, and joining us by phone former assistant doppler radar for counterintelligence, tom figliuzzi. why don t you give us a talk about how this all went down. sure. basically, what happens here, there is a vehicle. the color of the vehicle is white, as you saw on screen in that exclusive video. and it s trav
u.s. supreme court spiraling into controversy overturning long precedent and rolling back rights, some are turning to state courts. why strong constitutions can save the every day rights being eroded by a lob sided u.s. supreme court. this and more on another hour of velshi starting now. good morning it s sunday june 9th. president biden is wrapping up his trip to france today where he spent much of the week recognizing d day. this morning he will be at a cemetery near paris and he and the first lady will fly back home. but in a few days he will head back to italy. biden s upcoming trips to europe are valuable opportunities for him to highlight the importance of america s role in the world stage. he s cast his opponent as a strong man who will usher in an era of corruption in america and support such things abroad. trump s first term also saw the country shift toward a more isolationist stance which raised concerns among our partners that america might abandon its alliances