interference. they re trying to destroy a reputationsy they can win an election. i did nothing wrong and will fight this out just like we ve been fighting for seven years. i m innocent, and we ll prove that very, very soundly. fact check. when the former president is saying the word they he is referring to democrats. democrats did not indict the president. president joe biden did not indict donald trump. it was a grand jury based in florida. that is it. we should also note trump has already pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business records here in new york. we ve got a lot to cover so let s start off with our panel this evening. peter baker, katie bennett, former u.s. attorney joyce vance who spent 25 years as a federal prosecutor, charles coleman, former new york prosecutor and civil rights attorney, anthony former justice spokesperson under attorney merrick garland, and frank figliuzzi, former fbi director for counter intelligence. as i look at you all, h
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.
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not seen the indictment. they have not seen the evidence. mark mckinnon s, and basil smikle still with us. the speaker, kevin mccarthy, reacted on twitter. falsely implying that joe biden was behind the indictment. and i have said again and again, presidents don t indict, jurors do. how harmful is this information? how can you say that this is an injustice? he can say it because here to four, that has worked for the republican base. blame democrats for weaponizing the justice department. weaponizing the congressional hearing process. thus the impeachment, for a period of time it seem to be working. i don t know that we are in a period where that is going to work any longer. even if you think of joe biden as a managerial president. someone who doesn t excite you, but he is getting the job done. what happens that, in 2022,
politicians have any insight into the charges. like the rest of us, they have not seen the indictment, they have not seen the evidence. basil, the speaker of the house kevin mccarthy reacted on twitter falsely implying joe biden was behind the indictment. and i ve said it over and over for facts sake presidents don t indict, grand juries do. how harmful is this misinformation? how can he say this is an injustice? he can say it because here to for, that strategy has worked for a good chunk of the republican base. blame the democrats for weaponizing the justice department, weaponizing the congressional hearing process, that s the impeachments. for a period of time it seemed to be working. i don t know that we re in a period where that is going to work any longer. even if you think of joe biden as a managerial president, someone that doesn t excite you but he s getting the job done,