types. the never-ending courtship of the far-right maga caucus. dan pfeiffer, claire mccaskill, thank you both for closing it out on this big, historic night of news. that does it for our show, we will see you again tomorrow. now, it is time for the last word with lawrence o donnell. good evening, lawrence. r good evening, alex. we re gonna continue covering what we re obviously gonna be covering for quite awhile. thank you, alex. i ll be watching. the criminal case of the united states of america, versus donald j trump, is underway tonight. in florida. where a sealed indictment has charged the former president the seven count indictment. the new york times is reporting tonight that the charges include willfully retaining national defense secrets and violations of the espionage act. making false statements, and an obstruction of justice conspiracy, according people familiar with the matter. donald trump has been ordered to surrender for arrest in processing an arraign
united states of america versus donald j trump, is underway tonight. in florida. where a sealed indictment has charged the former president the seven count indictment. the new york times is reporting tonight that the charges include willfully retaining national defense secrets and violations of the espionage act. making false statements, and an obstruction of justice conspiracy, according people familiar with the matter. donald trump has been ordered to surrender for arrest in processing an arraignment in the federal court in miami on tuesday at three pm. four months after donald trump left the white house, the national archives said their first letter to donald trump. on may 6th, 2021, asking, politely, for the return of documents that belong to the united states government. nothing was returned. on january 17th, 2022, an archive contract arrived at mar-a-lago to load 15 boxes into a truck and transport them 1000 miles north to the national facilities. on may 11th, of 2022 l
First weve got huge news from this classified documents case. If you remember that case was set to kick off may 20th, less than two weeks from today. Weve been waiting for judge Aileen Cannon to set the trial date since march. But today we got the news the judge has postponed that trial indefinitely. This means the odds donald trump will end up in a florida courtroom before the general election, those odds are slim to none which is very good news for the former president. But less apparently good news for the former president is the fact trumpde was back in manhatn criminal court. Today was day 14 of the Hush Money Case against him and it was by no means a normal day. Today we got testimony from the central figure at the heart of this case, Adult Film Star stephanie clifford, who you probably know better as Stormy Daniels. As far as the spectacle of this trial goes today was a blockbuster. A lot of theay testimony really sounds like it was ripped from the tabloids, which makes sense be
A former intelligence analyst for the Federal Bureau of Investigation will be sentenced by a federal court judge next week on two counts of violating the Espionage Act.
feeling bad about, it and shuffling in apologizing and explaining away. you let the government get the stuff back. it s not uncommon to take away classified documents inadvertently. it just doesn t seem like an innocent thing when confronted with the fact that you ve done that, you don t let the government retrieve the information. or you lie to them about whether or not you have the information. and i think the thing that ever is gonna be looking for on tuesday, when the indictment presumably is unsealed, any indication of what trump s intent was. why he did it. it is a weird thing to do, given that we ve seen other senior officials ostensibly at face value, in the same kind of situation. he behaved very differently when confronted with the fact that he had this material. why? rachel, he s also testified about the case, in effect, publicly. on social media. on television.