his ton aides here in bedminster, new jersey. we learned today he is facing 37 felony charges for his handling of classified documents after leaving the white house and in some cases prosecutors say he showed those documents to people who should not have seen them and in one case he is accused of showing a plan of attack put together for him by the department of defense. our laws that protect national defense information are critical to the safety and security of the united states and they must be enforced. violations of those laws put our country at risk. special counsel jack smith announced the first federal criminal case ever against a former u.s. president. the federal felony charges trump faces include willfully retaining national defense information, withholding and concealing documents. making false statements, and conspiracy to obstruct justice. the former president calls the indictment the box hoax and smith a deranged lunatic. they can t stop because it s elec
Attorney general new yorks Attorney General made those remarks, donald trump is in court on trial to determine what price he should pay for the massive fraud hes committed for years. Plus, trumps increasing threat to democracy. Hes attacking judges and threatening to lock up americas district attorneys. The authors of how democracies die join me. Also tonight, one of the most hated members of congress, matt gaetz, just might have the power to take down Kevin Mccarthy unless democrats come to kevins rescue, but will they . But we begin tonight with donald trump and new York Attorney general Letitia James. Together for the first time in a New York City courtroom. Today was the first day of the Civil Fraud Trial Over charges that trump along with his two adult sons and his business grossly inflated the value of his assets for years. Attorney general james who has not was not arguing the case today, did have a front row seat. Presiding is judge arthur angoran, who delivered the Bombshell R
trump, as the former president of the united states, is subject to the presidential records act. that is something that congress has decided to make presidents and former presidents, specifically subject to rather than espionage act. this is something where most importantly jack smith s team has it completely legally wrong by charging crimes that quite frankly don t apply. that s why it will not survive legal review. there is the very idea, unfortunate fact that jack smith got up today and really gaslit the american people. it was very problematic to say that there is one set of laws that applies to everyone when we all know that the department of justice has consistently found ways to give passes for similar offense people like hillary clinton, people like joe biden, people favored by establishment washington. they re always going to find a
we heard from jar a nadler in new york where you are. i assume from senter to the left is not going to like it. are the republicans going to show bone and stop this? some spine? no. mitch mcconnell can see matt bevan in his rearview mirror who s one state wide in kentucky decides to give himself an upgrade like rick scott in florida. he s got a problem. i can t believe inside their republican hearts they believe this is a good idea. nancy pelosi got up today and said go ahead and do it because a president with different values might believe climate change or gun violence is a national emergency. fror you have now opened the door. harry truman tried to sooz a steel mill and a war was going on. it s not as if presidents can
incompetence or on purpose. sending a signal is a problem. we are signaling weakness always. that is the over and over again, the action of this administration. it s incompetence of the first order. about refugees mr. rhodes got up today and lied and said we have a massively wonderful vetting system. the head of the fbi says we don t. we are committed to things that want to feel good. his bubble world has crashed. in 1990 george bush put a coalition together that had 28 arab countries with troops on the ground as well as the french and the british and ourselves. and you know what that s what this president needs to do. but i m afraid he will undermine nato and have his great dream of