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.
to the breaking news tonight. now, former president donald j. trump has been indicted by a criminal court in new york city . he will be arraigned ink that wl manhattan at some point next week. we are told will likelyke new be tuesday. fake news. cncnn is reporting that he coull face over 30 charges. in a statement, trump is saying, quote, political persecution and election interference at the highesution ant level in hit from the time i camehe down the golden escalator trump tower, and even before i wasfore sworn in as your president of pt the u.s., the radical left t democrats, the enemy of the hard working men and women of this country. they have been engaged in a a witch to destroy the makey th america great again movement. now, you remember it just like i do. russia, russia, russiae , the muehler hoke s, ukraine, ukraine, ukraine, impeachment, hoke s one impeachment hoke s to the illegal and unconstitutional mar-a-lago rage. and now this. he s right after years ofn partis
Including 2 3s of democrats saying that President Biden is too old for another term. Today in pennsylvania, he said hes going to be there next year right at the top of the ticket. I tell you what, someone said, you know, that biden, hes getting old, man. I tell you what. Well, guess what . The only thing that comes with age is a little wisdom. Ive been doing this longer than anybody. Guess what . Im going to continue to do it with your help. That seems to be a subtle response made by an author that interviewed biden world for a new book. They said President Biden could bow out. Based on all of your reporting, how much of a surprise will that be to you . Id say it would be a surprise to me, but it wouldnt be a total surprise. The reelection strategy is starting to come in to focus as well. President biden wants to talk about Trump Without Naming trump. Guess what . The great real estate builder, the last guy, he didnt build a damn thing. Under my predecessor, infrastructure week became
It was a really busy week so lets get to some of the conversations you might have missed. I want to call this Session Therapy with hillary, if i may, because she is now going to she needs another role, therapist, i know a lot of people answer ask this question, so i want to ask for our viewers about, not just abortion, which i will get to in a moment, and womens right, but about former president , donald trump, who is in criminal court in New York City for this hush money thing. Meanwhile, the documents case is delayed. Meanwhile, georgia, what is going on here . Everything seems to be delayed and moving down the road, and there are even those who argue that this manhattan case, it is not as big, it is not serious and he might get off anyway, or not, and how do people manage their especially people who really love this democracy, who take it seriously . Take the words that you just said on hours show very seriously that you cant just sit back and let democracy come to you. But this is
The days top stories from around the world, from politics and money, to sports and pop culture. Charlottesville where Heather Heyer was killed. Rather than condemn the bigots or beliefs today, the president took aim at a protest, a small group of nfl players calling attention to Racial Injustice and inequality last night. He tweeted the nfl players at it again taking a knee when they should be standing proudly for the National Anthem. A Football Game fans pay so much money to enjoy is no place to protest. Find another way to protest. Stand proudly for the National Anthem or be suspended without pay. This is an issue that President Trump has said he believes to be a winning one for him and while it may, in fact, rally many in his base its another example of this president seeking to divide a country that in some places, frankly, seems to be fraying at the seams. Few acts can prompt a president ial tweet as predictably as a nfl player
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