explaining no one is above the law, even a former president. our nation s commitment to the rule of law sets an example for the world. we have one set of laws in this country and they apply to everyone. and, jake, the special counsel also making the point today that violations of u.s. laws on classified documents put the country at risk. that s right, anderson. i want to bring in cnn s paula reid. walk us through the most damning allegations in the indictment in your view. this indictment tells a story of what investigators have learned over the past year and a half. they lay out how the former president allegedly willfully retained over 300 classified documents allegedly storing them around his mar-a-lago resort everywhere from a bathroom to a bedroom to a ballroom for over two months, that ballroom was activity hosting events touring this time. they also reveal how sensitive secrets meant over for a handful of our closest allies were splayed out in a storage room. t
about the allegations in this indictment and the charges against the former president, they do not budge from their support for the former president. they believe, those who i spoke with say that these documents were planted there. they don t believe that the former president took them to mar-a-lago, which is right here behind me. they think that this is a political witch hunt. those are their words. and that it s political garbage as one of them told me. some people have been honking, yelling out the window to lock him up. so it s interesting to hear that phrase regarding the former president. we also went into town, the town of palm beach, and spoke to people, two people who actually voted for the former president. one of them told me that she hopes that he doesn t run. she thinks it s bad for the party and that he should back out of the race. then another gentleman who voted for him and just said that he thinks that nobody is above the law, and he doesn t believe that he should be r
and we ll see whether or not the department will be successful in bringing this person to justice. former attorney general alberto gonzalez, good to see you, sir. thank you so much, and thank you for your intellectual consistency. appreciate it. thanks, jake. so what was donald trump doing the day that we all learned of these serious allegations against him in the lead up to the 37-count indictment alleging multiple federal crimes being unsealed? well, he was on the golf course at his bedminster, new jersey, club with florida republican congressman carlos jimenez, who tweeted this photo with the caption, quote, tee time with trump. that s sweet. and while trump is in new jersey, some of his supporters have gathered near mar-a-lago in florida to show their support. cnn s randi kaye is on the scene outside mar-a-lago in west palm beach, florida. what s the mood there now that the indictment s been unsealed? reporter: well, jake, there s just a few supporters gathered here. yester
courthouse structures here. in new york we were able to see a brief video of trump walking into the courtroom and still photographers were allowed to capture images of trump sitting behind the defense table. here in federal court there are no cameras allowed of in i kind so it s possible this whole day we will never actually see the former president. we don t see him enter, we won t see him inside the courtroom and likely won t see him leave. that is a distinction from what happened in new york just two months ago, but these security preparations will continue through the weekend leading up until tuesday and we are waiting to learn exactly more tails of what to expect. jake? a lot of opaqueness in the sunshine state there. marcos, a donald trump appointee has been initially assigned to oversee this case, federal district judge alileen cannon hr appointment of a third party special master to review documents seized from mar-a-lago raised some allows and that decision was overturned by
went and testified and that is what this is based on. you know, you re going to see obviously a lot of republican attacks against this, but i think it s important to remember these are the people who worked with trump in the white house and these are the people that he employs at mar-a-lago and these are his attorneys that he has hired and that is what so much of this is based on. in addition to that of course his own words that are on that audio recording they reference here saying that he showed people this information telling them that he did not have the ability to declassify it and one thing that stood out, jake, about evan corcoran, that s who is identified as attorney 1 in this done diemt, it was his notes that they were able to get after a pig court fight that the special counsel j under took and that is what a lot of this is based on when it comes to trump suggesting this they destroy or hide documents relevant to a subpoena from the federal government, also implying when his