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.
lead off panel this. evening peter baker, zyrtec white house correspondent for the new york times. katie, benner pulitzer prize -winning justice reporter for the new york times, former u.s. attorney joyce vance who spent 25 years as federal prosecutor, charles corman, former so rights attorney, and under attorney general merrick garden and former director for counter intelligence. as i look at you all, here we, are on a very serious and sober night, a night where we see the justice system, the rule of law, working. it worked slowly, but it works. joyce, what s your reaction? i think this is actually the point that we ve been trying to make all along, staff, we don t know doj is going to indict in any particular case until it happens. it s a log path, it s a frustrating path. what americans take away tonight is that the current