here is what we know at this moment. the former president has been federally indicted on seven charges, it s all in connection with trump s handling of classified documents discovered at his mar-a-lago resort in florida last year. sources tell nbc news that those charges include false statements, conspiracy to obstruct and even one charge relating to the espionage act. we also know that trump has been summoned to appear in a miami court this tuesday at 3:00 p.m. along with the special counsel s team. secret service agents are meeting today with trump s team to begin logistics planning. we don t know the specifics of those charges as those are still under seal, but speaking on the today show this morning one of trump s lawyers made clear how the former president plans to respond. he was upset for the country, but in terms of him, he is a fighter and he is going to come out swinging and he will be fine. he will appear in court on tuesday, no doubt. he is not afraid of thi
eileen cannon is the judge expected to at least initially oversee these proceedings but another judge that was listed on the summons is bruce reinhart, a magistrate judge in the area who actually oversaw and signed off on the execution of the subpoena that allowed for the fbi to execute a search warrant, the legally executed search warrant of mar-a-lago. but as for the bulk of the charges being indicted in south florida as opposed to washington, d.c., that was just a strategic and legal decision made by prosecutors based on previous cases, including one specific case on obstruction and venue that essentially ruled in the d.c. circuit court that in order to charge obstruction it needed to be done in the venue where that obstruction occurred. of course, we don t know the full spectrum of indictments that could land overall. the indictment into trump
political operations effort to turn the justice department s indictments or any of these indictments against the former president on their heads, use them to rally republicans around him. after that likely come back to bedminster in new jersey, his golf club here and then travel to miami sometime early next week. they basically close up mar-a-lago for the summer so i don t expect him to come down there. this is sort of a moment where the trump campaign is going to try to turn his legal peril into political opportunity. they re strategizing about how to do that best even now. jackie, you were one of the reporters who broke this news that prosecutors were likely to bring the bulk of their charges in florida. what more are you learning about why miami over washington, d.c. where we know a grand jury had heard a lot of testimony previously? reporter: yeah, that s exactly right and actually i just want to quickly dove tail off of some of lisa s reporting with some breaking news that w
here is what we know at this moment. the former president has been federally indicted on seven charges, it s all in connection with trump s handling of classified documents discovered at his mar-a-lago resort in florida last year. sources tell nbc news that those charges include false statements, conspiracy to obstruct and even one charge relating to the espionage act. we also know that trump has been summoned to appear in a miami court this tuesday at 3:00 p.m. along with the special counsel s team. secret service agents are meeting today with trump s team to begin logistics planning. we don t know the specifics of those charges as those are still under seal, but speaking on the today show this morning one of trump s lawyers made clear how the former president plans to respond. he was upset for the country, but in terms of him, he is a fighter and he is going to come out swinging and he will be fine. he will appear in court on tuesday, no doubt. he is not afraid of this thing.
his rivals in the republican field is a reflection of where much of the party is right now. there is this scale of response from hutchinson to ramaswamy, ace say hutchinson basically saying the legal issues are a distraction and should disqualify him. ramaswamy said he would pardon mr. trump if elected in 2024. most of his rivals in that early nomination contest right now fall in the middle. they are walking that fine line that many of them have to walk right now which is to say they want to distinguish themselves from the current front runner early in this process, that is mr. trump, but also not alienate his base. when asked whether or not it hurts him or helps him, i certainly think that mr. trump thinks it would help him. remember we only knew about the fbi search on his mar-a-lago property because he told us. he announced it to the world and similarly he announced to everyone that he was being indicted in this particular case. we saw the impact of the