felony violations of our national security laws as well as participating in a conspiracy to obstruct justice. adherence to the rule of law is the bedrock principle of the department of justice in our nation s commitment to the rule of law sits an example for the world. we have one set of laws in this country, and they ve let everyone. the 38 count indictment against trump and his personal and now codefendant walt nauta accuses the former president of 30 accounts of willful retention of national defense information, three counts of withholding or concealing documents in a federal investigation, two counts of false statements, and one count of conspiracy to obstruct justice. according to the indictment the classified documents trump stored in these boxes included information regarding defense and weapons capabilities of both the united states and foreign countries. united states nuclear programs, potential vulnerabilities of the united states and its allies to military attack
the united states of america, versus donald j trump. we have one set of laws in this country. and they apply to everyone. , tonight the stunning 49-page indictment. 37 criminal counts, secret national security documents, strewn around his country club, on stage in a ballroom, on the floor in the bathroom. a conspiracy to hide them from the feds, and the lies that he told to cover it up. rachel maddow, lawrence o donnell, aubry melbourne, joy, read are here for msnbc s special coverage of the second indictment of donald trump. good evening from new york. welcome back to our special coverage. i m chris hayes here at 30 rock with the whole team. as well as the great and the good, rachel maddow who is joining us remotely on this historic day. and unprecedented, is an understatement. 37 count indictment against the 45th president of the united states. was unsealed today. a special counsel, jack smith, made his first public comments since his appointment by attorney general,
president with multiple crimes. and for the first time since this investigation began america heard directly from the man in charge, special counsel jack smith. today, and indictment was unseed. charging donald j trump with felony violations of our national security laws as well as participating in a conspiracy to obstruct justice. adherence to the rule of law is the bedrock principle of the department of justice in our nation s commitment to the rule of law sits an example for the world. we have one set of laws in this country, and they ve let everyone. the 38 count indictment against trump and his personal and now codefendant walt nauta accuses the former president of 30 accounts of willful retention of national defense information, three counts of withholding or concealing documents in a federal investigation, two counts of false statements, and one count of conspiracy to obstruct justice. according to the indictment the classified documents trump stored in these boxes
request for additional information regarding the fbi search of mar-a-lago. other republicans took it to another level. representative clay higgins of louisiana sent out this tweet, where he used what appears to be military code words to tell trump supporters to buckle up, and even clearer message came from representative andy biggs of arizona who said quote, we have now reached a war phase. eye for an eye. i am once again joined here by michael leagues choi read, andrew weizmann, are in alberta and i want to welcome to the desk stephanie role, who was the 11th hour. hey staff. hi. so trump, when the alvin bragg indictment was looming, he had sort of sent out the clarion call for his supporters to come to new york en masse, and do whatever trump supporters do which is sometimes violence, oftentimes loud. what is your expectation in all of this? given a clear cut this indictment is, given the gravity of the information we are talking about being compromised? is this a signal moment f
trump supporters to buckle up, and even clearer message came from representative andy biggs of arizona who said quote, we have now reached a war phase. eye for an eye. i am once again joined here by michael leagues choi read, andrew weizmann, are in alberta and i want to welcome to the desk stephanie role, who was the 11th hour. hey staff. hi. so trump, when the alvin bragg indictment was looming, he had sort of sent out the clarion call for his supporters to come to new york en masse, and do whatever trump supporters do which is sometimes violence, oftentimes loud. what is your expectation in all of this? given a clear cut this indictment is, given the gravity of the information we are talking about being compromised? is this a signal moment for trump supporters? should we be focused on that? listen, trump s hard-core base is going to be his hard-core base for the foreseeable future. what i m looking at our, we are the big, big donors going to go? at the end of the day, the big