we are grate. . the beat with ari melber starts right now. see you tuesday. i m ari melber, we begin with the breaking news. we start the new week with the federal defendant, donald trump, back in florida. this is the eve of his federal arraignment tomorrow, and he made the trip from new jersey preparing to voluntarily surrender into federal custody for the first time as a defendant. that is the consequence of the indictment unsealed and briefly explained by jack smith on friday. the former president indicted for breaking several laws including the espionage act and laws relating to obstruction of justice. trump is current still seeking what he needs legally, the required local counsel, amidst reports that many are balking at him as a quote nightmare client. now, sooner or later, you can find a lawyer there that s not going to be a hangup forever, but it is a striking piece of legal reality for donald trump here on the eve of that arraignment. he spent the weekend out o
images at 15 or a tank might feel more dramatic, there are many people in national security who would tell you they would be more concerned about a battle plan for iran or top secret nuclear information going rogue, out into the wrong hands, than even some of those heavy military grade pieces of machinery. that s what this comes down to. that s why legal experts are saying jack smith does really have something here on trump, and maga loyalists and former trump attorney general bill barr, who if anything in his recent part of his career is known for how much he defended trump as attorney general, against the mueller report, barr says a version of what i was just telling you the law says. that the classified documents here like a tank, are the government s. and the fact that you used to work for the government at whatever level, even the highest level, does not mean you walk off with the f-15, the tank, the nuclear codes or nuclear battle plans or iran battle plans.