present its case and we don t know also whether the former president might choose to testify in his own defense. i want to start by bringing in cnn senior legal affairs correspondent paula reid who has been all over this story for many, many week, and paula, the indictment is out now. i wonder, what to you as someone following this and every single move and detail, what stands out to you as the most damning information we ve gotten? it s such a strong reminder of how little we know compared to investigators. one of the things that struck me and i think will resonate with the american people are the photographs that the indictment uses to tell the story of how some of the nation s most sensitive secrets were strewn about mar-a-lago. prosecutors in this indictment say that these secrets were in a bathroom, in a ballroom. there you see the photo of them being in a bathroom boxes stacked up there, in the ballroom. these are cardboard, pretty flimsy in a ballroom actively being
bathroom, in a ballroom. there you see the photo of them being in a bathroom, boxes just stacked up there in the ballroom. i mean these are pretty flimsy cardboard boxes in a ballroom that is actively being used for events. there you see sensitive defense information, secrets that are only meant to be shared with a small handful of our closest allies, and they re strewn about the floor of a storage closet. and it s one thing to say that in an indictment, but it s another to support this with photographs. that was one of the things that really struck me in this indictment. but the breadth and the depth of the evidence that they ve gathered in this investigation, it s incredible. i mean, for example, there are two incidents where they say the former president shared classified documents in person. one is a story that we broke last week, a meeting at his bedminster golf club, where he says that he has sensitive information and appears to be urging people in a meeting to look at.
welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer in washington with erin burnett in new york. breaking now, 37 criminal charges against donald trump revealed in a detailed federal indictment that s now public. the former president of the united states accused of storing and hiding very sensitive, highly classified documents as mar-a-lago allegedly conspireing with an aide to defy a subpoena for the material. wolf, prosecutors say trump kept secret information in a ballroom, up on a stage, in a bedroom and in a bathroom and even in a shower. the former commander in chief showed off documents including a document trump is said to have described as a, quote, plan of attack. tonight, erin, special counsel jack smith is vowing a very speedy trial arguing laws must be enforced as the indictment warrants trump risked exposing military and nuclear secrets of the united states and its allies. this is a special edition of the situation room. the
ongoing arrest and capture of insurrectionists and the sedition hunters that are finding them. then we need one more indictment to close out this election, one more indictment [applause] 91 felonies across four jurisdictions. will the law stop the republican front runner before he has a chance? when all in starts, right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. it has been almost three years since the january 6th attack on the capitol, the combination of donald trump s attempted coup. an investigation of the assault on american democracy continues to this day. it is still an open case. it is the largest case in american history conducted by the department of justice. more than 1200 people have been charged, nearly all 50 states and the district of columbia. of course earlier this year the investigation worked its way up to the mom at the top, don trump now facing four felony charges related to his attempt to rein in power after he lost the 2020 election. but the
party runs interference, the ongoing arrest and capture of insurrectionists and the addition hunters that are finding them. then we need one more indictment to close out this election, one more indictment [applause] 91 felonies across four jurisdictions. will the law stop the republican front runner before he has a chance? when all in starts, right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. it has been almost three years since the january 6th attack on the capitol, the combination of donald trump s attempted coup. an investigation of the assault on american democracy continues to this day. it is still an open case. it is the largest case in american history conducted by the department of justice. more than 1200 people have been charged, nearly all 50 states and the district of columbia. of course earlier this year the investigation worked its way up to the mom at the top, don trump now facing four felony charges related to his attempt to rein in power after he lo