i m ana cabrera reporting from new york, and this morning our first glimpse into donald trump s new game plan after he pleaded not guilty to federal charges. i hadn t had a chance to go through all the boxes. it s a long, tedious job. i did everything right, and they indicted me. he projected confidence in front of a supportive new jersey audience. we have new nbc news reporting that trump knows he s in for a long legal showdown, potentially even more charges making this challenge unlike anything trump s faced in the past. and as trump prepares his legal defense, the republican party is preparing its own defense in the court of public opinion. nbc s steve kornacki will be here at the big board to break down the reaction from voters. and later, inflation heading down, yes. so will the federal reserve raise interest rates again, or is it time for a break? we re expecting a decision from the fed in just a few hours, what it all means for your wallet. we re going to begin
trump onsie and just have it on hand rapid response every time ron desantis says something to differentiate himself from donald trump. yes, they ve been playing that a lot, but i say gif. the differences go on. thank you,nc my friend. and thanks to you at home for joining us this evening. it was november 12, 2020, and there was a lot going on at the time. it had been less than a week since the networks called the 2020 presidential election for joesi biden. donald trump was just beginning his campaign to deny that result and try and overturn it. just a few days prior trump s lawyer, rudy giuliani, gave his infamous four seasons landscaping press conference to contest thela election results. we all remember that. trump had decided to deny president-elect biden to the classified presidential daily briefing as was the custom in presidential transitions, which in t retrospect seems a bit ironic. just one day later senator lindsey graham would make a phone callou to brad raffen
congress came out forcefully on the side of the former president. they claimed others who did the same thing were let off or given a slap on the wrist. we re going to lay out the facts of those cases that they continue to cite to let you compare and contrast for yourself. but as for bill bar, donald trump s attorney general who helped shield him from trouble after the mueller investigation, there s no comparison. we re going to play that sound byte while we also watch this plane for donald trump to disembark. let s listen first. there are two big lies, i think, that are out there right now. one is, oh, these other presidents took all of these documents. those were situations where they arranged with the archives to set up special space under the management, control, and security provided by the archivist to temporarily put documents into the libraries were ready. these were not people just putting them in their basement. okay. and the second thing that the president, the id
i ll be back to continue our special coverage of the indictment of donald trump, joining my colleagues alicia and then the, simone sanders hand sound, and me, at eight pm eastern for more in-depth reporting. and analysis, but first, there s still two more hours of velshi on this saturday morning. coming up next, the latest on the trump indictment. what we know, what comes next, and what effect it s going to have on the 2024 election. another hour of velshi begins, right now. good morning. saturday, june 10th. i m ali velshi. for the second time in just a little over two months, the twice impeached ex president, donald trump, has been indicted. this, time by the federal government. yesterday, jack smith made his first official public appearance as special counsel to announce the historic indictment. he also underlined why it s so important that this case moves forward. adherence to the rule of law is a bedrock principle of the department of justice. and our nation
thank you. well at this hour, tonight right, now, 27 hours after donald trump was told that he had just become the first former president in history charged with federal crimes, including violations of the espionage act, the trump criminal defense team is in chaos. the trump criminal defense lawyer who call donald trump at seven pm last night to tell him that he was indicted by prosecutors in the executive branch of the government that he once controlled, resigned or was fired this morning along with another criminal defense lawyer that also resigned or was fired this morning. last night, after the indictment was announced, the league criminal defense lawyer in the case of the u.s. versus donald j trump said this even if he talks about the documents or the existence of them, that is light years away from the specific intent that they need for an espionage case. and now, that lawyer is gone. anything the trump defense lawyers have ever said publicly about what we re do