crimes he was arrested for? the lead starts right now. a mere few hours after he was arrested and arraigned, donald trump told donors this i hadn t had a chance to go through all the boxes. it is a long tedious job. takes a long time. which i was prepared to do, but i have a very busy life. can prosecutors use this admission against him? plus, an up close look at front lines of ukraine s counteroffensive. we had to evacuate to the shelter now because apparently the guys fear there could be aviation bombs coming in fairly soon. you can see the situation here is still very kinetic, a lot of shelling is still going on. the items ukrainian troops say are key to defeating the russians. and if inflation is supposedly easing, why does it seem every trip to the grocery store is getting more expensive? welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with our law and justice lead. despite donald trump launching a growing number of baseless attacks on special counsel jack s
is in chaos. the trump criminal defense lawyer called 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 done the possible charges against donald trump as turned out to be completely wrong, not that we see the actual charges against donald trump. donald trump is now charged with 37 counts, all felonies. the crimes include obstruction of justice and a violation o
day that will go down in american history as unimaginable, inconceivable, unthinkable, and also equally, hey, what took you so long? i am rachel maddow here at msnbc headquarters with joy reid, chris hayes, ari melber. we are gonna be joining you with special coverage by lawrence or diana o donnell, stephanie ruhle, alex wagner, jen psaki, plus all the legal experts and reporters we ve come to depend on so much for our coverage of this still unfolding fairly epic story. by now we all know the basics of what is going on. what s an indictment? well, that s the prosecution laying out its charges against a defendant. that happened last week. when the public got our first view of the unsealed federal indictment of former president trump on friday. 37 federal felony counts. 31 of them under the espionage act. what s an arraignment? that s what happened today. the defendant is brought to court and essentially introduced into the legal system as a defendant. for most, that means the
transcript. whether he now faces more heat that changes his mind we ve seen before, that s how far in he is, the person you see on your screen, not well-known but long loyal military aide and personal aide to donald trump in the post-presidency. i want to read some more from this. we have so much new material with regard to katy s point that donald trump has long avoided texts and emails, but he hasn t stopped everyone else from using them on his behalf. here you have january 13th, 2022, the doj reading from page 19 says nauta texted trump employee 2 about trump personally, quote, trackingboxes, he s tracking the boxes, more to follow today on whether he wants to go through more today or tomorrow. nauta writes to another anonymous employee, trump employee 2 in the indictment, one thing he asked was for new covers for the boxes. can we get new box covers before giving them out on monday, and the employee replies, yes, i will get that. this is contemporaneous, this is real. the
> and good evening. ii m erin burnett along with wf blitzer. aand tp and tand this is af outfront. tthe federal indictment of dod trump. tonp tonight, the former p far facipfacing this 37. apand he could face a sign amamoup amounamount of ti wp wolf and i have read th tr tthis pthis today, hs one through 31, maximum sentence, ten years in prison. count 32, conspiracy to obstruct justice. maximum sentence 20 years. count 33 withholding a document or a record, maximum sentence 20 years. count 34, corruptly concealing a document or record maximum sentence, 20 years. count 35, concealing a document in a federal investigation, maximum sentence, 20 years. count 36, five years. count 37, false statements and representations, maximum sentence, five years. wolf, it underscores how incredibly serious this is. he s potentially facing a lot of time in prison. there s a lot of damning evidence in this indictment, as you well know, erin. according to the department of justice, trump re