defense attorney and covering the breaking details, marianne rafferty. we begin with matt finn on precisely what we are learning about this indictment. good evening. former president trump is calling this a dark day for america and is responded to the reported indictments on truth social. i m an innocent man. i m an innocent person practicum after donald trump, organizing the justice department, organizing the fbi. we can t let this continue to go on because it is ripping our country to shreds. we have such big problems. this should not be one of them. reporter: it is not clear exactly what the former president will be charged with but sources told fox news he faces at least seven federal counts of obstruction of justice, conspiracy and illegal retention of classified documents. it is all in relation to trump allegedly storing classified documents at his photo at mar-a-lago home. you may recall last august, the fbi made the unprecedented move of raiding that property. t
records about it. i think he is has a good claim there. but that is not going to apply to the obstruction of justice. that is not going to apply to the lying to federal agents charges. trace: he said the obstruction goes away because the presidential records act makes the obstruction thing go away. he quoted saying, you can throw these papers in a fireplace if you want to bring a party and there s no objection obstruction because the presidential record acts allows you to have the documents. i think, look, i think the claim of selected prosecution is really went then-president trump and his lawyers are going to have to be making and the public form. it is not a good argument to make in a courtroom. he can t say, i m innocent because you should have charged her. i think the other problem here in the argument is going to be, look, it does not matter whether you committed the underlying crime or not. still committed a crime when you lie through the government when he said, i did not