Trump in the four years. Thanks for taking that up to the end of the show. Appreciate it. Thank you. That does it for me today. Deadline white house, thankfully, starts right now. Hi, there, everyone. 4 00 in new york. Kicking, claim p xleeming, crying, whining, donald trump and his legal team back dwhoog they do today. Seeking to delay, delay, delay, delay justice. Todays effort at that in the federal criminal case brought by special counsel jack smith for illegally hoarding classified documents at his private club in maralago. The disgraced president watching on with no obligation to do so set to convince district judge cannon to dismiss some or all charges against trump. Did so through various after neuers. First a Motion Wiping away the first 32 counts on the theory the main statute used against trump is unconstitutionally vague. The second even more audacious, a Motion Dismissing the indictment entirely on the grounds of the president s records act completely bars prosecution. The
phang show, live from miami florida. we have a lot of news to cover a lot of questions answered. let s get started. unprecedented indictment. the one term ex president, donald trump, now has two indictments to match his two impeachments. that special counsel jack smith breaks his silence on trump s stunning 37 criminal counts and classified documents case. plus, they have receipts. the photos allegedly showing boxes of top secret documents hidden at mar-a-lago, in a ballroom, even a bathroom. i want to know is this any way to treat our national security secrets? and on the road again later today, donald trump is hitting the campaign trail. what will his message now be to voters admits his federal indictment? our in-depth coverage of this remarkable moment in united states history begins right now. and a good saturday morning to you. i am katie phang. we start with history unfolding before our very eyes. donald trump is now the first president ever to be indicted on fe
of obstruction of justice, and this indictment reads like a mafia case. here you have, in again these are allegations, and the burden of proof here is high, and they don t have direct and witnesses implicating trump, but this is a scene to destroy evidence three days after a grand jury subpoena lands on mr. trump. it is mind-boggling, and as chuck said, it involves very low level employees whose lives are about to be ruined unless they cut a deal with prosecutors. and as for mr. nauta, there was no sign he s going to do that. his lawyers are paid for by mr. trump. he is completely loyal. he s following mr. trump around. and the other thing that i think about about these obstruction elements is that a lot of regular americans out there who don t follow this very closely, when we hear about the classified documents case, they have a hard time distinguishing what trump did from what joe biden and mike pence did, even though we all know that it is vastly
are about to be ruined unless they cut a deal with prosecutors. as for mr. nauta, there s no sign that he is going to do that. his lawyers are paid for by mr. trump. he s completely loyal. he s following mr. trump around. the other thing i think about these obstruction elements is that, you know, a lot of regular americans out there who don t follow this very closely, when they hear about the classified documents case, they have a hard time distinguishing what trump did from what joe biden and mike pence did, even though we all know that it is vastly different, right? all three men had classified documents in their possession. nobody has trouble, i think, differentiating these incredible obstruction of justice charges. everybody understands what it means to destroy evidence, particularly surveillance video evidence. i have to point out that there s no allegation in this new superseding indictment that they actually attempted to destroy the tapes. remember we read in the new york times
perjured himself before a grand jury, specifically about the instances associated with this video. but in this indictment, it squarely puts donald trump, walt nauta, and the head of maintenance, right at the center of this. it says they pressured this employee, who they don t name, to delete this video, and we know that jack smith has been talking to witnesses. they ve been before the grand jury in florida, and he s been asking and zeroing in on, david, specifically the obstruction elements that relate to the video. david: katherine, thank you, jon karl, pierre thomas. as we reported here, the former president donald trump reporting a productive meeting today with jack smith. his legal team with jack smith s team on any potential coming federal criminal indictment involving january 6th. and what instead played out just a few hours later is this new super ceding indictment with key new charges, obstruction charges that involve the former president himself, and potential efforts to des