chief legal correspondent ari melber, legal analyst, andrew weissmann, and my friend and colleague, msnbc anchor katy tur. rachel, we re about to hear from jack smith himself. if i have to interrupt you abruptly, i apologize in advance. your thoughts right now. reading the indictment, nicolle, i was struck by the simplicity of it structurally. this is not a case where we need to wait for somebody to flip. there s no allen weisselberg character out here who we need to find out how much they re going to tell prosecutors. there s no opaque question of intent that we need to wait to see if prosecutors have some access to. there s no, you know, contingent second crime that elevates these things to a more serious thing. all things that we ve seen in other serious cases involving trump and his business. in this case this is straightforward. what they re laying out, it s an accusation. it is not a conviction. what they re accusing him of is that he was not allowed to have this stuf
bathroom. president trump is accused of showing people without security clearances an attack plan prepared for him by the defense department and a map related to the military operation. now, trump calls the charges against him the box hoax, and a continuation of the witch hunt against him. he also told fox news digital that he believes the timing is meant to the distract from the reporting that president joe biden allegedly received $5 million there a ukrainian gas company from a ukrainian gas plane executive. here s a breakdown of the charges, willfully retaining national defense information, withholding and concealing documents, making false statements and conspiracy to obstruct justice. here s special counsel jack smith. we have one set of laws in this country, and they apply to to everyone. the defendants in this case must be presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable do you want in a court of law. in a court of law. reporter: and trump criticized s
but at least they have, like, i don t know it s nicer there generally. what a day. thank you, my friend. and thanks to you at home for joining us this evening. tonight we have new reporting which confirms something that up to this point we d only suspected. former president donald trump is officially a target of the criminal investigation of alleged mishandling of documents at mar-a-lago. that news reported first today by the guardian. multiple outlets are now reporting federal prosecutors notified trump in a letter that he is the target. now, nbc news has not independently verified those reports, but donald trump is the person who allegedly took those classified documents from the white house and then refused to comply with the justice department s order to return them. so if anyone in this case is going to be targeted for potential criminal charges, it is probably donald trump. for his part trump today posted a caps lock-heavy statement arguing being the target of an invest
of his life. not just for the white house, but for his freedom now, too. biden is trying to jail his leading political opponent. plus trump s top 2024 rival lets him off the hook and attacks the justice department instead. can t have one faction of society weaponizing the power of the state against factions that it doesn t like. while earth owe challengers hope the details might force supporters to question their allegiance. is this the type of conduct that we want from someone who wants to be president of the united states? and making history. has the united states of america ever faced a moment like this? welcome to inside politics sunday , i m abby phillip. it is another week in the history of our nation. a former president and leading presidential candidate indicted now for hoarding calassified documents and sharing them with others ab conspiring to hide them from the government. and it includes reams of evident including tape recordings and text messages
have to save tonight s last thing. for tomorrow and it is worth the wait. because it is fantastic. and on that note, i wish you all a very good, and very safe. and very healthy night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news. thank you for staying up late with me. i will see you at the end of tomorrow! tomorrow tonight, we have no reporting, which confirms something that up to this point we had only suspected. former president, donald trump, is officially a target of the criminal investigation into the alleged mishandling of classified documents at mar-a-lago. that news was first reported today by the guardian, citing two people who were briefed on the matter. multiple outlets are now reporting that federal prosecutors notified trump in the letter that he is the target. nbc news has not independently verified those reports. donald trump is the person who allegedly took those classified documents from the white house, and then refused to comply with a justi