we go to new jersey with more of the former president s message. nate, good evening. trace, good evening to you. his first public remarks, or at least his first speech since his arraignment in miami this afternoon, former president trump defended his right to retain classified information. he said it is in the sole discretion of the president to keep their own documents, and he also took sharp aim at president joe biden for what he calls weaponizing the department of justice. listen here. this day will go down in infamy and joe biden will forever be remembered as not only the most corrupt president in the history of our country, but perhaps even more importantly, the president who together with a band of his closest thugs, misfits and marxists tried to destroy american democracy. but they will fail and we will win bigger and better than ever before. [applause]. charging a former president of the united states under the espionage act of 1917. trace, president trump then
preside over the free country. now, a lot has happened. the british burned it down. it was rebuilt and expanded. but through all of that, every president who lived in the white house respected it. they understood its importance and how sacred it was. until now. remember when obama kicked his feet up on the resolute desk? i didn t go crazy. when he wore a tan suit, i didn t go nuts. obama even invited snoop to the white house who lit one up in the bathroom. boom, next thing i do is pull that thing out of my sock. i heard somebody coming. [laughter] put him out real quick and got on back to the party. jesse: now snoop wasn t the first. willie nelson went on the white house roof and smoked with jimmy carter s son in the 1970s. when willie nelson wrote his autobiography he confessed that he smoked pot in the white house one night when he was spending the night with me. and he said that his companion shared the pot with him was one of the servants at the white house. that is
states nuclear programs, potential vulnerabilities of the united states and its allies to plan military attacks, to military attack, and plans for possible retaliation in response to a foreign attack, end quote. according to the indictment, this is what donald trump did with those state secrets. for the first few months, some boxes to on the stage of an event space known as the white and gold ballroom before they were moved to the business center. then, some boxes were stored in a bathroom, stacked high above the marble floors, surrounding the toilet and blocking access to the bum, shower, not blocking access to the toilet. they were finally moved to a storage room in 2021, piled high along the walls of the room, but this case isn t just about mishandling the highly sensitive documents. the government also alleges the former presidents quote, endeavored to obstruct the fbi and grand darien vista geishas end quote. for a period of time, trump repeatedly ignored the fbi s order
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
tuesday. we ve got all the details and what to expect and what to watch for this week. plus we will dive deep into the question of why, why was donald trump so hell-bent on holding on to these documents? alaska former deputy national security adviser been rose that question. also tonight, how concerned is the ranking democrat on the house intelligence committee about trump s reckless handling of our national security secrets? congressman jim hines joins me in just a few minutes. and later, a dividing line is forming between trump s republican opponents when it comes to the messaging around this indictment. a couple are calling him out but most sound more like his defense team than his rivals for the nomination. we on tuesday donald trump will be arraigned for the second time in three months. this time at a federal courthouse in miami you will be facing 37 federal criminal counts then include willful retention of national defense information and conspiracy to obstruct justic