of their own to see if biden took anything after he left the vice presidency in 2017. joining us is mike memoli. good to have you. a mix of good news and bad news for the president. yeah, katy, for those who remember what happened in 2016, involving former secretary of state hillary clinton, the democratic nominee at the time for president, of course we remember there were no charges but a pretty damming report from the attorney general at the time, james comey. the initial top lines were reading of this report find a similar situation. that there are no charges recommending here against the president, but some damming details, including statement that he willfully retained documents after leaving office. the point you highlighted about how the special counsel and his team found their interviews with the president in which he, as it was put, his memory was significantly limited, are certainly going to be weaponized by the president s opponents. we also see an interesting mo
felony violations of our national security laws as well as participating in a conspiracy to obstruct justice. adherence to the rule of law is the bedrock principle of the department of justice in our nation s commitment to the rule of law sits an example for the world. we have one set of laws in this country, and they ve let everyone. the 38 count indictment against trump and his personal and now codefendant walt nauta accuses the former president of 30 accounts of willful retention of national defense information, three counts of withholding or concealing documents in a federal investigation, two counts of false statements, and one count of conspiracy to obstruct justice. according to the indictment the classified documents trump stored in these boxes included information regarding defense and weapons capabilities of both the united states and foreign countries. united states nuclear programs, potential vulnerabilities of the united states and its allies to military attack
the united states of america, versus donald j trump. we have one set of laws in this country. and they apply to everyone. , tonight the stunning 49-page indictment. 37 criminal counts, secret national security documents, strewn around his country club, on stage in a ballroom, on the floor in the bathroom. a conspiracy to hide them from the feds, and the lies that he told to cover it up. rachel maddow, lawrence o donnell, aubry melbourne, joy, read are here for msnbc s special coverage of the second indictment of donald trump. good evening from new york. welcome back to our special coverage. i m chris hayes here at 30 rock with the whole team. as well as the great and the good, rachel maddow who is joining us remotely on this historic day. and unprecedented, is an understatement. 37 count indictment against the 45th president of the united states. was unsealed today. a special counsel, jack smith, made his first public comments since his appointment by attorney general,
president with multiple crimes. and for the first time since this investigation began america heard directly from the man in charge, special counsel jack smith. today, and indictment was unseed. charging donald j trump with felony violations of our national security laws as well as participating in a conspiracy to obstruct justice. adherence to the rule of law is the bedrock principle of the department of justice in our nation s commitment to the rule of law sits an example for the world. we have one set of laws in this country, and they ve let everyone. the 38 count indictment against trump and his personal and now codefendant walt nauta accuses the former president of 30 accounts of willful retention of national defense information, three counts of withholding or concealing documents in a federal investigation, two counts of false statements, and one count of conspiracy to obstruct justice. according to the indictment the classified documents trump stored in these boxes
year, to be found by a new yor jury as a rapist diana florence and nick akerman great to have you here at the table that is all in on thi wednesday night, alex wagner tonight starts right now good evening chris, i m gonna just set the trump of al this aside, congratulations to you, buddy thank you, buddy. for ten years i d like to say, this seems like a long time to people haven t known you for how many is, 26 i wanna go. with my good. we don t look at the over 25 congratulations you deserve all the accolades, i have loved watching you fo these decades, but especially, on the air for the last ten. you should be really proud o what you ve done i am very proud of you i don t need to soun diminishing. as your friend it s awesome. getting choked up. i m happy and proud to do i with you yes, that s the best part who knew thank you to all of you a home for joining us this hour, if you are a superstitious person, as i am, maybe you are familiar with the notio