has just happened tonight for the first time ever, former president of the united states has been indicted by a federal grand jury. donald john trump charged with seven counts in the classified documents case. this is a special edition from new york. i m anderson cooper. here in washington, i m kaitlan collins. in keeping with his reality tv roots, the former president preempted any justice department announcement of the charges against him in a series of posts on his social media network. in one just a few moments ago, he wrote, quote, i have been summoned to appear at the federal courthouse in miami on tuesday at 3:00 p.m. he goes on to say he never thought it would possible that such a thing like this could happen, then drifts into boasting about how he won all the votes in the presidential election, which we know is not true. he also wrote in all caps, quote, i am an innocent man. kaitlan joining us now. our senior justice department department correspondent evan pere
impeachment. i want to show a clip just posted on truth social. it s called election interference. they re trying to destroy a reputation so they can win an election. that s just as bad as doing any of the other things that have been done over the last number of years. i m an innocent man. i did nothing wrong. i m innocent. and we will prove that very, very soundly. and hopefully very quickly. i want to talk more about the possibility charges. elie honig, maggie haberman was reporting conspiracy to obstruct, false statements. a few important indicators in maggie s reporting she just gave us on air. first of all, maggie report there is a document retention charge. this is not all obstruction. there had been some question is this only going to be an obstruction case? no. according to maggie s reporting there is a document retention charges and secondly an obstruction angle.