his mar-a-lago resort. we ll go through the charges and what s next in the case. plus, this indictment from a florida grand jury is significant when it comes to a venue for a potential trial. we ll explain why. and we ll have the reaction from trump s republican rivals in the 2024 presidential race. good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, june 9th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. nbc news can confirm that former president donald trump has been indicted by a grand jury in florida in connection with special counsel jack smith s investigation into his handling of more than 100 classified documents discovered last year at his mar-a-lago resort in palm beach, florida. two sources familiar with the matter confirmed the indictment. one adding that trump received a summons to appear in u.s. district court on tuesday. this is the first time in american history that a former u.s. president will face federal charges. the sources say that
christie, along with his prospects in the republican primary contest after that fiery debate performance. a growing divide between the biden administration and israel s prime minister over this death toll and the humanitarian crisis in gaza. world leaders break their silence on how hamas used rape as a weapon of war on october 7th. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. the president s son hunter now facing a second federal indictment and not the misdemeanor tax charge he thought he was being handed with the plea deal that collapsed in june. this time, nine charges on an alleged criminal scheme to avoid paying taxes on millions of dollars in income. the president himself is not named in the indictment. it could help weaponize house republicans with their upcoming vote to open an impeachment inquiry into mr. biden, with enormous political implications for the re-electi campaign. the president ignoring reporters questions about his son just moments ago a
for refusing to give them back. let s talk about the charges themselves. danny started it, but let s walk through them, the espionage act. how serious are they, and what kind of potential penalty could they carry for trump to be convicted? all of these are serious crimes, jonathan. the espionage act has a prison term maximum false statement five years. but obstruction of justice that s a 20-year felony. so all together these are some very serious charges. and as you note there are seven counts but we ve only heard the description of three different statutes, and it strikes me as quite possible based on the clip you just played that it s the obstruction of justice that probably has multiple counts. there could be individual counts of obstruction and also been reporting of conspiracy to obstruct justice, and so that requires at least one other person to be charged or listed as an unindicted coconspirator, so someone who helped, perhaps
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