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
the upper chamber. republican leaderership is keeping quiet for now, but trump allies are speaking out. freshman republican senator j.d. vance of ohio tweet president biden is trying to, quote preemptively steal the 2024 election. and meanwhile senator josh holley responded in a televised interview. if the president in power can jail, we don t have a republic anymore, we don t have a rule of law, we don t have a constitution. no one should be in doubt of what s happening tonight. joe biden and his cronies are trying to take out their chief political opponent. this has never happened before in american history, laura. we are in dangerous, dangerous waters and it is because of joe biden. now, republican presidential candidates are taking different stances on trump s latest indictment. florida governor ron desantis, his chief rival within the gop, tweeted last night that he d