more time than he was ever elected. 37 counts related to the alleged mishandling of classified documents. he has pled not guilty it was a weak team udon that courtroom. you could feel that this was a historic day, just walking in. mr. trump sat stonefaced, arms tightly folded across his chest. everything that we witnessed today was self inflicted by donald trump. he literally is obsessed with the boxes. why was he so obsessed with the boxes that he wanted to take them on vacation? i m not going to start commenting on the various candidates we have running for president. it s a delicate situation for the former president. we are only at the beginning here. nothing i ve heard tells me that he has a viable defense. i did everything right and they indicted me. why doesn t trump realize that he has the right to remain silent? good evening once again, i m stephanie ruhle. this was a day unlike any other in american history. donald trump, a former commander
today the justice department arrested and or rain donald trump. don trump is now been criminally indicted more times than he was ever elected. related to the alleged miss handling of classified documents. he has a pled not guilty. there was a weighty mood in that courtroom, you could feel that this was a historic day walking. in mr. trump sat stone faced. arms tightly folded across his chest. everything we witnessed today was self inflicted by donald trump. he literally is obsessed with the boxes. why was he so obsessed with the boxes that you want to take them on vacation? i m not gonna start commenting on the various candidates that we have running for president. it is a daunting situation for the former president, were only at the beginning. it tells me that he has a viable defense. i did everything right and they indicted me. why does not trump realize that he has the right to remain silent? good evening once again i m stephanie ruhle.
the judge saying, run your campaign but do not pollute my jury pool. do not endanger my personnel. it will be up to her to say. that i think right now, in the last 24 hours he has blamed it on, biden calling him the most corrupt president of the united states. and called smith a fascist running dog, or the equivalent. it s a real, danger the judge not only can but must control it. but we do not know that she will. it is one of the many wildcards and downsides of having the worst possible judge in the united states drawn to preside over this case. quick fact check, while this is a dark day for this is our justice system working. the white house and president has absolutely no ties to, this there are three separate but equal branches of government and to the best of all of our knowledge at this point jack smith has followed the letter of the law. it is working. the justice system is slowly working. i want to bring in the rest of
it will be up to her to say that. i think, right now, in the last 24 hours, he has blamed it on biden, called him the most corrupt president of united states. and called smith a fascist running dog, or the equivalent. it s a real danger the judge not only can but must control it. but we don t know that she will. it s one of the many wildcards and downsides of having got to say the worst possible judge in the united states drawn to preside over this case. quick fact check, while this is a dark day for our country, this is our justice system working. yeah. the white house and president has absolutely no ties to, this. they are three separate but equal branches of government and to the best of all of our knowledge at this point jack smith has followed the letter of the law. it is working. 100%. the justice system is slowly working. i want to bring in the rest of our panel that jonathan allen, senior politics reporter for nbc. he was in the white house today. katie benner