thank you. well at this hour, tonight right, now, 27 hours after donald trump was told that he had just become the first former president in history charged with federal crimes, including violations of the espionage act, the trump criminal defense team is in chaos. the trump criminal defense lawyer who call donald trump at seven pm last night to tell him that he was indicted by prosecutors in the executive branch of the government that he once controlled, resigned or was fired this morning along with another criminal defense lawyer that also resigned or was fired this morning. last night, after the indictment was announced, the league criminal defense lawyer in the case of the u.s. versus donald j trump said this even if he talks about the documents or the existence of them, that is light years away from the specific intent that they need for an espionage case. and now, that lawyer is gone. anything the trump defense lawyers have ever said publicly about what we re do
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
phang show, live from miami florida. we have a lot of news to cover a lot of questions answered. let s get started. unprecedented indictment. the one term ex president, donald trump, now has two indictments to match his two impeachments. that special counsel jack smith breaks his silence on trump s stunning 37 criminal counts and classified documents case. plus, they have receipts. the photos allegedly showing boxes of top secret documents hidden at mar-a-lago, in a ballroom, even a bathroom. i want to know is this any way to treat our national security secrets? and on the road again later today, donald trump is hitting the campaign trail. what will his message now be to voters admits his federal indictment? our in-depth coverage of this remarkable moment in united states history begins right now. and a good saturday morning to you. i am katie phang. we start with history unfolding before our very eyes. donald trump is now the first president ever to be indicted on fe
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
we know that harvey weinstein s convention was overturned. a lot of evidence was a highly prejudicial. certainly, the stormy daniels testimony and the testimony from david pecker wasn t really pertinent to necessarily stormy daniels. the issue as far as the money that was given over. her s testimony went way beyond the business record record. this is what this case was about. then you have a conspiracy that was argued which was not charged, you have a menu of three different crimes that the jury could pick from, and they didn t have to agree on which crime they would rely on. you have a law which was incredibly novel as to the way it was used. it s never been used that sway. the actual charges were time barred, but because of machinations relating to how they took this up, they brought this into court. so there are a lot of questions here, and of course you have thejudge, questions here, and of course you have the judge, whether he was biased, whether that affected the jury,