prosecutors, jack smith s investigation of the documents continues right now. this is a special, live edition of the last word. the new york times is reporting tonight that the charges include willfully retaining national defense secrets and violations of the espionage act. making false statements, and an obstruction of justice conspiracy, according people familiar with the matter. donald trump has been ordered to surrender for arrest in processing an arraignment in the federal court in miami on tuesday at three pm. here s what donald trump s lawyer said on television tonight. this is not biblically accurate, because i m not looking at a charging document, i m looking at a summary sheet. so there is language in here that might be reflecting a single, counted set of two. but i think there was a conspiracy count as well. so that means that there could be other indictments. have you been told that anyone else is indicted here? we went advised of anyone else being indicted.
here is what donald trump s criminal defense lawyer, james trusty, said on television tonight. this is not publicly accurate because i m not looking at a charging document, i am looking at a summary sheet. so there s ones that might actually be reflecting on single counts too. but i think there was a conspiracy count as well. that means that there could be other indictments, have you been told that anyone else is indicted here? we weren t in fisa of anyone else being indicted. and i have a theory that some of the outrageous misconduct has affected in some other case. potential target. but bottom line is all we know about is our client. donald trump has been ordered to surrender for arrest processing and arraignment in federal court in miami on tuesday at three pm. this is how we got to hear. four months after donald trump left the white house, the national archives sent a letter to the national archives on may 6th, 2021. asking politely for the return of documents tha
has them in the storage room. even if he talks about those documents, or talks about the existence of them. that is lightly hours away from the specific intent that they need for an espionage case. we showed you a little more video than we plan to at that moment. but bradley moss, concentrating on what you just heard from donald trump s criminal defense attorney tonight. what is your reaction to that? like we discussed at the 10:00 hour, i think they are a little bit in over their head. if they do not understand the case law. the way that he just described, i don t know why he is on tv tonight. even though his client is just indicted. it s not right, but whatever. what he said is the intent is to harm the united states. the, that is not the intent requirements in the espionage act. the intent has to go to the willful-ness to retain the documents. the extent to which it was going to harm the united states is part and parcel in the fact that there was national defense information tha
maybe they thought it would play well. maybe they thought jack smith would go back to talk to merrick garland first there was a concern. maybe they were worried about political implications. with the house republicans wanting to investigate this misconduct allegation. i do not know. but currently it did no help, no value for jack smith. and he ended up pushing forward with the indictment. which was four days later. feels like it was four months ago. certainly does. and your wiseman, bradley moss, thank you very much fair and valuable guidance on this historic night. appreciate every minute of your help. thank you. and coming up, our special coverage of the federal indictment of donald trump continues with nbc news presidential historian, michael beschloss. who will join us next. oin us next. getting inspired! volunteering! playing pickleba.!
drafting and then sending a three port statement. on his social media, truth social, but soon interrupted the night time news shows and. took over in effect are broadcasting tonight on this network. where back with bradley moss, and andrew weissmann. andrew, this, the scene will be in the movie. the many movies. and the books to come about this. that seven pm in new jersey. when donald trump is told, not just that he has been indicted for the second time in three months, but he is the first, former president in history to be facing federal charges and presumably in that quote call, he was told it is a seven count indictment? yes, that would be typical. the way that this would work is that a prosecutor would have called defense counsel and soon revealed that there has been an indictment.