the united states of america, versus donald j trump. we have one set of laws in this country. and they apply to everyone. , tonight the stunning 49-page indictment. 37 criminal counts, secret national security documents, strewn around his country club, on stage in a ballroom, on the floor in the bathroom. a conspiracy to hide them from the feds, and the lies that he told to cover it up. rachel maddow, lawrence o donnell, aubry melbourne, joy, read are here for msnbc s special coverage of the second indictment of donald trump. good evening from new york. welcome back to our special coverage. i m chris hayes here at 30 rock with the whole team. as well as the great and the good, rachel maddow who is joining us remotely on this historic day. and unprecedented, is an understatement. 37 count indictment against the 45th president of the united states. was unsealed today. a special counsel, jack smith, made his first public comments since his appointment by attorney general,
the united states of america versus donald j trump. we have one set of laws in this country. and they apply to everyone. tonight, the stunning 49-page indictment. 37 criminal counts. secret national security documents. strewn around his country club, onstage in a ball room. on the floor in the bathroom. a conspiracy to hide them from the feds. the lies he told to cover it up. rachel maddow, lawrence o donnell, ari melber, joy-ann reid i, alex wagner, andrew weissmann, and jen psaki are here on msnbc s special coverage of the second indictment of donald trump. good evening from new york. welcome back to our special coverage. i m chris hayes here at 30 rock with the whole team. as well as the great and the good, rachel maddow who is joining us remotely on this historic day. and unprecedented, is an understatement. 37 count indictment against the 45th president of the united states. was unsealed today. a special counsel, jack smith, made his first public comments since his
until charging donald j trump with felony violations, to national security laws, as well as participating and a conspiracy to obstruct justice. the united states of america versus donald j trump. we have one set of laws in this country. and they apply to everyone. tonight, the stunning 49 -page indictment. 37 criminal counts. secret national security documents. strewn around his country club, onstage in a ball room. on the floor in the bathroom. a conspiracy to hide them from the feds. the lies he told to cover it up. rachel maddow, lawrence o donnell, ari melber, joy-ann reid, alex wagner, andrew weissmann, and jen psaki are here on msnbc s special coverage of the second indictment of donald trump. good evening from new york. welcome back to our special coverage. i m chris hayes here at 30 rock with the whole team. as well as the great and the good rachel maddow who is joining us remotely on this historic day. and unprecedented, is an understatement. 37 count i
the breaking news of this historic and quite frankly damning indictment released to the public today. laying out the special counsel s case against donald trump and his gross mishandling of classified documents. given that this is the first time such actions are being taken against a former president, the special counsel made sure he came prepared with the receipts. and they could not be any more incriminating. in all, the special counsel is charging trump with 37 counts. 31 of them have to do with trump s willful retention of national defense information. otherwise known as the espionage act. these are charges related to false statements, conspiracy to obstruct justice, withholding and corruptly concealing documents, as well as scheming to conceal. included in some of the charges is one of trump s closest aides, walt nada, who was also indicted. also today, we heard for the tir time from the man leading the special counsel investigation, jack smith. our laws that protect n
Joining us now on booktv is laura robins, author of stash my life in hiding comes out march 7th of this year. And i want you to start with a quote on, page 18 of your book. Okay, if hiding in plain sight where an olympic i would be a gold explain that quote oh that boy so i had i had a really interesting childhood i was in one way it was really idyllic. I lived in cambridge, mass. I went to a private school. I, i have i have an amazing mother who always told that i was worthy and lovely and beautiful and, loved me. But i also had a stepfather who for whatever reason, the way that i was rubbed him the wrong way. That was curious. That was that was opinionated. That thats the kind of little girl i was every time i was any one of those things and more, he would become emotionally abusive toward me. So order to kind of keep the peace in. My house, i learned to edit who i was in order that it didnt set off. So if being too chatty was annoying to him, i was less chatty. If being curious was