We are following the money. And republican candidates are getting ready to the debate stage, where the frontrunner might not even show up. As if he 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. Good evening once again. I am stephanie ruhle. Donald j trump is already facing serious legal trouble on multiple fronts, but he may soon be fighting a whole new battle, as other criminal investigations move closer to the possible indictment phase. There are signs that special counsel jack smith and georgia Prosecutor Fani Willis could be closing in on charges relating to efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Today, trump posted this about smith, quote, i assume that an indictment will be coming out any day now. And while campaigning this weekend, he escalated his false claim, also known as a lie, and that any potential charges against him would be politically motivated. They waited two and a half, almost three years, so that they could bring them right in the middle of my president ial electio
Show up. Theyre underway. Good evening once again, im stephanie ruhle. Donald j trump is already facing serious legal trouble on multiple fronts. But he may soon be fighting a whole battle, other criminal investigations move closer to the possible indictment face. There are signs special counsel they could be closing in on charges related to efforts of the 2020 election. They posted this about smith. Quote, i assume an indictment will be coming out in the day now. And well campaigning this weekend, he estimated the false claim, also known as a lie that any potential charges against him we politically motivated. They waited two and a half almost three years its right the middle my president ial election. Its election interference. Its a great badge of honor. Because i am being indicted for you. Meanwhile, the classified Documents Case is moving forward. It is now been four days since that superseding indictment was filed. This morning they knows codefendant, the maralago Property Defend
were so gallantly streaming. and the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. o, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave o er the land of the free and the home of the brave rachel: we begin the morning with this: former president donald trump hits back at special counsel jack smith after the justice department unseals a 37-count indictment. pete: the indictment claims trump illegally kept boxes of classified documents at his home in florida. will: alexandria hoff is live in washington with the details. good morning. reporter: good morning. more than just keeping files at his home, prosecutors stated that the former president was showing sensitive documents to people who did not have proper security clearances and kept those files sprawl out in random storage spaces within mar-a-lago. the 37 charges span 7 federal laws that smith if s office has accused trump of breaking including 31 counts of w
reporter: hi, good morning. yeah, we will likely hear from the former president today as prosecutors allege that he went beyond keeping the documents in his home, going so far as to show them to people and had the bulk of them spread out in random storage spaces throughout the estate and at that residence. trump is the first former president to face federal charges. he s accused of violating 7 broken down into 37 counts including 31 counts of willful retension of national defense information, withholding and concealing documents, making false statements and conspiracy to obstruct justice. some of these individual penalties max out at 20 years per count. special counsel jack smith said yesterday e that his office will seek a speed eauty trial. speedy trial. we have one set of laws in this country, and they aloo to everyone. very important to note that the defendants in this case must be presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law. re
evening. hi kevin. former president trump has been posting an avalanche of attacks on his truth social today criticizing president biden, the fbi and ripping special counsel jack smith, who led the investigation. donald trump writing about smith quote this is a man who caused the lowest catastrophe with the irs, one of the evangelicals and great americans of faith. the us had to apologize and pay major damages for the deranged lunatic did. his wife is a tramp hater just as he is a trump heater. a deranged cycle that shouldn t be involved in any case having to do with justice. earlier today special counsel jack smith, formally enough the 37 counts against trump. the laws that protect national defense information, are critical for the safety and security of the united states, and they must be enforced. violations of those laws put our country at risk. today, prosecutors unsealed the indictment against former president trump. alleges he intentionally stored hundreds of cla