a bedrock principle of the department of justice and our nation s commitment to the rule of law sets a an example for the world. we have one set of laws in this country and they apply to everyone. applying those laws, collecting facts, that s what determines the outcome of an investigation. nothing more, nothing less. the words of rachel math maddow, stunningly simple words in both the indictment and from behind the podium. it was the first time we as an american public have ever heard from the special counsel notably he praised the fbi and the prosecutors on his team. rachel pointed out they have already come under vicious attack by the indicted ex-president. he encouraged all of us to read the indictment itself, an endeavor we re taking seriously. it s known as a speaking indictment, meaning it is straight forward and, frankly, gripping and dramatic. it lays out the alleged crimes trump faces. 31 counts have to do with the espionage act. we re going to unpack all of them.
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
response, with the specific reference to which courthouse trump will be in on tuesday. that was clay higgins last night. you saw an alarmed response to that. what is congressman higgins doing here? this afternoon it got worse. republican congressman andy biggs of arizona posting this this afternoon. we have now reached a war phase. eye for an eye. again, we re seeing trump supporters and trump media personalities on the right effectively calling for violence. at least calling for some sort of physical resistance to this act by the justice department. to have members of congress using language like this, i m glad it s not more than two of them, but we re seeing a couple of them get far out on a limb to the point where that limb starts breaking as far as whether or not we re a country that s going to accept we re a country with a
andy biggs took it even lower and clay higgins, they took it even lower. biggs tweet today, we have reached a war phase. eye for an eye. clay higgins last night before the indictment was unsealed, president trump said he has been summoned to appear in a federal courthouse in miami at 3:00 p.m. this is a perimeter probe from the oppressors. hold. our potus, meaning real potus in their words, has this. buckle up. 150k, know your bridges. rock city combat is all. jeff charlotte, the great journalist, he decoded this. he said take this seriously. higgins thinks indictment precedes a bigger attack. stand back and stand by. buckle up means prepare for war. 150k is military scale maps, know your bridges is militia speak to prepare to seize bridges. your thoughts on some of your own colleagues talking like members of a militia rather than members of congress. well, how irresponsible of