Hutchinson, one of the few republican candidates who has been critical of trumps legal problems despite the fact the former president seems to be gaining, not losing political strength with each and every indictment. Were keeping also a close eye on the Security Situation surrounding the courthouse as a mix of federal and city Law Enforcement blanket the area ahead of trumps rapidly approaching arrival. Were also learning new details about the latest indictment that appears to rely on testimony from high level Trump Administration officials including former Attorney General bill barr and of course former Vice President mike pence. So lets start the hour with nbcs Aaron Gilchrist outside the court, Peter Alexander and kristen welker, the cohosts of weekend today, former fbi general counsel, andrew weissmann, kristy greenberg, and former u. S. Attorney Chuck Rosenberg on set with us. So aaron, kick us off from outside the courthouse. Whats the atmosphere out there as we get closer to Pre
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overseas business dealings and him millions of dollars of cash. he was in a meeting with the chinese company. climate regulations taking a bite out of the iconic new york pizza slice. some more important things to worry about. pizzerias with coal and wood burning ovens will be forced to install pricy emission devices. give us pizza or give us death. audit yes emerging of president trump discussing highly confidential documents detailing attack on iran. ainsley: tape being used as evidence in the indictment handling classified information. steve: gillian turner joins us from the white house with more. good morning, gillian. good morning to you guys. the federal criminal indictment against trump references as you just mentioned the specific audio from back in july of 2021 taken at bedminster in new jersey. the indictment says that in it in this will tape what you hear is the former president showing classified information to a writer and publisher about the gove
experience. are you really trying to diminish the significance of what happened here and the secret meeting that the president said son set up in trump tower to receive that incriminating information trying to diminish the significance of that? i m not trying to diminish it at all. the more complete story is they met, it was a ruse and they didn t talk about mrs. clinton. you think it was insignificant that he met for the purpose of getting dirt on hillary clinton and the only disappointment expressed in the meeting was the dirt they got wasn t better. you don t think that s significant? i don t think this was a well-advised thing to do. john durham hogs four year investigation of maga fever dreams is grilled on capitol hill. his failure a bump in the road for republicans bent on weaponizing and politicizing the doj. the confessions of donald trump. now a federal as well as a state criminal defendant, he continues to openly incriminate himself. seemingly obliv
to him but to the government. his body man and alleged co-conspirator walt nauta appeared alongside him and also pleaded not guilty. all of it taking place in a city that has been bracing for this unprecedented day, this unprecedented event and as always is the case with donald trump bracing for the potential of violence. officials in atlanta are reportedly keeping a close eye on the security steps taken in miami given the possibility that fulton county district attorney may become the third prosecutor to bring charges against the ex-president. as for the ex-president himself, he has not spoken today, but on his social media site truth social he s been lashing out at the justice department, airing his usual grievances about the justice department and about what he calls a witch-hunt. his heated rhetoric against special counsel jack smith and attorney general merrick garland and the justice department will have no bearing on the legal process, however, judge jonathan goodman r