bizarre and depressing and i would love to think that this is purely let s hope, all right, good to see roe, thank you guys. meantime, of course, no shortage of angles to the trump and vitamins. we re unpacking all of these next, but first, this washington post editorial, a shower full of secret documents elites to a solid trump indictment. and then there s this, trump denied having nuclear secrets, the feds say heated, and of course, a look ahead with trump indicted, officials prepare for a tempest, his court appearance the expectations for tuesday, all this next hour. all this next hour as i bet you all a very good day, from msnbc world headquarters here in new york, welcome everyone to alex witt reports. we begin with the breaking news in about 74 hours, former president donald trump will surrender himself to in miami, as he prepares for the second arraignment in two months. today, trump is heading the campaign trail, making stops in georgia and north carolina, where
walt nauta, and the final count is four false statement. trump and are set to be the indictment laying out detailed allegations against the two, with pictures showing boxes showing classified documents stored in the bathroom. the twice impeached, now twice indicted former president is on the campaign trail today, speaking at republican state conventions at both georgia and north carolina. earlier today, trump s former lawyer, michael cohen weighed in on the case. this is more than just an espionage act. every single location that donald went to, from the time that he left the white house, to today, needs to be examined. donald will throw anyone and everyone under the bus in order to preserve his own freedom in order to benefit himself? . not a trump says he is innocent, and plans to plead not guilty. but if convicted, he could face decades in federal prison. we have a number of reports, with the very latest information, and reaction today on the indictment to the form
is the doj just following an investigation that it believes led to crimes? here s the question, wouldn t the doj still be indicting trump even if he wasn t a candidate? well, first, thank you for having me on. i just want to say the administration, president biden, and others, haven t done anything. this is an independent when grand jury who was called together, evidence provided, they are the ones who have made the termination to move forward on 37 serious charges against the former president. it is actually very disingenuous and not accurate to blame the current administration or anyone involved that s not how the system works. and they know it. and they are misleading the american people. well said there, but with regards to the way this has been politicized, again, you
arraignment on tuesday. are there any specific secret service concerns? well, the secret service is saying they re not making any special accommodations for trump, but they do protect his life, and there were death threats, the judges here, during the whole saga over the search warrant, so they re very real security concerns. this is a federal courthouse that has experience dealing with high profile trials. it s on a square block here that can be blocked off from traffic and the secret service, the federal marshals, and miami police are going to meet and they re going to plan about how to secure this. it s going to be a real concern, even as we see donald trump, former president of the united states, turned himself into be booked and processed by the fbi and federal marshals, fingerprinted, mugshot taken, then he ll go into court, you ll asked be asked how he pleads to these charges, and then hopefully you ll plead not guilty, and then what he can say and do in this case, it s all
of the state against factions that it isn t like. in america, every single person is presumed innocent, not guilty. and what we ve seen over the last several years is the weaponization of the department of justice against the former president. we can t have any more distractions, we can t have the, chaos we have to leave the negativity behind. alex, if you squint hard enough at that nikki haley, clip you can see the outlines of an attack strategy from another republican who wants the presidential nomination. basically saying, whatever else you might think about the justice department and what have, you wouldn t it be nice to get past this kind of distraction and not have to talk about this kind of thing instead of the other things that republicans stand for? and the other issues that voters care about. perhaps that will become the blueprint for how these other candidates choose to go after donald trump. we ve passed the prologue here, like with the new york, case many other candi