i m stephanie ruhle. we continue our breaking news coverage on this historic night. nbc news has confirmed, donald trump, the nation s 45th president, has been indicted on seven charges in connection with his mishandling of classified documents. let that sink in for a moment. we ve been talking about it for months but here it is. for the first time in u.s. history,, a former president federal charges trump has received a summons to appear in u.s. district court on june 13th. that is this coming tuesday. the indictment remains under seal. sources tell nbc news. the charges include conspiracy to obstruct. and the new york times reports, the charges also include, quote, willfully retaining national defense secrets in violation of the espionage act. according to people familiar with the matter. the charges, of course, come after a lengthy investigation, led by justice department special counsel, jack smith. tonight, donald trump responded on his social media platform. watch this.
evidence that he was even asked, the trump was even asked, to give his documents back. he was cooperating with him on this issue for months now. so i take it to the extreme extent? i think that s why you re seeing so much backlash from republicans, and seeing everyone coalesce. it doesn t matter what side of the issue they are on with trump. i have seen a lot coalesce around this. because it does seem unjust. this all comes as the new nbc eufaula today says a 57% of americans believe the investigations into trump should continue. at this breaking news this hour, republican senator lindsey graham s granulators to money on election interference. that is now in question. a federal appeals court, today, in fact just a short while ago, temporarily blocked testifying in georgia. setting the case now back to the district court ought to determine if that subpoena should be partially quashed or modified. no reaction today from the january six committee, days after mike pence says th
His attorneys are not gonna be able to attack the act itself. you know the documents were there. they were recovered from mar-a-lago. you got notice from the national archives as well as several of enforcement organizations that the documents were being sought. so the actual act is not the question. their only approach is going to be, which is why we have heard so much in the news about this, his intent, which is why the significance of the recording the jacks mitt, that came out ejects with hands about him talking about the fact that he had this document, that he wanted to show, it because of peter baker s wife, he wanted to embarrass her after the story she wrote, that become so important. the dress rehearsal that we hear about become so important. those notes from his attorneys that were breached because of the exception become so important because that s where the intent lies. and his attorneys are going to try as best as they can to show he didn t have the requisite intent. whic
How dangerous is this misinformation, clint, especially when you think of all the anti tax extremists out there? this has been a long term threat of anti government rhetoric, going well back into the 2000s in the 1990s. there are individuals who targeted irs buildings regarding tax collection. this is a threat that extends for many many decades, in information in disinformation. circles similarly, it does make them out to be something they are, not which is aggressive. i think the irs has always been understaffed, really struggling for resources as compared to other enforcement organizations. ruth, over for, the need for incredible automation increases and automation. which is a change was people should welcome. a well founded an automated irs actually makes less mistakes, most likely, and you need smart new technicians in there to do that. without the resources and the personnel, it actually
That do not happen every day. but this means the park police on the secret service can never do what they did in lafayette square park again. this will presumably set a standard for all federal on enforcement organizations. like i said, quite a u-turn. we will be right back, stay with us. including nasal congestion, with powerful claritin d, so you can breathe better. feel the clarity and make today the most wonderful time of the year. claritin d.