has just happened tonight for the first time ever, former president of the united states has been indicted by a federal grand jury. donald john trump charged with seven counts in the classified documents case. this is a special edition from new york. i m anderson cooper. here in washington, i m kaitlan collins. in keeping with his reality tv roots, the former president preempted any justice department announcement of the charges against him in a series of posts on his social media network. in one just a few moments ago, he wrote, quote, i have been summoned to appear at the federal courthouse in miami on tuesday at 3:00 p.m. he goes on to say he never thought it would possible that such a thing like this could happen, then drifts into boasting about how he won all the votes in the presidential election, which we know is not true. he also wrote in all caps, quote, i am an innocent man. kaitlan joining us now. our senior justice department department correspondent evan pere
talking to our friends. and the ride or die trumpers, right, they want to abolish the fbi. they don t trust the fbi. they don t trust any of this stuff. this is deep state coming after the president. so this it is not going to matter. he is going to have a big rally on saturday. he is going to have a big rally in georgia, north carolina. i promise when he shows up on tuesday, it will look like a trump rally outside miami-dade. remember the brooks brothers riot in 2000? that will look like a boy scout camp comparing to what s going to happen on tuesday. this is to me when constitutional conservatives need to stand up. at a certain point, people have o20 be clear. we have a system of laws. there is a reason for the special prosecutor. this was not the normal listen, if this is a normal thing handled in an inappropriate way, they took a very long time to do this. and i don t understand how you can be a patriot and then at the same time stand by while people are running into the grou
suspect. they are looking at him as a possible suspect and likely a strong suspect. dana: phil keating is live in venice, florida at the carlton reserve. what s the latest on the search there? bottom line. still no sign of the 23-year-old person of interest, brian laundrie. the search has resumed here at the nature preserve. laundrie is desired for questioning regarding the now-confirmed homicide or death rather of his 22-year-old fiance gabby petito. this morning the search teams returned to the nature preserve looking for any clue as to brian laundrie s whereabouts. brand-new video shot this morning from the tampa fox helicopter. you can see down there on the ground law enforcement using drones, dogs, atvs as well as feet penetrating the 25,000 acre carlton reserve where the