greetings. i am symone sanders-townsend in for stephanie ruhle. donald trump s longtime aide and codefendant finally faces his arraignment. walt nauta appeared in federal court in miami three weeks after his boss pleaded not guilty to more than three dozen counts in the case. is nauta accused of helping trump hide top secret material from authorities after leaving the white house. his hearing have been delayed because of travel issues and because he had been unable to find a local lawyer. but he did find one, and today, in a hearing that lasted just a few minutes, he pleaded not guilty to six counts laid out in last month s indictment. those charges include conspiracy to obstruct justice, withholding a document or record, and making false statements. upon leaving the courthouse, nauta made no comments. do you have anything else to say? anything to say? anything to say about today s appearance, mr. nauta? his arraignment comes a day after a federal judge is more of the a
again i m stephanie ruhle. alongside my partner ali velshi, covering our breaking coverage of this historic friday as the government has unsealed and estimating devastating 37 count and i meant against former president donald j trump. also the leading tender for the presidential nomination for the republicans. he s accused of mishandling documents and blocking efforts to get them back for mar-a-lago. the charges against him included violating the espionage act, improperly retaining national defense information. within the indictment, photos of what the government says are boxes containing classified material. onstage at mar-a-lago, in the ballroom, stacked to the ceiling in a bathroom. let s take a look at that. there s a toilet or. they re in a bathroom, classified government documents, piled up inside a storage room and spilling out across the floor in another room. today, for the very first time, we heard from the special counsel himself, who has spent some six months
is in chaos. the trump criminal defense lawyer called donald trump at seven pm last night to tell him that he was indicted by prosecutors in the executive branch of the government that he once controlled, resigned or was fired this morning along with another criminal defense lawyer that also resigned or was fired this morning. last night, after the indictment was announced, the league criminal defense lawyer in the case of the u.s. versus donald j trump said this even if he talks about the documents or the existence of them, that is light years away from the specific intent that they need for an espionage case. and now, that lawyer is gone. anything the trump defense lawyers have ever said publicly about what we re done the possible charges against donald trump as turned out to be completely wrong, not that we see the actual charges against donald trump. donald trump is now charged with 37 counts, all felonies. the crimes include obstruction of justice and a violation o
for me for now. but now, it s time for the guy who i ve been talking about for the last few minutes. now, it s time for the last word with lawrence o donnell. good evening, lawrence. good evening, rachel. and thank you for that. we taped this interview with the white house negotiating team in the room where it happened today. and i could still be there. i could listen. i could listen for hours on end, all of the details of what they went through. and the degree of the difficulty of what they were dealing with is so much greater than anything that i was ever exposed to or involved with when i was working in the senate on similar issues. look, i just can t believe how we had compared to this team. this is a story, and that was an interview opportunity that resonates on you like somebody put the world s biggest tuning fork on you. it goes right to the heart and soul of what you know best in the whole world. it s so good. and we are starting tonight with neal katyal and and
end. then, nikki haley fanning the culture war flames. a fact check on what she said over the weekend. and apple debuting a 3500 dollar headset. but is there more to this? with just a hefty price tag, as the 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. good monday evening. i am stephanie ruhle, with a lot of news to cover tonight. and the special counsel s investigation into donald j trump s handling of classified documents appears to be at equivocal stage. and i know i ve said that to you before, but this time, i really think it s different. this morning, three members of trump s legal team went to the justice department to meet with the one and only jack smith. remember, just two weeks ago, trump s lawyers sent an official letter to attorney general merrick garland asking for a chance to make their case. the attorney general was not at today s meeting, we don t know everything that was discussed. but the washington post reports this, people familiar with the matter