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guidebook that is currently number 10 on the american library list of most banned books. velshi starts now. it s saturday june, 16th ali velshi former president and donald trump is alleged to have absconded with top secret classified documents belonging to the united states government. his defenders are debasing themselves and their preclinical party to defend their dear donald, but first things first, trump did not mishandled with documents. mishandling is careless, a mistake perhaps, not having state secrets at your golf club. not taking u.s. battle plans from the white house, keeping them in violation of the law and the subsequent corridor, and then waving them around in a meeting with a writer and a publisher, neither of whom have security clearances or the need to know any of that information. but perhaps most damning is trump s public defense against the indictments. the fact is he is not really denying the key points, the fact has alleged in the 37 accoun ....
before he appears before a judge. now trump says that he ll plead not guilty to charges connected to his handling of classified documents. and of course as you may know, this is his 2nd indictment in 3 months. despite that growing legal peril that he finds himself and during an interview with political last night, trump vowed to continue campaigning for president even if he were convicted. now that s not entirely shocking to be honest. trump never admitted defeat after losing the 2020 election, he s not going to tap out of the 2024 race when it s just getting started. there s more to this move then his inability to back down. it s not about politics, trump s 3rd white house bid has a bigger strategy at its core. as axios explains, for donald trump 2024 campaign is more than a race to return to the white house. this is a fight to stay out of prison, legal experts believe it s unlikely that the criminal trial be resolved before the 2024 election whoever wins the president ....
his mar-a-lago resort. we ll go through the charges and what s next in the case. plus, this indictment from a florida grand jury is significant when it comes to a venue for a potential trial. we ll explain why. and we ll have the reaction from trump s republican rivals in the 2024 presidential race. good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, june 9th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. nbc news can confirm that former president donald trump has been indicted by a grand jury in florida in connection with special counsel jack smith s investigation into his handling of more than 100 classified documents discovered last year at his mar-a-lago resort in palm beach, florida. two sources familiar with the matter confirmed the indictment. one adding that trump received a summons to appear in u.s. district court on tuesday. this is the first time in american history that a former u.s. president will face federal charges. the sources say ....
story. this is now the second indictment for the former president who is criminally charged by a manhattan grand jury in march on 30 counts of his fraud and he has pleaded not guilty. now he s facing 37 federal charges relating to classified documents in his time in office uncovered by federal agents. a special counsel has been investigating this case since november of last year. what makes this situation more extraordinary, is mr. trump is currently the frontrunner in the 2024 election, and this means he could be taking on joe biden while a special counsel is working to convict him. over the next hour, pamela brown lays out everything we know about this case and takes us through the twists and turns that brought us to this moment. we will explore what this means for the former president and what implications this may have for the presidential race. i am an innocent man, i m an innocent person. donald trump is posting on his own social media site that he has been i ....
president, who was criminally charged by a manhattan grand jury in march on 30 counts of business fraud. he s pleaded not guilty. now he is facing 37 federal charges relating to classified documents from his time in office that were uncovered by federal agents. a special counsel has been investigating this case since november of last year. what makes this situation even more extraordinary, is mr. trump is currently the frontrunner in the republican party for the 2024 election. this means he could be taking on president joe biden while a special counsel appointed by the attorney general is working to convict him. trump has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing. over the next hour cnn s pamela brown lays out everything we know about this case and takes us through the twists and turns that brought us to this moment. we ll also explore what this means for the former president as he faces his first court appearance this week and what implications this may have for the presidentia ....