thank you. well at this hour, tonight right, now, 27 hours after donald trump was told that he had just become the first former president in history charged with federal crimes, including violations of the espionage act, the trump criminal defense team is in chaos. the trump criminal defense lawyer who call 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 do
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
into anything about handling classified information after leaving mar-a-lago. that was no doubt tied up in january 6th, but that was a very prescient moment in a good decision by the current president regarding whether or not he could trust the former president to safeguard security information. and you think about, it as you read through the indictment of just how cavalier donald trump is with all this, just how much he disregarded all the rules, and no doubt disregarded the guidance that his lawyers probably tried to give him. think about this team of lawyers that have been around, from evan corcoran, tim palette aretha, james trusty, all qualified lawyers who know what they re doing by and large. they understand the general idea of how this is supposed to work, and they have a client who just won t listen who, just wouldn t shut his mouth, and he couldn t help but to brag about
who just won t listen who, just wouldn t shut his mouth, and he couldn t help but to brag about what he had been doing. and he couldn t help but to try and enlist his lawyers to become the next roy cohen, the next michael cohen, the next rudy giuliani, to be part of his criminal schemes. and that s why they are all gone, as of tonight. the trump legal team on this case, a case against the former president for violations of the espionage act, is one lawyer, as far as i can tell. todd blanche, who s a great lawyer, from his credentials, but he s one guy. this is a former president of the united states. there are serious constitutional and legal questions that are gonna have to be addressed in this case that are worthy of a discussion, worthy of legal debate and judicial scrutiny. and right now the team is one guy. can he take on this entire case, and will he be able to assemble