elections. and house speaker kevin mccarthy trading partisan political fights for a diplomatic one, meeting this hour with the president of taiwan mccarthy says the meeting will help make the world safer. china says it s doing just the opposite so a lot to get to we start with today and donald trump embarking on an effort rarely tried in american history running for president while simultaneously fighting criminal charges. his late night speech at mar-a-lago gave us a glimpse of what s to come, a defiant trump surrounded by a loyal band of ardent supporters thumbing through a well-worn political playbook lashing out at his perceived enemies and seeming a little stunned by what happened. i never thought anything like this could happen in america never thought it could happen. the only crime that i have committed is to fearlessly defend our nation from those who seek to destroy it one of many things that need fact checking. i want to bring in nbc s vaughn hillyard outside
markings to federal investigators, who also informed agents that it had been electronically copy to a laptop of a current trump aide. abc news learned, after the information was recovered, federal agents retrieved the laptop from the aid. the laptop was not retrieved on mar-a-lago grounds, the sources say. cnn tonight says, in addition to the folder, which was entitled, classified evening briefing, trump s team also handed over an unknown number of classified documents. it also reports, the aid, and owner of the laptop works for the save america pack. they copied the documents onto a thumb drive, and laptop, not realizing that they were classified. the phone drive, also, reportedly, given to investigators. i should say, nbc news has not re-confirmed this reporting. it is customary for us, and is reviewed circumstances such as this. for the first time, it raises the questions of classified materials, electronically, by trump in his inner circle. it is found in trump s possessi
first time that anyone has suggested that electronic copies were made of classified records and trump s possession. from the abc report, quote, trump attorney, james trust, turned over the classification markings to federal investigators, who also informed agents that it had been electronically copy to a laptop of a current trump aide. abc news learned, after the information was recovered, federal agents retrieved the laptop from the aid. the laptop was not retrieved on mar-a-lago grounds, the sources say. cnn tonight says, in addition to the folder, which was entitled, classified evening briefing, trump s team also handed over an unknown number of classified documents. it also reports, the aid, and owner of the laptop works for the save america pack. they copied the documents onto a thumb drive, and laptop, not realizing that they were classified. the phone drive, also, reportedly, given to investigators. i should say, nbc news has not re-confirmed this reporting. it is cust
exactly what the sentiment is coming out of his camp here today, and that is that he is the one among his campaign team who is empowered to be the one delivering the message, the donald trump message it is nobody around him that is trying to manage him or trying to calculate what his defense should be. donald trump is the one in control, and that is what you should expect all the way through december 4th ahead of that next hearing. last night, let s be frank, you know, as one trump ally who was in the barroom suggested to me, it felt more like an indictment party. as i left the grounds of mar-a-lago, paf ra tee was booming from the mar-a-lago grounds. it was more of a party-like atmosphere you had the likes of marjorie taylor greene, matt gaetz, mike lin lindell, roger stone, folks who among the base of maga movement, those are the heroes of the movement those are the superstars those are the main featured events, and for donald trump, they were there with a couple
first time that anyone has suggested that electronic copies were made of classified records and trump s possession. from the abc report, quote, trump attorney, james trust, turned over the classification markings to federal investigators, who also informed agents that it had been electronically copy to a laptop of a current trump aide. abc news learned, after the information was recovered, federal agents retrieved the laptop from the aid. the laptop was not retrieved on mar-a-lago grounds, the sources say. cnn tonight says, in addition to the folder, which was entitled, classified evening briefing, trump s team also handed over an unknown number of classified documents. it also reports, the aid, and owner of the laptop works for the save america pack. they copied the documents onto a thumb drive, and laptop, not realizing that they were classified. the phone drive, also, reportedly, given to investigators. i should say, nbc news has not re-confirmed