To stay in the 2024 president ial race, even if he gets convicted. It has been just over 24 hours since we learned the Justice Department added three new criminal charges against him in a classified documents case. Tonight trump was in iowa for the first big gathering of gop candidates, and he claimed the governments allegations were really about his race for the white house. If i werent running, i would have nobody coming after me, or if i was losing by a lot, i would have nobody coming after me. Trump is now facing a total of 40 counts related to his handling of classified material after leaving the white house. Nbcs Garrett Haake has more on the case against the former president. In the new charges the Special Counsel alleging mr. Trump sought a coverup to conceal classified documents at his maralago home by deleting Surveillance Video. Now charging a new defendant, maralago property manager Carlos De Oliveira with two Obstruction Counts and with making false statements to the fbi.
failure spent a lot of time talking to trump. you literally wrote a book on how his mind works. how do you think this indictment tracks with what you know about him? what s he thinking? a couple of things stand out in this indictment that are reflective, i think, of the patterns of trump s behavior. one is micromanaging the situations, the route petered references from the aids to what the boss wanted, the 24 minute phone corners asian, the signs, again and again, that trump not only wanted an outcome but was deeply engrossed in trying to see that outcome become a reality, just the degree to which he allegedly was involved in orchestrating this alleged cover-up i think is very much in keeping with how he ran his white house in frankly how he ran his businesses and his personal media profile in the years before he entered
talking to trump. you literally wrote a book on how his mind works. how do you think this indictment tracks with what you know about him? what s he thinking? a couple of things stand out in this indictment that are reflective, i think, of the patterns of trump s behavior. one is micromanaging the situations, the route petered references from the aids to what the boss wanted, the 24 minute phone corners asian, the signs, again and again, that trump not only wanted an outcome but was deeply engrossed in trying to see that outcome become a reality, just the degree to which he allegedly was involved in orchestrating this alleged cover-up i think is very much in keeping with how he ran his white house in frankly how he ran his businesses and his personal media profile in the years before he entered politics. phil, no surprise, trump s