the breaking news of this historic and quite frankly damning indictment released to the public today. laying out the special counsel s case against donald trump and his gross mishandling of classified documents. given that this is the first time such actions are being taken against a former president, the special counsel made sure he came prepared with the receipts. and they could not be any more incriminating. in all, the special counsel is charging trump with 37 counts. 31 of them have to do with trump s willful retention of national defense information. otherwise known as the espionage act. these are charges related to false statements, conspiracy to obstruct justice, withholding and corruptly concealing documents, as well as scheming to conceal. included in some of the charges is one of trump s closest aides, walt nada, who was also indicted. also today, we heard for the tir time from the man leading the special counsel investigation, jack smith. our laws that protect n
of the special counsel jack smith ongoing investigation into trump s mishandling of classified information and his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. this is a major development, and we are going to talk about it in just a minute with representative jamie raskin, who served on the january 6th committee. but we start with mar-a-lago. at this point you probably have seen a picture of trump s florida resort, once the winter getaway of areas mar-a-lago it is massive. it sits on about 20 acres of land, it has more than 50 bedrooms, and it has all the hallmarks of luxury. all the fancy stuff. italian stone, spanish tiles, a lot of marble, gold plated fixtures, expensive rugs, it also has a golf course and ballroom. a boutique, and not one, but two swimming pools. here they are. one is by the beach, in front, the other sits right in the middle of basically everything. now, i point these pulls out to you not just because pool envy is a real thing, especially in the summer month
possibility. right? somehow, by hook or by crook. good talker. thanks, chris. thank you to you at home for joining us this hour. we start tonight with significant breaking news, the new york times is confirming that mark meadows, donald trump s former chief of staff has testified to a federal grand jury as part of special counsel s jack smith ongoing investigations into trump s mishandling of classified information and his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. this is a major development, and we are going to talk about it in just a minute with representative jamie raskin, who served on the january 6th committee. but we start with mar-a-lago. at this point you probably have seen a picture of trump s florida resort, once the winter getaway of areas mar-a-lago it is massive. it sits on about 20 acres of land, it has more than 50 bedrooms, and it has all the hallmarks of luxury. all the fancy stuff. italian stone, spanish tiles, a lot of marble, gold plated fixtures, exp
Money charges against Paul Manafort but a surprise revelation, George Pep Adopt Lus pleaded guilty earlier this month making a false statements to the fbi. His emails related to the arrest came out today, couple of things we did not know until now. They provided key points along a time line that Robert Mueller could possibly build a case that Team Trump Colluded with russia to win the election. Ood suggestion that george may have been wearing a wire. We have correspondents covering all the angels tonight. We begun with manu raju on george. What have you been learning . Thats true joining the campaign in march 15, george had a meeting with a london base
professor who he promised dirgt on Hillary Clintons campaign. He had multiple interactions with this professor. This professor came in around the same time that John Pa December that, Hillary Clintons former campaign manager, his emails were hacked. We do know that george lied to federal prosecutors and admitted to lying about these inte
Rachel Maddow takes a look at the days top political news stories. James comey. It also only mize if the case in question is closely connected to politics. Thats whats important about the big new development. The Wall Street Journal was first on report in detail on the type of charges that federal prosecutors may be considering against the president s personal lawyer, Michael Cohen. If it is kregt, the charges he is facing from prosecutors are not related to politics at all. At least not at face value. In quote, previously unreported developments, federal prosecutors in new york are examining whether mr. Cohen committed tax fraud. Quote, federal authorities are assessing whether his income from his. At Ai Medallion Business was underreported. That includes hundred of thousands received in cash and other payments over the last five years. In addition, federal authorities have been investigating whether he made misrepresentations or
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