present its case and we don t know also whether the former president might choose to testify in his own defense. i want to start by bringing in cnn senior legal affairs correspondent paula reid who has been all over this story for many, many week, and paula, the indictment is out now. i wonder, what to you as someone following this and every single move and detail, what stands out to you as the most damning information we ve gotten? it s such a strong reminder of how little we know compared to investigators. one of the things that struck me and i think will resonate with the american people are the photographs that the indictment uses to tell the story of how some of the nation s most sensitive secrets were strewn about mar-a-lago. prosecutors in this indictment say that these secrets were in a bathroom, in a ballroom. there you see the photo of them being in a bathroom boxes stacked up there, in the ballroom. these are cardboard, pretty flimsy in a ballroom actively being
counts by the way it s called count stacking 31 of the counts of willful intention of defense information, six process crimes.president trump is calling this election interference at the highest level. members of congress are openly comparing the us government to a corrupt and anna republican on this program a war on the republic. and coming up tonight we will have full legal analysis from alan dershowitz, former acting attorney general matt whitaker and the former speaker of the house newt gingrich the house judiciary committee chairman jim jordan and my preview of my exclusive interview with the california governor gavin newsom coming up friday night but we begin with a statement that you hear a lot from the left. nobody is above the law. they say there is one set of rules for every american in fact the doj special counsel, jack smith who is prosecuting donald trump emphasize this with a press conference today unfortunately i am not buying it i will explain in a minute but
no exaggeration to call this a daily that no one, in the country has experienced, evidence in the indictment, never been associated with any occupant or former occupant of the oval office or. phrases in the former president, and straining to federal authorities, and that s it for us tonight, thank you so much, turning it over to caitlin collins. good evening everyone, i am caitlin collins in new york. abby phillip in new york, our special coverage of the federal indictment of donald trump continues. the united states of america versus donald j trump, along with his body man, the former president of the united states is now a defendant in a federal case, the first time that has ever happened, if convicted he could go to prison. indictment , 49 pages, accused of breaking seven laws including willful retention of national defense information, withholding or concealing documents in a federal investigation, false statements and conspiracy to obstruct justice. faci
of trump s bedminster golf club with more. good morning. good morning former president trump faces 37 felony charges for handling classified documents after leaving the white house. we learned yesterday, he is accused of being personally involved with moving those documents from the white house to mar-a-lago. take a look at the pictures that were released yesterday. prosecutors said classified documents were found in the storage room at mar-a-lago as well as a ballroom, bedroom and bathroom. president trump is a q showing people without security clearances and attack plan prepared for by the defense department and also on another occasion a map related to military operation. trump calls the charges the box hoax in the continuation of the witch-hunt against him. he told fox news digital that he believes the time it is meant to distract from reporting the president joe biden received $5 million from ukrainian gas company executive. take a look at this. here s a breakdown of t
were so gallantly streaming. and the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. o, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave o er the land of the free and the home of the brave rachel: we begin the morning with this: former president donald trump hits back at special counsel jack smith after the justice department unseals a 37-count indictment. pete: the indictment claims trump illegally kept boxes of classified documents at his home in florida. will: alexandria hoff is live in washington with the details. good morning. reporter: good morning. more than just keeping files at his home, prosecutors stated that the former president was showing sensitive documents to people who did not have proper security clearances and kept those files sprawl out in random storage spaces within mar-a-lago. the 37 charges span 7 federal laws that smith if s office has accused trump of breaking including 31 counts of w