welcome to the whole story. i m anderson cooper. the indictment of former president donald trump marks the first time in history a former president has faced federal charges. this is the second indictment for the former president, who was criminally charged by a manhattan grand jury in march on more than 30 counts of business fraud. now facing 37 federal charges relating to classified documents from his time in office that were uncovered by federal agents. a special counsel has been investigating this case since november of last year. he s pleaded not guilty to all charges against him. what makes the situation even more extraordinary is that mr. trump is also the current front-runner in the republican party for the 2024 election, which means he could be taking on president joe biden, while a special counsel appointed by the attorney general is working to convict him. trump has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing. over the next hour, our pamela brown lays out everything we know
the indictment of former president donald trump marks the first time in history that a former president has faced federal charges. this is now the second indictment for the former president, who was criminally charged by a manhattan grand jury in march on more than 30 counts of business fraud. now he s facing 37 federal charges relating to classified documents from his time in office that were uncovered by federal agents. a special counsel has been investigating this case since november of last year. he s pleaded not guilty to all the charges against him. what makes the situation, though, even more extraordinary is that mr. trump is also the current front-runner in the republican party for the 2024 election, which means he could be taking on president joe biden while the special counsel appointed by the attorney general is working to convict him. trump has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing. over the next hour, our pamela brown lays out everything we know about this case and ta
story. i m anderson cooper. the indictment of former president donald trump mark the first time in history a former president has faced criminal charges. this is now the second indictment for the former president, who was criminally charged by a manhattan grand jury in march on more than 30 counts of business fraud. now he s facing 37 federal charges relating to classified documents from his time in office that were uncovered by federal agents. a special counsel has been investigating this case since november of last year. he s pleaded not guilty to all the charges against him. what makes the situation, though, even more extraordinary is that mr. trump is also the current front-runner in the republican party for the 2024 election, which means he could be taking on president joe biden while a special counsel appointed by the attorney general is working to convict him. trump has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing. over the next hour, our pamela brown lays out everything we kno
president, who was criminally charged by a manhattan grand jury in march on 30 counts of business fraud. he s pleaded not guilty. now he is facing 37 federal charges relating to classified documents from his time in office that were uncovered by federal agents. a special counsel has been investigating this case since november of last year. what makes this situation even more extraordinary, is mr. trump is currently the frontrunner in the republican party for the 2024 election. this means he could be taking on president joe biden while a special counsel appointed by the attorney general is working to convict him. trump has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing. over the next hour cnn s pamela brown lays out everything we know about this case and takes us through the twists and turns that brought us to this moment. we ll also explore what this means for the former president as he faces his first court appearance this week and what implications this may have for the presidential race
ari melber starts right now. i m glad i let you go because i remember you have your own show to anchor. thank you. our thanks to nicolle wallace and the whole team there doing this cover nl. we continue the breaking coverage of the first ever federal indictment of a former president. today the justice department unsealed an indictment of defendant donald trump of 37 counts. we re covering this historic and unprecedented development with our legal experts who have been pouring over this 44-page indictment since it was first unsealed this afternoon. the nation heard from special counsel jack smith for actually the first time ever today. a prosecutor known for his work and today his actions, indicting the former president after about seven months on the job. and he spoke clearly and concisely about this indictment and national security crimes. today an indictment was unsealed charging donald j. trump with felony violations over national security laws, conspiracy to obstruc