Trump Indicted Over Top Classified Documents

Trump Indicted on 37 Felony counts, including 31 under the Espionage Act of “willful retention” of classified records.

A federal indictment unsealed Friday charges former President Donald Trump with 37 felony counts stemming from an investigation into the presence of a trove of classified information at his Florida estate and other locations after he left office.

Prosecutors led by special counsel Jack Smith allege that Trump arranged to remove a massive collection of highly sensitive classified material — much of which consists of intelligence about the “defense and weapons capabilities” of the United States and foreign countries — to his private residence as he left the White House in January 2021.

Trump Indicted on 37 Felony Counts

Trump once said a president under felony indictment would grind the government to a halt and create a constitutional crisis

Majority Of Americans Say Trump Should Be Indicted And Not Just Democrats

After evidence presented by the Jan. 6 committee during its public hearings showed Donald Trump knew he lost the election and still tried to steal it, nearly 60 percent of Americans believe Trump should be criminally charged, according to an ABC News/Ipsos poll. In a major shift, the number of Republicans who think Trump is criminally liable has roughly doubled from April to June. Now, Trump is saying Kevin McCarthy was “foolish” to largely cancel the GOP out of the hearings. MSNBC’s Ari Melber is joined by former Watergate prosecutor Jill Wine-Banks to discuss the evidence against Trump.

Trump indictment: Here are the charges

MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell reports the new filing from Jack Smith’s team of the evidence and witnesses the government will present in the classified documents case.

Trump Charged in Classified Documents Case: A Legal Analysis

Trump was charged with 37 counts in the investigation into his handling of classified documents. In his indictment, federal prosecutors lay out how they allege the former president kept national-defense information he knew he wasn’t supposed to have.

Trump DOJ Charges: ‘Smoking gun’ evidence came from Trump himself

Lies and failed lawyer plots led to Donald Trump’s DOJ indictment which alleges Trump obstructed prosecutors trying to recover the classified documents. The New York Times reporting tapes from Trump’s own lawyers created the “roadmap” to his indictment. MSNBC Chief Legal Correspondent Ari Melber breaks down new clues and strong evidence in U.S. v Donald Trump.

Trump’s TV confessions pave path to prison: Jack Smith sends Trump his own interviews in new filing

Special Counsel Jack Smith delivered the first round of evidence to Donald Trump’s legal team in the classified documents case. The evidence includes testimony, documents and a witness list – and the unusual detail of transcripts of Trump’s incriminating “interviews” and “public statements” will be used as evidence.

‘He’s toast.’ Trump facing 100 years in prison.

“Forget president of the United States, Donald Trump is unfit to be the treasurer of your local rotary club. He is a real & present danger to our nation’s secrets, security, & democracy, whether inside or outside of a prison cell.” Mehdi Hasan on the indictment of Donald Trump.

Trump’s arrest shows the GOP’s double standard on FBI “compliance.” While many suspects are given minutes to comply with police, Trump was given months. In this special report, GOP’s double standard on “police rules” are exposed

Retired U.S. Army general blasts Trump in a devastating rant — and destroys every single one of his Republican enablers who are claiming that Trump “did nothing wrong” when he stole military intel. First, the former general set his sights on Donald Trump, declaring that “those in the military” are “the most pissed off” about Trump stealing Intel secrets.”
Then, the decorated General Mark Hertling declared that the sheer amount of Intel stolen is “gobsmacking” — but that’s not the worst part. The general revealed that even though the media is describing some of the Intel as “war plans,” the reality is MUCH worse.

He continued, “The documents were likely extremely detailed intelligence assessments, with potential foe (and ally) capabilities and weaknesses — and American war capabilities that we would not want anyone — especially our foes, to know. I have seen intel agencies, military units, foreign service officers put sweat and blood into providing these documents, making sure they are accurate. All those individuals KNOW they must get it right, because their work, their assessments, are provided to key decision-makers.

He continued, “One phrase in the indictment struck me like a bullet. Trump saying: ‘my boxes.’ None of these are his ‘personal papers.’ These documents provide information and intelligence – gathered through the use of US capabilities, put together by really smart, dedicated, patriotic individuals — to be used by US officials to defend against all enemies, foreign and domestic.”
Then, he set his sights on all of the Republican leaders, who are continuing to defend Trump, calling them “moronic” and declaring that, “Military and intel officials are pissed. All Americans should be equally pissed. But it seems that many are not — only because of how some in government are treating this case.”

Trump indictment is ‘vindication for the rule of law’

Professor Laurence Tribe tells MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell that accountability might finally reach Donald Trump after he was indicted in the documents case by Jack Smith, who Tribe says put together a “devastating” case using Trump’s own words of “espionage of the most serious sort.”

DOJ has ZERO SYMPATHY for Trump Co-Conspirator

Walt Nauta was indicted instead of being given a full immunity deal as a result of his Trump-Save America PAC-paid lawyer screwing up a meeting with the DOJ in November 2022, and why his lawyer’s new attacks on the DOJ may lead to his own disqualification.