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here is what we know at this moment. the former president has been federally indicted on seven charges, its all in connection with trumps handling of classified documents discovered at his mar-a-lago resort in florida last year. sources tell nbc news that those charges include false statements, conspiracy to obstruct and even one charge relating to the espionage act. we also know that trump has been summoned to appear in a miami court this tuesday at 3:00 p.m. along with the special co...

As senior chief and transitioned into private life as a personal aide. he has done a fantastic job. could these words by the former president be looked at as trying to influence the case against nauta or the actions of nauta in this case? you mentioned the possibility of flipping somebody like nauta. >> you know, theres a reason why in his new york state manhattan case the prosecutors asked for aprotective order and received one. i anticipate they will do the same thing, prevent statements like ...

Not commenting on this, by having a sealed indictment. he can rally his troops politically for the next several days, use this as a fundraising tool and tool to consolidate support among republicans just like he did in new york city. in that case he raised more than $12 million for his campaign in a week surrounding the indictment. here the tools are already in place, the allies have already been warned, congressional republicans in particular have already been extremely vocal in his defense and...

Not get. >> its a fine line, though. do you say precedent is that everybody gets treated this way, but in this case im going to treat this person differently by releasing it, or do you say everybody is going to be treated equally and that includes, wait for the day, and thats when the information will come out? >> well, unsealing just to be clear, unsealing is something that could happen, theres nothing wrong with unsealing now. they could wait until the arraignment or do it now. >> traditionall...

Similar. so he will be -- the indictment will be unsealed on tuesday in the state case, also it wasnt unsealed until he went to court. so instead of a state judge he will be going before a federal judge. he will be arraigned on that indictment and he will be treated like every other defendant and he will go through the same process that hes now become very familiar with, except these charges -- and no offense to my former office, the manhattan das office -- these are much more serious than what ...

Proceedings against a current president. >> lisa, quicker than in other places. how quick could we be seeing this process under way? >> reporter: thats a very interesting question, josé, and it depends in large part on what kind of pretrial motions of presidents lawyers make. this is a guy whose m.o. is delay, delay, delay and nowhere is that more true than in his position as a litigant. so i expect them to make all sorts of motions, including ones that are sort of prefaced by his meeting with ...

Win. all donald trump wants to do is get to january 20th, 2025, when he hopes to be the president once again and escape the grasp of the department of justice and the special counsels office, josé. >> and garrett is outside bedminster where we know trump is currently. he was the one that broke the news of this indictment, garrett. he and his allies have been speaking out while the special counsels office and the justice department have been silent, which is typical. is this about trump wanting ...

Followed this investigation for the last several months. judge cannon as you noted was the judge who appointed a special master and in doing so slowed down the fbi and department of justices investigation at that time substantially and for several months. she was also overturned on appeal twice by the federal court of appeals in this area, the 11th circuit. the fact that the case has been assigned to her is not something nbc news has independently confirmed, however, if she does have the case it...

Indictment is sealed and we havent heard about it. >> absolutely. we could end up with two defendants in the case, it would be donald trump and this other person. it could also be, though, that that person has pleaded guilty and is cooperating and so they are not listed as a defendant in this indictment, but in the charge it would say donald trump and they would name the person who was a conspirator a all remains to be seen but at the very least a potential person to flip if you are thinking abo...

Unbiased way but she made several rulings overturned quickly by her superiors in federal appellate court that were seen as unusual. andrew can speak about this more. she has a moment, a chance here in american history to oversee a fair trial and i hope she does that. >> andrew, my understanding is judges like this would be selected randomly. so it just happened to end up back in her lap, but given her history in the case, would this be a situation in which because of public perception of, you kn...