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The difference between Trumps case and other high-profile probes is not for what it charges, but for what it doesnt.

And more on our Deep Dive interview with Ben Terris.

The Justice Department took the legally and politically momentous step of lodging federal criminal charges against former President Donald Trump, multiple people familiar with the matter said Thursday. The charges come after a lengthy investigation of his handling of classified documents that he took with him upon leaving office and into whether he obstructed the governments efforts to reclaim them.

A person familiar with the transcript of a 2021 conversation describes incriminating statements.

People familiar with the matter said prosecutors want to base much of the case where most of alleged misconduct happened.

Because the Russia hoax was evil and false, the FBI, Democrats, and the media will have a much harder time effectively running the op again.

And former u.s. attorney paul charlton, devlin barrett and jeh johnson, a former assistant u.s. attorney, a prosecutor here in new yorks southern district. ken, today you are in florida. tell us why. we know why. you tell all us, why does it make sense to take action in florida versus d.c. on at least the mar-a-lago classified documents part of the jack smiths investigation? >> reporter: right. good afternoon. what legal experts are telling us is that there are some technical legal issues that a...

Bumps in the road, in my experience. our allies, i believe, continue to trust us. it was true on my watch. i think that will always be the case, given the strength of our intelligence community and the importance of information sharing among our allies. >> especially at a time of war, as right now. >> especially at a time of war. >> jeh johnson, thank you. to paul, ken and devlin, thanks to all. the smoke across the east coast and midwest and other worldly haze from the canadian wildfires. how...

 

Is whether anything will be in d.c. or not. so it is conceivable that the charges would be brought in florida versus d.c. but i think that those people thinking is there going to be a charge, i think the answer to that is yes. >> andrew weizman, always great to have your expertise. ken dilanian and devlin barrett, thank you, both very much. the way to win is to beat the guy who is ahead. thats from former new jersey governor chris christie, who is ready to take on trump full force and hes laun...