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again im stephanie ruhle. alongside my partner ali velshi, covering our breaking coverage of this historic friday as the government has unsealed and estimating devastating 37 count and i meant against former president donald j trump. also the leading tender for the presidential nomination for the republicans. hes accused of mishandling documents and blocking efforts to get them back for mar-a-lago. the charges against him included violating the espionage act, improperly retaining natio...

crimes he was arrested for? "the lead" starts right now. a mere few hours after he was arrested and arraigned, donald trump told donors this -- >> i hadnt had a chance to go through all the boxes. it is a long tedious job. takes a long time. which i was prepared to do, but i have a very busy life. >> can prosecutors use this admission against him? plus, an up close look at front lines of ukraines counteroffensive. >> we had to evacuate to the shelter now because apparently the guys fea...

story." this is now the second indictment for the former president who is criminally charged by a manhattan grand jury in march on 30 counts of his fraud and he has pleaded not guilty. now hes facing 37 federal charges relating to classified documents in his time in office uncovered by federal agents. a special counsel has been investigating this case since november of last year. what makes this situation more extraordinary, is mr. trump is currently the frontrunner in the 2024 electio...

explaining no one is above the law, even a former president. >> our nations commitment to the rule of law sets an example for the world. we have one set of laws in this country and they apply to everyone. >> and, jake, the special counsel also making the point today that violations of u.s. laws on classified documents put the country at risk. >> thats right, anderson. i want to bring in cnns paula reid. walk us through the most damning allegations in the indictment in your view. >> thi...

say, we now have two standards of justice in our country. the democrat communists who want to jail their opponents while they protect the murderers who prowl our cities day and night, and other brazen criminals. the linking, rather, his own complaint about its own prosecutions with his views on crime, in line the way the republicans written in 2022. hes also gonna say, either we have a deep state, or we have a democracy. either the deep state destroys america, or we destroy the deep st...

transcript. whether he now faces more heat that changes his mind weve seen before, thats how far in he is, the person you see on your screen, not well-known but long loyal military aide and personal aide to donald trump in the post-presidency. i want to read some more from this. we have so much new material with regard to katys point that donald trump has long avoided texts and emails, but he hasnt stopped everyone else from using them on his behalf. here you have january 13th, 2022, t...

a bedrock principle of the department of justice and our nations commitment to the rule of law sets a an example for the world. we have one set of laws in this country and they apply to everyone. applying those laws, collecting facts, thats what determines the outcome of an investigation. nothing more, nothing less. >> the words of rachel math maddow, stunningly simple words in both the indictment and from behind the podium. it was the first time we as an american public have ever hear...

all the details for us. hey, peter. >> peter: good morning. house repub republican have been making big accusations for months about biden family corruption and now they are trying to prove it. they got a tip that the fbi got a tip several years ago alleging a conspiracy where joe biden would get millions of dollars from a foreign national in exchange for making policy decisions that the foreign natural wanted. >> if this was, in fact, a credible allegation that was made, this was thre...

evidence emerging today in the guardian that in the crucial time between dojs subpoena and may of last year and the meeting between investigators and trumps legal team the following month, trump or his aides might have hidden classified documents from donald trumps own defense attorney from that stunning new reporting. quote, donald trumps lawyer told associates he was waved off from searching the former presidents office where the fbi later found the most sensitive materials anywhere ...

debt ceiling deal is reached. there are many moving parts. we have details on to phone calls happening as both sides iron out the details. congressman, richie torres, from new york, joins me for moments when we break down what we know. good day from msnbc world headquarters in new york, welcome to alex witt reports. im in for alex today. we begin with breaking news. a lock happening on capitol hill this hour. white house officials and house republicans are preparing for a call any minu...