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Indict you theyre not necessarily gonna give you a heads-up. they will call your lawyer to tell you that the grand jury has voted on the indictment and its being unsealed. and you have to report to court. so if trump thinks that he is going to get a whole advanced warning of everything and a courtesy shuttle and a red carpet into the courthouse, he is mistaken. >> so, dave, lets talk about the indictment and the classified documents case in the obstruction. charges part of the indictment relies ...

Justice released a bombshell superseding indictment. you may recall trump was already charged with 37 counts related to mishandling our national security secrets. now, he is up against an additional counts of willful retention of national security information and to new counts of obstruction. but thats not all. there is a third defendant joining trump and walt nauta as coconspirators. mar-a-lago maintenance worker carlos de oliveira, now faces multiple charges, including obstruction and lying to...

Tuesday night is $1.05 billion, the fourth largest prize in mega millions history. good luck. ♪ hello again, everyone. im fredericka witfield. we begin this hour with the growing legal problems for former president trump. the special counsel is charging trump with three new counts in the classified documents investigation. those charges include one additional count of willful retention of national defense information and two additional counts of obstruction. trump now faces 40 felony charges...

Significance of this revelation. >> jonathan, these guys are so bad at this. this is amateur hour. youre talking about obstruction, which is punishable by 20 years in prison. obstruction is also dangerous for defendants because it leads to other convictions, because why are you obstructing? why are you trying to destroy videos? because you know you are guilty. consciousness of guilt of other potential crimes like crimes under the espionage act. its all bad for the former president, but i am myst...

Footage of the people moving around the boxes of the classified documents, which was part of the obstruction of the first subpoena. so what it does, it spills out the entire story and provides the jury with the entire s of donald trumps obstruction and it goes to his corrupt intent and explains to the jury away he was doing and why he was doing it. so its extremely significant, even though it just adds a couple counts to the indictment itself. >> and you served as a water gate prosecutor. these ...

The florida panhandle under an excessive heat watch. the best thing to do is say indoors between 1:00 and 4:00 during peak heating and stay hydrated. now to the mounting legal troubles for former president trump. the special counsel is charging trump with three new counts in the classified documents investigation. those charges include one additional count of willful retention of national defense information and two additional counts of obstruction. prosecutors say trump along with two employe...

Different. all three men had classified documents in their possession. but nobody has trouble, i think, differentiating these incredible obstruction of justice charges. everybody understands what it means to destroy evidence, particularly surveillance video evidence. i want to point out that there is no allegation in this new superseding indictment that they actually attempted to destroy the tapes. remember that we read in the new york times about a episode where there was a flood and there was ...

Is the document that allegedly donald trump held up at bedminster when he was no longer president related to an iranian war plan he showed to others. theres an audio tape of him discussing it. donald trump said there was no document. it turns out there was. doj charged that. there were also two new objection of justice count cos that relate to this not just to move the boxes around. that was already charged. but now its charging obstruction on top of obstruction because the allegation is they tr...

Now to the mounting legal troubles for former president trump. the special counsel is charging trump with three new counts in the classified documents investigation. those charges include one additional count of willful retention of national defense information and two additional counts of obstruction. prosecutors say trump along with two employees allegedly tried to pressure another employee into destroying security camera footage. zachary cohen is joining us now with more on this. so explain w...

Secrets and a couple other things, but -- so president trump had that authority. you know, now they are accusing him of basically obstruction, but see the evidence. thats what we have -- thats why we have a justice system and president trump will be able to face his accuser. >> griff: lets see the evidence. texas congressman, thank you very much. we look forward to the hearing on monday. thanks for taking time on saturday. >> thanks, griff, god bless. take care. >> griff: molly? >> from the othe...