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Course. katelyn polantz in miami, thanks so much. lets discuss this. so much to discuss. we are joined by cnns chief legal analyst laura coates we are awaiting some more specifics here, but you have heard the reporting and we have heard from trumps team about what some of these charges are expected to be. how serious is this, laura? >> this is extremely serious. its us precedented but so is the contact that has allegedly led to this actual moment in time. think about in different categories an...

Seem to believe that he may have been part of a conspiracy with the former president to try to do some of the obstruction, some of the things that the former president is formally accused of. just like the charges of the former president we havent yet seen the indictment against nauta and havent seen anything from the justice department so we are having to read between the lines. we do know based on some of the questions that witnesses were getting that prosecutors have a suspicion against nauta...

Rule of law stand with president trump." so rival candidates who are also running for the republican nomination might see a bit of an opening there but, again, publicly, were seeing republicans line up behind the former president.— former president. theyre also makinu former president. theyre also making these _ former president. theyre also making these statements - making these statements somewhat in the dark, both politically and legally. we still — politically and legally. we still have ...

To a grand jury in filing a sworn statement last spring through his lawyers. find sworn statement last spring through his lawyers. and were heafina through his lawyers. and were hearing these _ through his lawyers. and were hearing these reports - through his lawyers. and were hearing these reports of- through his lawyers. and were hearing these reports of seven | hearing these reports of seven counts. can you tell us what those might be?— those might be? well, its a combination _ those migh...

Donald trump has become the first former us president, to face federal criminal charges. hes been indicted by the justice department, over the handling of hundreds of classified documents, after he left the white house in 2021. a lawyer for mr trump confirmed hes facing seven counts including obstruction, conspiracy and the willful retention of national defence secrets. if found guilty, he potentially faces years in prison. donald trump, whos the frontrunner for the 2024 republican presidential ...

Donald trumps mar—a—lago resort in florida. this case is about the potential mishandling of classified files after he left office. thousands of documents were seized at his home last year, some of them were marked as classified. while an indictment hasnt been published, mr trumps lawyers believe the former president is facing obstruction, false statement and espionage act charges. hes due in court in miami on tuesday. i think theres some legitimate questions about the weaponisation of the cr...

Federal charges. donald trump declarinu federal charges. donald trump declaring he — federal charges. donald trump declaring he had _ federal charges. donald trump declaring he had been - federal charges. donald trump declaring he had been indicted| federal charges. donald trump i declaring he had been indicted over what he calls the boxes hoax. it profs what he calls the boxes hoax. it was all a big hoax- _ what he calls the boxes hoax. it was all a big hoax. they— what he calls the boxes h...

There may be other things, though, where theyre like we just cant declassify this. i would assume by the way, a lot of that discussion has happened already, in order for this to be listed, there are conversations that happened. >> there have been some espionage cases that never get to court because they decide its too dangerous to reveal the evidence. >> absolutely. the second thing they can do is make the kind of arguments im making, which is that the content isnt relevant to obstruction becaus...

And then of course there is the crime in the cover—up, so all these things that people are talking about with obstruction and the cover—ups, mr trump has a long—standing, chequered relationship with telling the truth, including the defamation case, including various other civil matters where he has admitted to lying under oath. so these are all the kinds of things that really distinguish this case from other cases about the espionage act, other handling of sensitive information. trump in t...

Captain queeg, hes obsessed with keeping these documents. thats a dangerous inclination because he was dealing with documents that even if they werent classified were still subject to federal law in terms of mishandling. but the biggest issues once again we have been saying this for months and this indictment bears it out, is going to be obstruction and false statements. they are going to have to knock down these accounts. have to get these witnesses to show that it was not as cut and dry as thi...