is for the first time in the history of the country, a former president a facing federal charges. it is friday, june 9, here are the latest developments. a grand jury in florida has indicted trump on seven counts related to the mishandling of classified documents. his lawyer says he is facing a charge under the espionage act. and also charges of obstruction of justice, false statements and conspiracy. the former president released a video railing against the indictment calling it a hoax and election interference. he says he is an innocent man. in a post trump said he has been summoned to appear in federal court in miami 3:00 p.m. tuesday. they did not give any advanced warning of the indictment. secret service will be coming up with a plan for the court appearance. and congressional allies quick to rally to his defense as some of his campaign rivals attacked the legal system but avoided direct support notably of the former president. so far the biden white house has not c
chief of staff who did not request a part in. talking about mick mulvaney one of the veterans with the new evidence does change things because it links trump to the armed violence in advance. he very simply and plainly lays out how and first i want to show it in two parts how in many other debates over donald trump, his old boss including debates over trump s at times violent speeches has previously defended his former boss. i have seen him accused of violence with no violence at all so i have been defending him. i have been defending him. his mind has changed and now he says in public because of the new evidence that trump new they were armed and trumped push them on anyway. after yesterday when she testified that he knew there were guns on property and he still encouraged people to go to the capital, that changes my mind. that changes his mind. he is not the ultimate arbiter that it striking because he held the same post as mark meadows who is now under investigatio
so he can run completely independent of his legal status. whether he isfrom in prison, he can run. is that legal debate? i think there is some debate about whether state by state whether he can vote for himself, certain people can he be president from prison? he can be a candidate for president. and also a pocket pardon. jonathan turley a conservative legal scholar mentioned the notion that he could have already pardoned himself potentially while in office and can pull that out as a get out of jail free card. i don t think that he can do that for things that happened after he was in office. if there is anyone who would try just further speculation. but to his point, he could very likely use this as again a message to campaign on. and being the brand master that
on the town hall, what was broadcast is not broadcast live. that s what i meant. there is some opportunity for any news organization taking somebody pretaped to make edits. we don t have any information that they edited this particular section. but we don t know what his full answer was. to kneel s point, it never really changes. he says, i had the presidential act the presidential records act. that isn t like a pocket pardon for mishandling classified documents. no, it s not. too doum play dumb. just such a perfect assessment of everything we ve known from 2015 to the present. so, here we are. in this moment watching this recording with shawn.