Retention Charge News Today

here is what we know at this moment. the former president has been federally indicted on seven charges, its all in connection with trumps handling of classified documents discovered at his mar-a-lago resort in florida last year. sources tell nbc news that those charges include false statements, conspiracy to obstruct and even one charge relating to the espionage act. we also know that trump has been summoned to appear in a miami court this tuesday at 3:00 p.m. along with the special co...

-- walt nauta, and the final count is four false statement. trump and are set to be -- the indictment laying out detailed allegations against the two, with pictures showing boxes showing classified documents stored in the bathroom. the twice impeached, now twice indicted former president is on the campaign trail today, speaking at republican state conventions at both georgia and north carolina. earlier today, trumps former lawyer, michael cohen weighed in on the case. >> this is more t...

absurd claims. since the fbi searched donald trumps private residence and members club back in august. the ex-president declassified all the documents that he could declassify them if he wanted to, quote, even by thinking about it. it is a claim that has been repeated over and over and over again by trump and his allies. the disgraced ex-president mentioned it in public and the media appearances so many times. not one single time has that claim been made in a court of law. now new repo...

Jury has said yes, this was the specific argument that trump showed us during that meeting. and of course, trumps lawyers were subpoenaed for the document matching the description on the audiotape, they cannot find one. that kind of made me wonder if there was actually a document at all, in the special counsels -- it might be the fact that they dont have it. if they dont have, it they mightve been reluctant to charge the dissemination charge. but i think the audio makes it very clear, that at th...

Charge, is there one on the willful retention of documents? >> yeah, 18 usc seven 93. and then there several 18 usc 15 12, 15 19, great television to say these numbers. the bottom line, it breaks down to the retention charge, as you would call it, obstructions and false statement. >> is there a conspiracy charge in here? >> i believe, so i dont have it in front of me right now. again, this is not typically accurate. im not looking at a charging document, im looking at a summary sheet. there is l...

Documents to be classified. it was enacted long before the modern classification system. as a practical matter though, if it were true, hypothetically speaking, mr. trump in fact took concrete action to declassify as mater of law the documents, you know, that would weaken the prosecutoral merit of bringing a charge under the espionage act for willful retention. i can think of only one case when i was chief of the counter intelligence section and the first case in history where i authorized charg...