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That he knowingly, willing lee, intentionally kept it and appears according to this full transcript to be trying to show it to other people. we know from our reporting no one else in that room had a secret clearance. >> secret, secret, look at this, he says. its right there in the transcript. and those words could have profound implications. paula reid, we will come back to you in a while. thank you so much for laying the groundwork what really moves the ball forward in all of this reporting tod...

Knows. >> they basically break out from an espionage act charge, which is ludicrous under the facts of this case, and i can certainly explain it, and several obstruction-based-type charges and then false statement charges, which are actually, again, kind of a crazy stretch just from the facts as we know it. so theres a lot to pick at eventually from the defense side, but that appears to be the charges and it appears to be something that will get off the ground on tuesday. >> reporter: and what y...

Argument in this case, he is talking about something else, but hes saying, look at this information. so, dan, hes talking to people and we just heard from paula reid that they do not have the status that would be required to reveal this information. so does that speak some to the espionage charge or what could be an espionage charge? >> of course. of course it does. it speaks to, again, for every one of these seven crimes they have to prove -- the government has to prove knowledge, intent and it...

And foremost, that indictment, will the justice department release it now that donald trump has publicly acknowledged he has been informed through his attorney that hes been charged with these seven counts. that is the thing to look for first because that is what the entire case and the every moment going forward here at this courthouse will be turning on. what is charged in that indictment. but then there is a lot of questions still about what kind of activity we might see today in the federal ...

Were told from our sources that at this point you can hear him rustling through papers. this thing just came up. look. this was him. they presented me this. this is off the record, but they presented me this. this was him. this was the defense department and him. we looked at some -- this was him. this wasnt done by me, this was him. im going to stop for just a second. he says this was him at least four times in this recording. clearly trying to emphasize the fact that whatever he is pointing to...

Classified documents, this is a rock solid case. >> the former attorney for president trump spoke to cnns jake tapper a short time ago, tim pelatory. >> i dont think. really, when you get down to the facts of the case and the law, i dont think it warrants an indictment. this is a situation where failure of process is what led to documents leaving the white house, going to mar-a-lago. failure of nara to get a facility in palm beach as they have for every other president since reagan, get a facili...

Picked it up and we discusse all that but, that doesnt sto the prosecution. it would appear that the d here is acting, he says, t protect him or to accuse >> can i just ask a technica question so lets just say these were charges and misdemeanor. it seems like a slam dunk. these are all just business -- >> they were listed legal fees these are not legal fees this is reimbursement. >> these are misdemeanors. they are elevated to felon because they are with th intent to commit another crime the cri...

Committed another crime. and andrew is right. the new york state election aw the federal campaign law, if that was all it was based on, then it really makes it a really difficult case but the tax fraud and the ami false statements, that makes it im not going to say a rock solid case, but you could understand why this case was presented and why the d.a.s office believe they have proof beyond a reasonable doubt. and if the jury can believe, okay, weve got the new york state election law but tax fr...

Again, you are the expert, you have been there inside thi prosecutors case, you brought this charges today mr. something that you saw today that you either think we are getting the won way around or that you saw differentl than is generally bein observed >> nothing wrong

Trumps historic indictment isnt just pushing the country into uncharted legal territory. its also pushing it into uncharted political territory. so how will this play out for the former president in the polls? well, we will have to wait to find out. but what we do know for certain now is that trumps republican allies on capitol hill there boisterously rallying behind him and fanning the flames of outrage in his defense. we will wake up in a very different america tomorrow because we can no longe...