the breaking news of this historic and quite frankly damning indictment released to the public today. laying out the special counsel s case against donald trump and his gross mishandling of classified documents. given that this is the first time such actions are being taken against a former president, the special counsel made sure he came prepared with the receipts. and they could not be any more incriminating. in all, the special counsel is charging trump with 37 counts. 31 of them have to do with trump s willful retention of national defense information. otherwise known as the espionage act. these are charges related to false statements, conspiracy to obstruct justice, withholding and corruptly concealing documents, as well as scheming to conceal. included in some of the charges is one of trump s closest aides, walt nada, who was also indicted. also today, we heard for the tir time from the man leading the special counsel investigation, jack smith. our laws that protect n
united states nuclear programs, potential vulnerabilities of the united states and its allies to military attack, and plans for possible retaliation in response to a foreign attack. the unauthorized disclosure of these classified documents could put at risk the national security of the united states, foreign relations, the safety of the united states military, and human sources and the continued viability of sensitive intelligence collection methods. for all of you out there like myself that did not go to law school, let me be clear about the u.s. code trump is being charged with under the espionage act. it does not matter whether those documents were classified or not. it does not matter whether trump twitched his nose like bewitched and said to himself, they are classified. it only matters that they referred to national defense, which they clearly do. and throughout this indictment, we are learning even more about trump s involvement. every step of the way, and how