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coverage of a historic federal indictment of a former president of united states begins at this hour with the dramatic full statement made by special prosecutor jack smith this afternoon when he, in effect, introduced himself to the american people, speaking publicly for the very first time in his six and a half months of investigating donald trump. good afternoon. today an indictment was unsealed. charging donald j trump with felony violations of our national security laws as well as participating in a conspiracy to obstruct justice. this indictment was voted by a grand jury of citizens in the southern district of florida and i invite everyone to read it in full to understand the scope and the gravity of the crimes charged. the men and women of the united states intelligence community and our armed forces dedicate their lives to protecting our nation and its people. our laws the protect national defense information are critical to the safety and security of the unite ....
had a few minutes with the report. andrew, let me get your first reactions to anything that has leapt out at you, if anything. recognizing that you ve only had a few minutes, i m gonna give you more time to read, this but this is just your first headline reaction to it. yeah no i see dan and i are doing the same thing. we are trying to do two things at the same time. this is a monumental, or as you said, it is over 800 pages and there are four appendices that look fascinating, addressing such minor issues as the preparation of law enforcement to meet the challenges of january 6th and whether there was foreign interference in the 2020 election there were these appendices, and they re trying to take the entire report. and then the table of contents is really, to me, attracts what i think is the genius of the january six committee. which is really focusing on all of the different ways that the former president tried to stay in office. as opposed to just thinking about ja ....
that is a quote from winston churchill. and it s from this 522 page book about winston churchill s illnesses. nothing but his illnesses. the name of the book is winston churchill s illnesses, written by two british physicians. the quotes about champagne comes from the chapter titled, was churchill an alcoholic? the book was published in 2020 and using all of the latest analysis about alcohol addiction, the others conclude that it was in churchill exhibited none of the traits of alcoholism and that the image of churchill as a very heavy drinker was much exaggerated including by himself. announced many close observers of the british prime minister, the book notes many close observers of the british prime minister, saying things like this: personally, throughout the time i knew him, i never saw him the worse for drink. the glass of weak whisky, like the cigars, was more assemble than anything else, and one glass last him for hours. churchill himself once wrote, i have been ....
even though it is donald trump, who has not provided a single shred of evidence proving that they re not, proving that he declassified any of the records that he kept at mar-a-lago for up to 18 months. now to the other front, the special master process itself. just a couple hours ago, lawyers for the justice department squared off with donald trump s legal team for their first public hearing before judge raymond dearie. he was appointed special master to review the documents seized in the search of donald trump s residence last month. during this hearing, dearie, who was donald trump s pick, his hand-selected suggestion to be the special master, told donald trump s lawyers to put up or shut up on claims that trump declassified the records. here s how politico describes the hearing. quote, judge raymond dearie pushed trump s lawyers repeatedly for refusing to back up the former president s claim that he declassified the highly sensitive national security-related records ....