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president, who was criminally charged by a manhattan grand jury in march on 30 counts of business fraud. he's pleaded not guilty. now he is facing 37 federal charges relating to classified documents from his time in office that were uncovered by federal agents. a special counsel has been investigating this case since november of last year. what makes this situation even more extraordinary, is mr. trump is currently the frontrunner in the republican party for the 2024 election. this means he could be taking on president joe biden while a special counsel appointed by the attorney gener...

trump's legal team went to the justice department to meet with the one and only jack smith. remember, just two weeks ago, trump's lawyers sent an official letter to attorney general merrick garland asking for a chance to make their case. the attorney general was not at today's meeting, we don't know everything that was discussed. but the washington post reports this, people familiar with the matter say trump's lawyers asked the department of justice not to charge the former president. earlier, former federal prosecutor andrew weissmann said this meeting is a sign of what's to come. >...

people. this is now the second indictment that trump is facing since he went in office after manhattan prosecutors charged with 34 felony counts earlier this year over alleged hush money payments. and a post on his truth -- announcing the indictment, trump wrote the correct biden administration has informed by attorneys that i've been indicted. i am an innocent man. tonight, trump posted a formative video repeatedly claiming that investigation is a hoax. politically motivated. >> they can't stop because its election interference at the highest level there is never been anything like ...

right now on "the story," we're awaiting word from the supreme court as the push continues for the justices to tackle former president trump's disqualification from the colorado ballot. on the ballot for now, after an appeal by the state's republican party. this as the gop frontrunner faces a new challenge in the election interference case. special counsel jack smith asking the judge to limit what trump can say during his expected march trial. writing he shouldn't be allowed to propagate irrelevant disinformation or inject politics in to this proceeding. trump firing back that smith ...

to the teflon don. josh marshall hugo lowell and andrew weissmann. appreciate it. >> that's all in >> alex on this thursday night. wagner tonight starts right now, good evening, alex. >> chris, what a thursday. accountability, i think that is the phrase of the day. accountability. >> yes. again, lots of things it seemed here to for unthinkable, becoming think-able as the other theme of the last few years. >> in some, ways unthinkable to donald trump. as much as he knew this was coming, now that it's happened, he's in a different league. he has made history, not the kind of history th...