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here is what we know at this moment. the former president has been federally indicted on seven charges, it's all in connection with trump's 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 counsel's team. secret service agents are meeting today with trump's team to begin logistics plannin...

-- 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, trump's former lawyer, michael cohen weighed in on the case. >> this is more than just an espionage act. every single location that donald went to, from the time that he left th...

absurd claims. since the fbi searched donald trump's 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 reporting suggests that the question of whether there is an a proof that he declassified the documents ...

Jury has said yes, this was the specific argument that trump showed us during that meeting. and of course, trump's 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 don't have it. if they don't have, it they might've been reluctant to charge the dissemination charge. but i think the audio makes it very clear, that at the minimum, there was a retention charge that could be charged. this is why you don't see a disse...

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 don't have it in front of me right now. again, this is not typically accurate. i'm not looking at a charging document, i'm looking at a summary sheet. there is language in there that might actually be reflecting a single count instead of two. i think there's...