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Meet the Press NOW — July 28

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🗓️ 28 July 2023

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Donald Trump faces additional charges in the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case as a potential new indictment looms. President Biden hits the road to tout his economic agenda. Never Back Down founder Ken Cuccinelli examines Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ campaign reset.

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0:00.0

If it's Friday, former President Trump once again lashing out at the special counsel office

0:07.7

as he faces new criminal charges tied to his mishandling of the classified documents,

0:12.8

including new allegations, he tried to erase potentially incriminating security camera footage.

0:19.3

Plus security concerns for the next potential batch of Trump indictments.

0:23.9

Barricades are being installed around the Fulton County Courthouse in Atlanta, where charging

0:28.2

decisions in that case are expected soon, and security officials prepare for more charges

0:34.0

in Washington, perhaps at the end of next week.

0:41.1

And as major legal developments swirl around the former president, the current president tries to avoid the Trump vortex as Joe Biden hits the road to tout his economic agenda

0:46.6

and maybe pick off an electoral vote in New England in the process.

1:03.1

Music in the process. Happy Friday.

1:04.0

Welcome to Meet the Press Now.

1:05.0

I'm Chuck Todd reporting from New York.

1:06.5

And we're going to begin with the fallout from those new federal charges against

1:09.8

former president and current Republican frontrunner Donald Trump at the classified documents case,

1:14.5

as well as new evidence, a new defendant, and a new witness, which comes as we await

1:19.7

a whole new set of indictments tied to the efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

1:25.1

So to get us back to the classified document situation, in a 60-page superseding indictment

1:30.6

unsealed late yesterday in the classified documents case, the special counsel Jack Smith

1:34.9

accused Mr. Trump of obstruction of justice when he allegedly tried to get his staff

1:40.0

to erase Mar-a-Lago security footage that had been subpoenaed by the FBI. They have also charged him

1:46.5

with an additional count of possessing classified documents, essentially confirming the report that the

1:51.3

former president did in fact share a classified document about war plans with Iran with guests at his

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