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Laura Coates Live

Sources: Trump indicted in classified documents investigation

Laura Coates Live

CNN

News

3.92.5K Ratings

🗓️ 9 June 2023

⏱️ 93 minutes

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BREAKING NEWS: Sources tell CNN that Donald Trump has been indicted in the special counsel’s classified documents probe and charged with seven counts. Our panel discusses the latest information on Trump’s federal charges, which his legal team says includes espionage and obstruction, and what will happen to the former president next. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Good evening, everyone. I'm Erin Bernat, and I'm Dana Bash, our breaking news tonight,

0:13.7

the federal indictment of Donald Trump. The first time in American history that a former

0:19.2

president has faced federal charges, Donald Trump has been indicted in the classified

0:24.3

document investigation and charged with seven counts. At least one will be a conspiracy

0:29.4

charge according to a source. Trump's team does not expect charges to be unsealed tonight.

0:34.6

Another source said, but in a video, he takes aim at the Justice Department.

0:39.0

It's called election interference. They're trying to destroy a reputation so they can

0:46.2

win an election. That's just as bad as doing any of the other things that have been done

0:51.8

over the last number of years. Well, there he is. The lashing out the former president

0:57.2

says he's been summoned to appear at the federal courthouse in Miami on Tuesday afternoon.

1:01.4

And in a statement, he says it's a dark day in America. Something everyone should

1:06.6

be able to agree with, regardless of how you see this. But then he goes on to insist

1:10.2

that he's innocent. I'm an innocent man. I did nothing wrong. I want to bring in Evan

1:17.5

Perez, our senior justice correspondent, to begin our coverage here in Evan. You know,

1:21.7

the Trump team saying they haven't yet seen the full indictment. There's a lot we still

1:25.9

don't know, but a lot minute by minute that you're learning.

1:29.4

That's right, Aaron. We know just in the last hour, certainly from the Trump attorneys,

1:34.4

that they have received the summons, which shows essentially a basic charge sheet. There

1:39.3

were seven charges according to them. We're told according to them that one of them has

1:45.3

to do with the $7.93, which is the Espionage Act. One of them is $15.12, which is an obstruction

1:52.2

of justice charge. There's a witness tampering charge according to the list that they provided

1:57.6

conspiracy. Again, those are among the charges that we're aware of according to the Trump

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