Trump indicted in docs case, will surrender Tuesday

The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

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🗓️ 9 June 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Tonight on The Last Word: Donald Trump is indicted on seven counts in the Justice Department’s classified documents case. Rachel Maddow, Neal Katyal, Bradley Moss, Andrew Weissmann and Rep. Adam Schiff join Lawrence O’Donnell.

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0:00.0	Now it is time for the last word with Lawrence O'Donnell. Good evening, Lawrence.
0:03.7	Good evening, Alex. We are going to continue covering what we're obviously going to be
0:07.6	covering for quite a while. Thank you, Alex. I will be watching. Thank you.
0:11.3	Well, the criminal case of the United States of America versus Donald J. Trump is underway
0:17.2	tonight in Florida, where a sealed indictment has charged the former president of the United
0:22.0	States and what is reportedly a seven-count indictment. The New York Times is reporting
0:27.0	tonight that the charges include willfully retaining national defense secrets in violation of
0:32.9	the Espionage Act, making false statements and an obstruction of justice conspiracy, according
0:40.4	to people familiar with the matter. Donald Trump has been ordered to surrender for arrest and
0:46.7	processing an arrangement and federal court in Miami on Tuesday at 3 p.m.
0:52.3	Four months after Donald Trump left the White House, the national archives set their first letter
0:58.8	to Donald Trump on May 6, 2021, asking politely for the return of documents that belong to the United
1:07.4	States government. Nothing was returned. On January 17, 2022, an archives contractor arrived at Mar-Lago
1:17.0	to load 15 boxes into a truck and transport them a thousand miles north to the National Archives
1:24.1	facilities. On May 11, 2022, last year, May 11, the Justice Department issued a subpoena for any
1:35.7	remaining documents that Donald Trump's Florida residents. On June 2, the Justice Department
1:42.5	Attorney, Jay Bratt, went to Mar-Lago to collect the remaining documents subject to that subpoena.
1:50.5	On that day, Donald Trump's lawyers gave Jay Bratt a written signed statement saying they were
1:56.6	returning everything in Donald Trump's possession, subject to that subpoena after what they called
2:03.4	a diligent search. On August 8, of last year, August 8, Justice Department officials and the FBI
2:12.8	returned with a search warrant and seized over 100 documents marked classified as well as
2:19.5	thousands of other government documents. Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed special
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