reason to have the meeting if there weren't going to be potential charges.

When you look at what the facts are, it would actually be a violation of the rule of law

for Donald Trump not to be charged.

That's former federal prosecutor Andrew Weissman with analysis on a meeting yesterday between Donald Trump's

attorneys and the Department of Justice concerning the classified documents case.

We'll go through all the new developments straight ahead.

Plus, one down, one more to go.

Mike Pence is officially in the race for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination,

with former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie expected to join the field later tonight.

And an update from Ukraine, where it appears the long-awaited counteroffensive may be underway.

Music counteroffensive may be underway. Good morning and welcome to way too early on this Tuesday, June 6th.

I'm John Flamere. Thanks for starting your day with us.

We've got a lot of news to get to

this morning. There's a potential key new development in the investigation into former

President Donald Trump taking classified documents with him to Mar-a-Lago after he left the White

House. NBC News has confirmed that attorneys for the former president met with DOJ officials yesterday,

including Special Counsel Jack Smith, at the Justice Department's headquarters in Washington, D.C.

Attorney General Merrick Garland and Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco did not attend this meeting.

The gathering comes as the grand jury investigating Trump's handling of classified documents

is expected to meet again this week after a multi-week-long hiatus.

The meeting also comes nearly two weeks after two of Trump's attorneys sent a letter to the

Attorney General asking for a meeting to discuss what they call is Jack Smith's unfair treatment

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