Tim Parlatore, a former attorney for former President Donald Trump who has publicly spoken out in favor of his former client throughout the Mar-a-Lago classified documents probe, conceded to CNN's Jake Tapper on Friday that the 37-count indictment against the former president looks meticulously supported — and dire.

"This looks really bad for Donald Trump, right?" said Tapper. "I mean, you admit, like, you would acknowledge this indictment is based on transcripts, photographs, text messages, evidence, not just like, you know, some anonymous informant. Evidence. This is, I mean, this is — you've seen a lot of indictments, this is a pretty strong indictment."