Donald trump. The Breaking News this hour we are following a defiant former president of the United States on the way to his new Jersey Golf Club right now after being arrested and arraigned on four serious, very serious criminal charges, stemming from his alleged efforts to subvert the 2020 president ial election in the United States. Trump proclaiming his innocence and accusing the Special Counsel of leading a political persecution. Wolf, of course, this is trumps third indictment in the past four months. It is the most serious set of charges he ever faced. As he did in new york and miami, the former president pleaded not guilty to all four counts today, Conspiracy To T Defraud the u. S. , conspiracy to obstruct proceed, obstruction of a proceeding and conspiracy against rights. I want to go our senior justice Correspondent Evan Perez from outside the federal courthouse here in washington where the former president made his initial appearance this afternoon. Evan, walk us through wha
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Space command headquarters are staying put in colorado. Its a huge loss for republican senator from alabama who has single handedly blocked all of joe bidens military nominees. And for american fans who didnt wake up at 3 00 a. M. To see the u. S. Womens soccer team, well go to new zealand to see how fans are handling that overnight, may i say, painful, heartbreaking draw. Our nbc News Reporters are following all the latest developments. Lets start at the d. C. Courthouse with ryan riley. Whats the latest . Reporter were very closely watching to see what activity we can suss out this afternoon. The indictment would have to be returned in open court. Not necessarily by name. So they could simply read out loud that indictment has been returned. U. S. Versus dt in this situation or djt. So thats sort of what were looking for. Going around, checking those doors to see whats happening. The chief judge can have this or can be the on duty federal Magistrate Judge. The on duty judge is usually
It is great to have you with us. It is 10 00 it is 10 00 im im Ana Cabrera Reporting from new york. We have our eyes trained on a courthouse in washington this morning, where the grand jury empanelled by the Special Counsel to investigate donald trump and Election Interference is beginning to arrive as we that speak. That means a secret vote on whether to indict the former president could potentially come at any moment. Nbcs ryan reilly is at that courthouse. Garrett haake is standing by in along along with former federal prosecutor cynthia axne and veteran prosecutor and Trial Attorney Paul Henderson joins us as well. Right to ryan to start us off do here. Do we know for sure if a vote is going to happen today, ryan . Reporter we dont know that for sure. All we know is that they are present here at the courthouse. Our producers who have been tracking this grand jury over several months recognize many some of the grand jurors and know that they are now upstairs on the third floor where
Thank you so much for joining us tonight. Cnn prime time with laura coates starts right now. Hey caitlin, im telling you, if you thought august was winding down. This is heating up. Until your vacations, anyone watching. Did you have a vacation plan, kaitlyn . What is the thing called vacation . Do you go someplace . You dont work . I wonder how that goes . One to answer that one i would think. We are not, i will do a staycation right here. Im laura coates, everyone, thank you so much for joining me. Listen, tonight, donald trump is bracing for two more indictments. You heard that right. One potential counsel, jack smith, for efforts to overturn the election. Another in hot lana, for trying to overturn the results in georgia. And yet, that phrase teflon don . It continues to be one of the oddest juxtapositions in all of politics. As his legal problems start to pile up, guess what, so does his poll numbers. Take a look while it is still early of course. He is crushing the field. Look at