As barriers around the entrance of the courthouse. that is the entrance into the federal courthouse. it ll be up on the 13th floor where the former president will make his appearance once he gets inside. he is expected to go to a different floor first where he is going to be processed, and then he goes up to the 13th floor. this is the security situation here, and how the miami police and the federal law enforcement has decided to protect this area. i want to show you the other side from the drone. we have a drone up in the area from the other side of the courthouse, and this is the street that leads into the garage, the underground garage where it is possible that the former president will enter, and you can see from the other side as well, that there is not a lot of the police presence or the barriers or the police vehicles that are being used for security
Side of the courthouse that s on the other street from our drone that s over it. that is the street that we believe the former president, his motorcade is going to drive through, as they enter into the courthouse. then he will go up to the 13th floor. you can see from that all of the law enforcement cars there and the presence there. so that s the security situation here. there was a little situation here earlier with that suspicious item. they have now cleared it. this is the other thing we re seeing. we re seeing cars drive. these streets are open. you can see the cars driving through here on the front showing their support for the former president. that s generally what it s been like out here. we re not really seeing any counterprotesters. there are a few, but so far, there s not been any clashes as law enforcement is just allowing everyone to do their thing, be out here. you can see there s a lot of media out here. there s generally been no interruption. there s been no problems a
By security concerns. the main courthouse in miami is likely the most secure although there are other courthouses in this district that could arguably be used. one thing we re seeing today, there was a motion by members of the media to give them access to these proceedings but there are limited seats in the courtroom on the 13th floor and so there will be those sorts of practical concerns. at the heart of these sort of decisions about where the case will go, there will be this pragmatic security concern and of course wherever in the district it goes, that jury won t really change. there may be some question of do you want to bust, or you know put jurors on a bus and bring them to miami. that s the sort of thing the courts will have to figure out but these are challenges that are faced in cases that don t involve the former president. where for instance in miami. joyce, i m going to have to
Criminal conspiracy. these are things that normally as a lawyer you are just not worried about. yet now it s a pattern with this particular one. you would think ordinarily a former president is facing federal charges, you could be in the history books, you would think there would be a line of people around that courthouse saying i want to represent this gierks he want to stick up for justice. half the country think it s an unjust cause. no lawyer wants to bring it. i want to bring in marcos jimenez, he is outside the courthouse. can you talk a little bit about what is going on now inside the processing part it seems is over? yes. well, now that he s been processed by the probation office he is now heading up to the 13th floor, to the largest courtroom that we have in the courthouse, and he s going to have despite the craziness out here and the gravity of the case, he s going to have a very basic perfunctory initial appearance and arraignment. i m sure it s been talked about
What about walt nauta who is relatively unknown, and he is known to us who cover the white house, but other than that, he is not a super well known name until now? my guess is some prearranged bond for both defendants, and that is part of the calculus, and the prosecutors want to appear as fair as possible, and i think that is part of the calculation. i should note that you have spent a lot of time up on the 13th floor of this courthouse and you know it well, and did you ever imagine than a former president of the united states would be up there pleading not guilty to 37 charges? it is stunning to me that the former president was in this building and on the 13th floor, and he was having an arraignment, and it is stunning is but the 13th floor is a ceremonial courtroom, and this is where the investitures are held, and things are celebrated in this district, and to think that former president of the united states was a defendant in a criminal case and plead not guilty in that court