handcuffs as we saw with harvey weinstein because we are told he will go through a private entrance and he will not be coughed and another thing we are not likely to see is justin another thing we are not likely to see isjustin bieber, with his mugshot, we also have a lindsay lohan and hugh grant. donald trump s lawyers have argued this part of the process, the mugshot is not necessary, because he has the most recognised face in the world and there is no need to identify him. if we go back to the process, one of the key terms people are searching his arraignment, number one and number three and that basically means that charges will be read to him in court and he will have to enter a plea. and you can see which plea he enters decides what happens next. we are told he will plead not guilty and if that happens it will go to trial but we don t have a timeline of when that is likely and as you can see as part of the arraignment process, thejudge might set bail which allows donald trump to
something we have seen him do time and time and time again but, again, never like this. let s talk through what exactly is going on in the courtroom right now, dan we now know that donald trump is inside his lawyers are inside what s happening so, i think the first thing is i think the indictment is probably being handed out. and the defense lawyers are reading it and the judge will make sure that happens so once they actually start the arraignment process, and i agree with andrea, it will take 10 or 15 minutes, probably less. but that can go forward smoothly i think that once they re the defense lawyers have digested, if you would, the indictment, they ll signal their readiness to proceed and the judge will proceed with the arraignment. in which basically, the court officer, or the clerk is going to read basically give the defendant an opportunity to either waive the reading of the
. donald trump has long survived by getting others to do his dirty work tonight, we heard from one of those people, michael cohen, about exactly that process donald trump stood on that same aircraft and he turned around and he said, ask michael cohen. he s my lawyer he ll tell you well, i had been telling you i had been telling the world going back since the house oversight committee exactly who donald trump is and exactly what transpired here. that is what cohen said tonight, and he will, if there s a trial, testify at it thanks for spending time with us we have a big day tomorrow msnbc will have the entire arraignment process covered from donald trump going in to the d.a. s statements and an episode of the beat tomorrow at 6:00 p.m. eastern i hope to see you then the reidout starts now
faces tomorrow, arraignment. defendants are told the arraignment is first time you go to court in front of a judge you re told what the charges are against you. and what your rights r you answer the charges by telling the court if you are guilty or not guilty trump will enter that plea tomorrow speaking the words, we re told, he is expected to plead not guilty so donald trump tomorrow will speak the words, quote, not guilty, in open court. he will not be allowed to make any other remarks in that setting under this arraignment process. that s under the rules now under this kind of case, we know under the rules he will be released here s what all the defendants including donald trump are told about that if you are released, you must come back to court for every court date if you don t come to court, the judge will order a warrant for your arrest. this means that police will be notified to find and arrest you and bring you to court
but the kind of colonization oft the american criminal justice system is too much for me. donald trutoo much for me. in the short term, donald trumph is going to be a much bettern spot in the republicanon nomination because of this. but this is a terrible day. for a terrible d our country. now, you re right.e it s like stalin s purges, right? that s what we re seeing rightt. now. all right, panel, stay with us. now, what will the arraignment the what will the arraignment process itself look like? the visuals are almost tooo ima. absurd to imagine. states, as a new york times states , he ll be fingerprinted. he lr l be photographed. he may even be handcuffed. most defendant s haveei their hands cuffed behind but their backs, but some white collar defendant somes who areant deemed to pose less of a danger have their hands secured ins ino front of them.f you know, they loved writinged every line of that at the newof york times. joining us now for or former prosecutor, fbi assistant fb