A little bit later today, donald trump will be under arrest in a washington, d. C. , Federal Court and new reporting in the case against him in this latest indictment. Huge Security Preparations are under way because of that, and washington, d. C. , security is on alert because of it. What is happening ahead of this historic moment. I have come to believe that he knew well that he had lost the election. An extraordinary interview with former attorney general bill barr and why he believes that the information in the indictment is the tip of the iceberg against donald trump. Im john berman and with kate bolduan, this is cnn news central. All right. In a washington, d. C. Federal court later today, donald trump will be under arrest, and those are live pictures, and that is where it will all take place, and we are covering this from every angle with our reporters literally standing at each side of the building, and trump is going to face a judge and the charges and we expect he is going to
Heres The Big Question of the evening, everyone. Did donald trump just perhaps violate the conditions of his release . The former president threatening retaliation just 24 hours after, yes, his third indictment. What a judge warned him against, intimidating or tampering with witnesses. Take a look. On social media, he was writing, quote, if you go after me, im coming after you. Kind of a way of saying, dont come for me till i send for you, apparently. Well talk about that with our law expert who testified at one of his impeachment hearings. Trump also railed against the charges against him at an event in alabama just a short time ago. Every one of these many fake charges filed against me by the Corrupt Biden Doj could have been filed 2 1 2 years ago. They didnt want to do it 2 1 2 years ago. They wanted to wait, and they did wait. They waited right until the middle of an election. They waited until i became the dominant force in the polls. They want to interfere in my campaign. They wa
In a special breaking News Coverage continues now. The third criminal indictment of former President Donald Trump. Im erin burnett in new york. And im laura coates in washington, d. C. This indictment is like nothing weve ever actually seen before in history of this entire country. And looking at it In Black And White is absolutely extraordinary. It begins with this, everyone. Quote, the defendant, donald j trump, was the 45th president of the United States, and a candidate for reelection in 2020. The defendant lost the 2020 president ial election. And as you say, laura, it begins that way with those simple words, he lost. That is a fact. But of course the person who had sworn to preserve, protect, and defend the constitution, instead tonight is accused in this 45page indictment of trying to overthrow Americas Free and Fair Elections in an attempt to stay in power. It has been 1001 days since the 2021 election exactly. It has been day since the very sixth attack on the capital. It is n
Impede the counting of electoral votes. All he wanted to do is impede the process that is stated in the constitution, thats all he wanted. All i wanted to do was rob a bank. Take all the money. I mean, this is exactly what he is charged for. And he admitted it. Yeah, you know watching mr. Laura and political defender like Lindsey Graham, attempt to defend donald trump over the last couple of days, its clear they dont have a lot to work with. Mr. Lauro is a real attorney, not like the other attorneys that mr. Trump had around him, he was a prosecutor, and if he cant seem to come up with a cogent theory of the case of why donald trump was acting legally around the 2020 election in the days leading up to january six, its because the evidence in that indictment are so overwhelming, they are hopscotching around hoping to find something, but nothing is hitting yet. Well, of course they wont find anything illegal because they are boxed illegally, they will lose legally, what theyre trying to