Appear before a judge, a Magistrate Judge, to be formally charged for the third time in less than four months, as chris said, and msnbc news has learned three of the officers injured in january 6th will be trying to attend the hearing, although just a handful of members of the public are going to be allowed inside, and just 11 members are reserved for the press. You can see the camera shaking because were all moving in real time here, trying to give you as much access to see whats happening, but even before he appears in court, trump has been fighting these charges on social media. Hes been raising money off of it, his Fundraising Committee has fired off at least eight solicitations for donations since this indictment was handed up on tuesday. He also posted a message to his supporters saying its a great honor to be arrested because im being arrested for you. Now, technically, hes not going to be arrested. Hes going to go in and surrender to authorities, but lets discuss whats happenin
could be feet away from three officers who risked their lives to defend the capitol. they are metropolitan police officer daniel hodges, the former capitol police sarge wnt aquilina garnell, and harry dunn. all have said they want to be there, bear witness to trump s arraignment. you re going to remember how powerful it was. we want to remind you, when they publicly shared their accounts of the physical and emotional trauma they endured. i was effectively defenseless and gradually sustaining injury from the increasing pressure of the mob. directly in front of me a man seized the opportunity of my vulnerability and grabbed the front of my gas mask and used it to beat my head against the door. i knew i couldn t sustain much more damage. at best, i would collapse and be a liability to my colleagues. at worst, dragged down into the crowd and lynched. unable to move or signal the officers behind me, i did the only thing i could do and