at 1 p.m. as opposed to 11 a.m. tomorrow. he not come out after arriving here 4 p.m. he waved at supporters who were waiting for him. take a look at that moment as the motorcade pulled up. he walked in. that is where he will walk out as he s going down for processing and arraignment. he will be fingerprinting and mug shots but no handcuffs. how this shakes out for the former president remains to be seen. he quite literally is fighting for his freedom and political future at once but returns now are positive receiving widespread support from the republican party including from people expected to run against him in the 2024 primary governor ron desantis one of them and his campaign raised $8 million since his indictment on thursday so the arraignment is set for 2:15 tomorrow expected to last about a half hour so the former president sometime around 3:00 is expected to go to the airport and fly back to florida where he is expected to make a speech at mar-a-lago tomorrow night.
trump s gag order is mostly upheld in the federal election subversion case. an appeals court admonishing the former president while giving him a green light to attack the special counsel, jack smith. also tonight, the new criminal indictment of hunter biden and the legal and political fall-out. the president s son accused of spending millions on a lavish lifestyle instead of paying his taxes. and the michigan gunman who killed four classmates at a school back in 2021 is now sentenced to life in prison without parole. the teenager hearing emotional statements from the victims families and then telling the court, and i m quoting him now, i am a really bad person. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. our top story tonight, donald trump gagged again. an appeals court agreeing the former president of the united states should be barred from public statements about witnesses and other key
Truth. Those facts. This is so far off field, this is ispolitical. This is totally political. And it is a dangerous moment for our country that the doj has i mean, doesnt the meeting on the tarmac with bill clinton and the airplane look quaint now . Actually, thats a perfect it looks quaint. We have been talking about what feels like a frantic publicrelations effort. Two statements released from william barr on a report hes had for some time. An extraordinary report about ao open,t ongoing investigation. Some of the most sensitive intelligence and Law Enforcement in our country. And now, guess whos weighing in . Guess. Guess. Guess. Donald j. Trump. Lets listen. Okay. Thank you very much. The ig report just came out. And i was just briefed on it and its a disgrace whats happened with respect to the things that were done to our country. It should never again happen to another president. It is incredible. Far worse than i would have ever thought possible. And its its an embarrassment to
and hatred in this country and they re going to want to step up and show their support. this is former ambassador john bolton talking about trump s popularity with this indictment. i m not worried about alvin bragg hurting donald trump. i m worried about him benefitting trump. if trump is acquitted that will be rocket fuel. brings our conversation to the top where it s looking more like this could be trump-biden ii. that s what it looks like now. we are 8 months away from the first voting taking place build all signs point to the president getting stronger. since word of this expected indictment and now it s upon us came about three weeks ago his poll numbers his margin has increased over the republican primary field and none of his opponents or expected opponents
and not russia, interfered in the 2016 election. isn t that correct? that s right. and mr. giuliani told the reporter that his trip was not about official u.s. foreign policy. and that the information he sought would be very, very helpful to his client. meaning it would be helpful to president trump, is that correct? yes. it s not official foreign policy, it would beal helpful t president trump s personal interests. that s correct. and there is no doubt, mr. goldman, that investigations of the bidens and the 2016 election meddling were, in fact, not about u.s. policy. but were about benefitting trump s re-election, correct? yes, and even the ukrainians realize that. and on july 25th, president trump placed that fateful phone call to president zelensky. and he asked president zelensky to investigate the bidens, correct? yes.