Florida. Now a Magistrate Judge would have to him to enter his plea at its root what the arraignment is it something fundamental to the rule of law and our constitutional system. You are given a right to hear the nature of the charges against you. The other thing that happens if they decide the conditions of your release. Trump is not expected to be put in jail ahead of this trial, but there will be discussion of the terms under which he is released on his own recognizance. That happens in his federal indictment in florida and we expect that will happen again today. That part of the process is somewhat unpredictable. You never know exactly what the judge will want to talk about. We will know about it as soon as we are allowed to. As we said, cameras are not allowed. We will have no live feed as it happens. Nbc is lucky enough that our reporter is one of the few reporters who have been given a seat in the actual courtroom. We will talk with garrett once it is over. We will also get disp
Exposed in the depths of his political depraft at this and corrupt and criminal acts has been laid bare. Not by radical leftists, or any of us in the media but by his inner most circle and the really, really committed ones as that. The Trump Officials who stayed on until the bitter last days of a bitter presidency tell us the riveting story of not one, not two but three Criminal Conspiracies that trump stands accused of by the United States government, in essence against the United States government. By the numbers jack smith has charged three Criminal Conspiracies, four criminal counts, named six Unindicted Coconspirators and shined the light on one who was willing to overturn his election defeat. The indictment brought by jack smith against donald trump makes the coup plot he directed Crystal Clear for the world to see. Here is how the Justice Department explains the first criminal count as the conspiracy to defraud the u. S. Quote, the purpose of the conspiracy was to overturn the l
Building. Likely some of the same Law Enforcement officers who were out today providing protection for trumps appearance were also called upon on january 6th to defend the peaceful transfer of power from a Violent Mob Of Trump supporters. Brought there by the man who today was called on by a Magistrate Judge to answer to the four charges against him. Sitting just feet away from trump, as he entered his not guilty plea, was special counsel jack smith. The last time the two were in the same room was trumps previous arraignment in miami. According to the pool reporter, trump glanced briefly in smiths direction when he walked in but did not appear to make eye contact with him, nor did he appear to look at him again for the rest of the hearing. Trump in the courtroom today was stripped of the trappings of former office that he typically airigates to himself. Magistrate judge referred to him as mr. Trump, not president trump, as his fans including fox anchors refer to him. The judge advised
tampering with juries or witnesses. i would like to say she will be unfazed. she s strong. she s tough. she s determined. it really is no the way the criminal justice should be expected to operate with defendants, litigants, hurl this against them. she will move through it. we have a phrase that i m sure other people have the same phrase, when there s a judge that we appear before who is tough, who is no nonsense, who is determined to hold everybody accountable, the litigants, we say, you know, that judge don t play. judge chutkan don t play. former federal prosecutor glenn kirschner. thank you. i want to show my colleagues something i have not seen. ready do something we have never
chutkan don t play. she s already indicated there will be a trial date set 25 days from now. i have a feeling she may set it for january or february. that gives the defense team six months to prepare. i also have a feeling, as you mentioned, some of these other trials may get continued. they may kind of melt away or recede into the background like alvin bragg s prosecution in new york. the e. jean carroll second civil trial. these things may have a way of sort of clearing themselves up somehow, because i think most people recognize that donald trump needs to be tried. and the american people, when they go to the polls in november 2024, in the event donald trump is the republican candidate, i think they should know, and i think most of them would want to know, if they re voting for a convicted felon or voting for somebody who has been completely