him settling scores. he s shown himself, most particular he doesn t give a damn about the american people. former new jersey governor chris christie is the loudest voice against donald trump so far in the 2024 republican race. it comes as the former president is set to be arraigned what are we? the falcon here? chewbacca. i don t think our viewers can see what was going on and i was covering perfectly. you were covering perfectly. everything was going fine. if i m not telling people one minute before did you see the lights go out on lemire? were you supposed to pay the electric bill? we rotate who does the bills. i wanted to have sort of the 1950s murrow vibe. it started up and it sounded like when hans was hammering the millennial falcon. that s how i fix everything. as you can see, joe and willie are back together al with katty and me. former president trump is set to be arraigned this afternoon on multiple federal charges for his handling of c
hand will be scanned digitally, not the more familiar fingerprinting with actual ink. and donald trump will be joined in court by his attorneys, former federal prosecutor todd blanche and the solicitor general chris kise. they spent the last day or so interviewing local florida attorneys, but so far have not found any to join the former president s legal team. and as we wait for donald trump to make his way to the courthouse, we re keeping a close eye on the scene outside. we have not yet seen anywhere near the kind of huge crowds that miami police were bracing for. though that could change as we get closer to the arraignment. no sign of it yet. trump was asked on monday if he had a message for his supporters and here s what he said. just stay strong, stay very, very strong and we re going to bring it back and we re going to win in a landslide. i believe it will be one of the greatest wins ever, much bigger than the other way, because they ve done so poorly. we re going t
no exaggeration to call this a daily that no one, in the country has experienced, evidence in the indictment, never been associated with any occupant or former occupant of the oval office or. phrases in the former president, and straining to federal authorities, and that s it for us tonight, thank you so much, turning it over to caitlin collins. good evening everyone, i am caitlin collins in new york. abby phillip in new york, our special coverage of the federal indictment of donald trump continues. the united states of america versus donald j trump, along with his body man, the former president of the united states is now a defendant in a federal case, the first time that has ever happened, if convicted he could go to prison. indictment , 49 pages, accused of breaking seven laws including willful retention of national defense information, withholding or concealing documents in a federal investigation, false statements and conspiracy to obstruct justice. faci
as imperious as always, he emerged today if he s going to take any questions to defend his departments actions lea via president trump yuri to speak on my role is to be completely consistent during the special counsel regulations. following the regulations. laura: let s be very clear here. the issue is are you acting in good faith or part of a political operation to get a conviction of trump by any means necessary? 81% of republicans believe this about this is all about politics and protecting one of the more destructive presidents the united states has ever had joe biden. and they are right. consider the situation this way. no one believes that merrick garland would still be ag if he didn t, hadn t green light a special prosecutor in this case. everyone at msnbc and cnn believed that merrick garland s trying to put trump in jail. no matter where the facts leave. otherwise, they would be calling tonight for his removal. it s really not that complicated. any of the lawyers
welcome back. the former president arrived to the courthouse a little over an hour ago via underground garage. he has already been booked and digitally fingerprinted. he is expected to plead not guilty to a 37-count indictment. mr. trump is accused of mishandling classified documents containing sensitive defense secrets about everything from nuclear programs to potential military vulnerabilities. while he s not expected to stay much many court today, trump has been saying plenty of social media. he s posted nearly a dozen times on the case just in recent hours and that includes multiple attacks on the essential counsel, jack smith, calling him a thug and accusing him of planting evidence all while police are keeping a close eye on the crowds gathered outside the courthouse in miami for the arraignment. but so far, no problems there. seems to be relatively peaceful. let s bring in our panel for how hour. ari is back with us as is andrew weissman, former lead prosecutor in