it is surreal and shocking. we don t know other than we will plea very loudly not guilty before the judge and go from there. brooke trump is expected to arrive at 11:00 a.m. today, streets are expected to close around 1 p.m., an hour before the arraignment is set to begin. trump could finish up by 2:30 p.m. the former president hired an additional attorney, todd blanche who defended trump campaign chairman paul manafort. blanche defended manafort from a case by cy vance. the former president says alvin bragg should indict himself. security has been stepped up to prepare for today s indictment. todd: the question becomes what is the trump legal strategy going forward? one of trump s impeachment attorneys had an interesting analysis, take a listen to that. three motions they should file after arraignment, one is motion to dismiss on statute much limitation grounds and motion to dismiss and disqualify district attorney bragg. based on his campaign statement targeting preside
we d like to do things a little differently, they tell you. we d like to make a change to some customer belief that people have been attached to for the last two thousand years, but don t be alarmed, not a big deal. you don t even need to participate. all we ask is that you let us live the way we want to live. that s always the pitch. and, of course, you always agree to it. why wouldn t you, who could say no. some guy down the street wants to wear a dress? okay, fine. have a party. it doesn t affect you. you don t have to wear a dress so go ahead. live and let live. but it turns out that s never actually the deal. the guy down the street wears his dress but after a while that s not enough for him. he s still angry. and for some reason, he s angry with you. and that doesn t make sense because you re the person who had no problem with him wearing a dress in the first place. what did you do wrong? well, the problem is, you re not wearing a dress, and neither are your kids. your
A hearing officer is recommending the Illinois State Board of Elections dismiss a complaint that alleged conservative radio host and political operative Dan Proft illegally coordinated with former Republican state Sen. Darren Bailey during his 2022 campaign for governor.