that comment from his former attorney general really got under trump s orange tinted skin as he prepares for tomorrow s historic arraignment. the first former president to face federal charges and the possibility of prison time. also tonight, the extreme denialism of trump defenders. what they get totally wrong about the presidential records act, how declassification works, and the biden and hillary clinton false equivalencies. and we begin tonight with donald trump s reverse snow bird commute to florida. the twice impeached, twice indited liable for sexual abuse president arrived today in miami, and is spending the night at his doral resort as he awaits his unprecedented arraignment tomorrow. he faces 37 felony counts of illegally hoarding classified documents and obstructing the justice department s efforts to get them back. while this is his second indictment, this one carries the very serious prospect of significant prison time. he and his personal valet and alleged
robot and goodbye to scooping the smart appliance that helps without asking prime time, trump. destinations live tonight at nine. seven different guns bought from five different gunshots. lead starts right now. we re getting the first look at the moments when police entered a nashville school where 39 year olds and three adults were gunned down this as we learn the parents of the shooter did not want their child to the weapons at all. then. we re not going to fix it. criminals are going to be criminals not get into politics. alright, let s not get into emotion. here we go again. what will it take for lawmakers to address the number one killer of american children? plus unprecedented developments in the trump investigation. executive privilege cannot shield former vice president mike pence, has been ordered to testify before the federal grand jury focused on january six. welcome to the lead. i m phil mattingly in for jake tapper, and we start today with our national lead and a
deranged and repeatedly without any evidence that he, trump, is the target of a political persecution. he also summoned yet another angry mob to miami to protest his indictment. today, even after he and his supporters accused the justice department of being weaponized against him, trump vowed to appoint a politically motivated special prosecutor to investigate everything related to president biden, his family, and basically everyone else he wants if he s elected to a second term. donald trump, who views winning the election as his best chance for evading accountability and prison time, told his pal and fellow floridian convicted felon roger stone that there is no way he would drop out of the race. so is there any circumstances under which you could see yourself dropping out of the 2024 presidential election? no, none whatsoever. from trump s doral resort in miami is nbc news national correspondent gabe gutierrez. i definitely want to hear about
questions should be off limits because of the executive privilege? question we did get a statement from the former president s spokesman who said accused of justice department of being weaponized and he said there is no factual or legal basis or substance. to any case against president trump. of course, this is part of the special counsel s investigation , phil and we know it is definitely accelerating you. no you listen to pence sound almost seems like you might run for president. it almost seems interesting at seven barrows somehow keeping us in the loop on all these details. thanks so much. cnn senior legal analyst joins me now and ellie looked at the judge did offer the former vice presidents and protections about what he has to share about what happened on january 6th when he was operating as ever noted as the president of the senate, but he did have to testify about his conversations with former president trump in, but does he have to testify about this conversations leading up t