Of course, thank you for joining us. Cnn prime time with laura coates starts right now. Wow, that was a really fascinating interview. Weve all been leaning in to say what bill barr had to say. A lot of wanting to see what he had to say. Thank you for joining us here in washington, d. C. Its a Capitol On High alert tonight . Why . Because the nation is bracing for the arrest and arraignment of a former president. Should i say again the third time in three months. He will appear in Court Tomorrow as expected, and now his third indictment on charges of trying to overturn an election. And we learned on cnn the Secret Service has already done a walk through of the courthouse and Law Enforcement is even monitoring any potential threats. Meantime, everyone, were getting an early look at what his potential Defense Strategy might be including whats called this is not my term but the dilution defense, that he actually believed his own lies. Plus the suggestion hes about to throw his Legal Advise
called this is not my term but the dilution defense, that he actually believed his own lies. plus the suggestion he s about to throw his legal advisers under the bus. i can t imagine that happening. and just moments ago trump s former attorney general bill barr spoke to cnn with his very first reaction to this new indictment. at first i wasn t sure, but i ve come to believe that he knew well he d lost the election. what i think is important is the government has assumed the burden of proving that. the government in their indictment takes the position that he had actual knowledge that he had lost the election and the election wasn t stolen through fraud. and they re going to have to prove that beyond a reasonable doubt. which is a high bar, of course. that s a high bar. now, that leads me to believe that they we re only seeing the tip of the iceberg on this. you think jack smith has more? oh, yeah, some i would believe he has a lot more. well, in the case of this