Week but theres no question overall two big things stuck out to me. First of all this week was an extraordinarily reminder of just how much legal trouble the legal president is in. Its really something to have all eyes glued on the courthouse in washington, d. C. Watching what jack smith is going to do, waiting for an indictment in the investigation and his attempt to overturn the 2020 election, only to have a new separate Superseding Indictment Draft in the investigation into his mishandling of classified documents. All happening within the span of hours. You really cant make this stuff up sometimes. And put 1 figure on this mountain of legal trouble, just last night the Washington Post came out with a new piece detailing the more than 40 million trumps Political Group is spent on legal costs to defend not just trump, but his advisers and others in the first half of this year alone. The first half of this year alone, at 40 million from Trump Supporters all across the country footing l
Welcome to cnn news central. 24 hours from now we expect to see donald trump on his way to Federal Court here in washington scheduled to make his First Court Appearance after term prosecutors charged him with four separate counts in a sweeping indictment. Special counsel alleges trump was central in a plot to overturn the 2020 election. The indictment also says he had help coconspirators. It repeatedly references six coconspirators. Cnn has been able to identify five of those six. They are former Trump Lawyers rudy giuliani, john eastman and sidney powell, former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark and protrump lawyer kenneth chesebro. I want to go to zach cohen. Tell us what we should expect to see tomorrow and included in that what kind of security should we expect to see . Yeah, the expectation right now is that donald trump will be in d. C. In person and have to travel to the courthouse for this appearance, and, look, federal agencies and local Law Enforcement have been prepa
All he wanted to do was impede a process thats, well, its stated there in the constitution. Thats all he wanted. Like a bank robber, all i wanted to do was rob a bank. Take all the money. This is exactly what he is charged for, and he admitted it. Yeah. You know, watching mr. Lauro and political defenders like Lindsey Graham, well talk about him in a minute, attempt to defend donald trump over the last couple days, its clear they dont have a lot to work with. Mr. Lauro is a real attorney, unlike some of the other attorneys trump had around him. He was a prosecutor. If he cant seem to come up with a cogent theory of the case of why donald trump was acting legally around the 2020 election in the days leading up to january 6th, because the evidence in the indictment, the allegations in that indictment are so overwhelming, theyre Hopscotching Around, hoping to find something. Nothing is hitting yet. Well, of course, theyre not going to find anything legally because theyre boxed in legal le
Womans world cup with five days of practice before a touch match in the knockout stages. Good day, everyone. Im Andrea Mitchell in washington. All eyes are on the u. S. Courthouse a few blocks from here where the grand jury examining former President Trumps alleged role in attempting to overturn the 2020 election is meeting today. Another Trump Indictment is potentially imminent, according to the former president himself. Joining me now, andrew weissmann. Former fbi counsel, of course. Talk to us about, what is imminent . What are the signals . Aside from donald trump saying on truth social, expecting it and his lawyers have been brought in and he did get a Target Letter on july 18th. Right. The fact that he got a Target Letter means that it is highly likely that they are going to charge, particularly in a case like this where its so high profile. We were all waiting i was waiting to hear the defense met with the prosecutors to make an effort. Thats also a clear sign. That always happe
By Special Counsel jack smith. And then thursdays arraignment on the most grave case of all, this new indictment and arraignment for donald trump, the defendant, over his failed effort to overthrow democracy. We begin there tonight because we have a special for you tonight. Its called indicted the coup conspiracy. A detailed look into trumps failed coup plot with new reporting and context from that detailed Speaking Indictment this week. If youve been following this all really closely, so have we. Weve been working to bring you an even more indepth set of reports tonight. If you happen to be catching up after a long week, ive got a onestop shop for you on what really matters and what weve learned. And by the way, if you are a longtime viewer, i know some of you are, you might recall about a year ago, we broke down trumps efforts to overturn the 2020 Election Results along that grid, how his desperation and his plotting grew as all the legal challenges lost in court and he turned to plo