a motorcade for the airport for a flight to washington. posting it is a great honor, because i m being arrested for you. after arriving, vehicles winding through downtown d.c. to the federal courthouse. in the shadow of the u.s. capitol, where the conspiracy he is alleged to have led concluded with the deadly january 6th riot. the republican front-runner tonight pleading not guilty to four federal charges, all related to what prosecutors say was a criminal scheme to cling to power after losing the 2020 election. he was processed and fingerprinted, but no mug shot taken. inside the courtroom, mr. trump and his attorneys roughly 15 ufeet away from special counsel jack smith. prosecutors not objecting to mr. trump s release. the judge reading out conditions, including not talking to witnesses about the case. in an overflow room, two capitol police officers and a d.c. officer who were there on january 6th. with personal aid and co-defendant in the documents case walt
right now, a once unimaginable spectacle in the nation s capital. donald trump is returning to washington, d.c., for his lande national airport. he is about to answer to a historic indictment that charges grave crimes against the nation he swore to protect and defend. welcome to cnn s live coverage. i m jake tapper. soon, donald trump will travel by motorcade from reagan national airport to the federal courthouse in downtown d.c. where he will, again, face arrest and enter a plea before a magistrate judge. last time he was in florida. this time, in de.c. he s accused of orchestrating a conspiracy to overturn his defeat in the 2020 presidential election. mr. trump may get a glimpse of the capitol on his way.
and abetting it or committing it in an actual way. bret: this is downtown d.c. at the special counsel s office. we have we are now under two minutes for jack smith, the special counsel i want to bring in former chief of staff marc short to mike pence. i don t know if you are hearing any of this. your thoughts on this moment and what it means. well, bret, i think it s a pretty tragic moment for our country that the former president has been indicted three times. i m not a lawyer and can t comment about the criminality but i do think you have quickly seen kind of the former president s defense shift to now saying well, look, lying and defrauding the public isn t necessarily a crime. i do think that has been a dramatic shift where we have been in debate over the last couple of years. there has been testimony from people inside the campaign who
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