criminally indicted more times than he was ever elected. he has pled not guilty. it was a weighty mood in that courtroom. you could feel that this was a historic day just walking in. mr. trump sat stonefaced, arms tightly folded across his chest. everything we witnessed today was self-inflicted by donald trump. that was just some of msnbc s coverage of the historic federal indictment of former president donald trump. we ll take you through yesterday s arraignment and what comes next in the case. and hours after his court appearance trump was back at his golf club in new jersey taking his typical approach to any accusations against him, portraying himself as the pure victim. and on capitol hill some republicans dodged questions about trump while others continue to support him. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, june 14th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. a stonefaced former president donald trump pleaded not gui
america you re still innocent until proven guilty. we re in a situation where there are people in my own party who are blaming doj. how about blame him? he did it. a few of donald trump s challengers in the 2024 race reacting to his indictment as the former president is now just hours away from his arraignment on several federal charges. we ll have a full break down of what is expected from today s hearing. and we ll look at the extra security measures in place outside the miami courthouse amid possible protests and threats of violence. meanwhile, house speaker kevin mccarthy refused to condemn those threats, some coming from members of his own party as he defended the former president. good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, june 13th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. it s a historic day, and former president donald trump is now just hours away from his first scheduled court appearance as a federal criminal defendant. bu
day that will go down in american history as unimaginable, inconceivable, unthinkable, and also equally, hey, what took you so long? i am rachel maddow here at msnbc headquarters with joy reid, chris hayes, ari melber. we are gonna be joining you with special coverage by lawrence or diana o donnell, stephanie ruhle, alex wagner, jen psaki, plus all the legal experts and reporters we ve come to depend on so much for our coverage of this still unfolding fairly epic story. by now we all know the basics of what is going on. what s an indictment? well, that s the prosecution laying out its charges against a defendant. that happened last week. when the public got our first view of the unsealed federal indictment of former president trump on friday. 37 federal felony counts. 31 of them under the espionage act. what s an arraignment? that s what happened today. the defendant is brought to court and essentially introduced into the legal system as a defendant. for most, that means the
federal prosecutors are building against the former president. trump s former attorney telling out front an indictment maybe you turned or unsealed this week. a russian commander convincing the russian private army of wagner group stealing military equipment and the fighting on the ground is intensifying tonight. a supreme court surprise, two conservatives joining the liberal justices and giving black voters a major victory. a decision that could help them win back the house and it s a significant decision with scotus and the head of the naacp will be my guest. let s go out front qwest. good evening to all of you. i m erin burnett and trump is bracing for an indictment in multiple investigations and adhis bedminster, new jersey, home. one source telling cnn trump believes an indictment is likely to happen sooner rather than later and ty cobb out front regular tell us his sources an indictment may be returned or unsealed as early as this week. judges will which in florid
the indictment, i believe you said 38. we are still counting, going through it. 37 or 38. i m going like this, sandra. you know. sandra: yeah. it s it s over three dozen and it s 40-something page document. john: the 38th count is false statements allegedly on the part of the president s valet and personal assistant. but 37 related to trump and notta together, and then that one separate one, number 38. but i mean, this thing reads like a book. sandra: hard to print. so, we are still going through it, and the top secret records seized by the fbi from the trump home as we learn more, andy, as we touched on earlier, they detailed on foreign nations nuclear capabilities. we obviously have prepared for and had some inkling so far. is this more or less than you expected, where are you on this, andy? it s much more than i expected, sandra, on the substance of the documents. ordinarily when you have a classified information case they have a defense tactic that s known