Im Anderson Cooper here in new york, along with jake tapper in washington. Anderson, the indictment charges donald trump with four counts, you see them there on your screen, allegedly motivated by one single goal, one that is antithetical to any functioning democracy, the peaceful transition of power. Quoting from the indictment now, quote, despite having lost the defendant, donald trump, was determined to remain in power, unquote. We learned of the indictment in the 5 00 hour today, shortly after Special Counsel made a brief statement, it is now in full. Good evening, today an indictment was unsealed. Charging Donald J Trump with conspiring to defraud the United States, conspiring to disenfranchise voters, and conspiring and attempting to obstruct an official proceeding. The indictment was issued by a grand jury of citizens here, in the district of columbia, and it sets forth the crimes charged in detail. I encourage everyone to read it in full. The attack on our nations capital, on j
24, and how much power does the Presiding Judge have . The six coconspirators listed in the indictment, who among them is maybe most likely to face charges . Who among them may be most likely to flip . Sara is off today. Im john berman with kate baldwin. This is cnn news central. Former President Donald Trump is expected to arrive at a washington, d. C. , federal Court Tomorrow to face the criminal charges connected to his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 president ial election. All signs point to donald trump once again pleading not guilty, but new reporting also coming in suggests that his team of attorneys are looking to delay this case in this trial. Cnns evan perez has new details on the president s Court Appearance tomorrow. Hes joining us now. Evan, what are you learning . Well, kate, we expect that the former president is going to come to washington tomorrow. He had the option to do this first appearance via videolink. He can do this by zoom from his golf club in bed
Continues with ac 360. For the first time in this countrys history, a former president of the United States has been charged with felonies allegedly committed while he was president. Im Anderson Cooper here in new york along with jake tapper. Anderson, the indictment charges former President Trump with four things, one that is antit antithetical. Despite having lost the defendant, donald trump, was determined to remain in power, unquote. We learned of the indictment in the 5 00 hour today. Shortly after 6 special counsel jack smith made a statement. Here it is in full. Good evening. Fod an indictment was unsealed charging donald j. Trump with conspiring to defraud the United States, conspiring to disenfranchise voters and extending and from disrupting the scene. It sets forth the crimes charged in detail. I encourage everyone to read it in full. The attack on our nations capitol on january 6th, 2021, was an unprecedented situation. It was filed in the indictment fueled by lies, lies by
Now in a usual case, an indictment would be returned to a Magistrate Judge in a sealed hearing. It would remain under seal until arrest. But jake, again, we dont know if there is an indictment here. But if there is, its unclear if theyre going to follow the usual script, because this case is of course completely unprecedented. We got a little preview, though, in the maralago indictment. What happened there is the former president , youll probably remember, he broke the news On Truth Social, and then there was several days before we got the details of the case. The Special Counsel got a lot of feedback on handling it that way, allowing the former president to fill the void, not giving people information and the facts in an indictment, particularly in a case of this kind of historic significance. So it will be interesting to see today if, if there is an indictment, how they handle it. If it will be unsealed immediately when the former president will be notified. As you noted, it appears
damage by representing trump. in other words, while he s legally presumed innocent and the burden is on the government, it is a public fact that even getting a lawyer is hard when you are this yolked to this person you work for who s your coconspirator under the indictment. the florida he did find is a former public defend we are limited experience in the federal courts according to the new york times. if you check there s a federal system for this, the google of courts. it s called pacer. and can t find her name in pacer, in that database. but the times notes she has handled local cases. nauta was out dining with trump as recently as friday. you can see him there. they were together in philadelphia. but this news tonight that nauta s finally gotten a lawyer so he can do step one, which is plea, speaks to the potential gap here between two people whose fates are intertwined. a gap in the very literal time of these arraignments it s taken three weeks but also a gap in