hello. i m judge jeanine pirro, along with jessica tarlov, jesse watters, dana perino, and greg gutfeld. it s 5:00 in new york city, and this is the five. the secondary president biden refusing to talk about the scandal that could have put american lives in danger. the defense secretary face and calls to resign, after keeping both biden and senior officials in the dark on his recent hospitalization. for three whole days, america s defense secretary went awol with two wars raging in ukraine and israel. that s because he was secretly in the icu after a couple occasions following elective surgery. the second in command was put in charge while she was on vacation in puerto rico, but even she didn t know her boss was in the hospital. according to politico, one official was told that the secretary was working from home for the week. the pentagon now claims it did not give an update about boston them, because his chief of staff had the flu. and, austin is no longer
on all of this later on. we re separately learning that the bond order that the president had to sign in order to leave the courthouse states that he had no contact with any witnesses in this case, including walt nauta, that was indicted. the former body man for the president who was helping him move boxes around. some say that he was this co conspirator that hatched this plan to hide that from authorities. so much we don t know. this much we do. the former president went ahead and signed that bond order about a half an hour ago. let s get the latest from mark meredith in miami. he takes a look at what went down just a few minutes ago. hi, mark. neil, good afternoon to you. a historic day. these proceedings will continue long after this arraignment hearing wrapped up in the last few minutes. as we mentioned, the former president pleading not guilty. the justice department under the special counsel last charged him with that he conspired to hide these classified documents as
we are continuing to follow the breaking news now in miami where for the first time, u.s. president has been arraigned on federal criminal charges. just a few hours ago, donald trump turned himself in for what is his second criminal indictment. the first, of course, having been in new york. in miami he made his first appearance in a federal court room charged by special prosecutor jack smith related to the handling of miss classified documents along with his co-conspirator for moving dozens of boxes all while being caught on video then lying about it to the fbi. at no point did trump say a word to u.s. magistrate judge john goodman. it was his lawyer who pleaded not guilty on his behalf. the only restriction, placed on trump by the judge during the brief hearing is that he is not to have any contact, specifically about the case, with any possible witnesses including nauta, who still works for trump. i guess that will be based on the honor system. the date will be set for the
federal criminal charges. in the next few hours in a miami courtroom donald trump will be charged with 37 counts in a case brought by jack smith. at this hour the former president is in miami after spending the night at his golf resort. he s expected to motorcade to the federal courthouse nearby where he will be processed and finger presented and then appear before magistrate john goodman to enter what he said will be a not guilty. trump-appointed judge aileen cannon will preside over the trial. her past decisions on the mar-a-lago classified documents were twice overturned by the 11th circuit court of appeals with scathing opinions. trump has been striking a defiant tone since being indicted for the allege crimes including making false statements and conspiracy to obstruct justice. the former president will be joined in court by attorney todd blanch, as well as attorney chris kise. co-defendant walt nauta is expected there too. he s the personal aid accused of moving aroun
of the first federal arraignment of a former u.s. president in the history of this nation. security is tight as donald trump is about to respond to the most serious criminal charges, twice impeached and twice indicted former commander in chief has faced. trump is at his golf club outside miami, expected to heed to the courthouse soon. this is cnn s special coverage of the arrest and arraignment of donald trump. i m anderson cooper. i m jake tapper. the former president will be placed under arrest. he will likely be fingerprinted electronically and then he is expected to plead not guilty to the unprecedented 37-count indictment. trump is accused of willfully mishandling highly classified documents brought to his mar-a-lago resort after he left office and accused of allegedly conspiring to try to hide these documents, stashing boxes in unsecured locations, including a ballroom and a bathroom. trum aide walt nauta is also charged in the indictment and expected to appear alongs