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
Lost the election, and the election wasnt stolen through fraud. Theyre going to have to prove that beyond reasonable doubt. Which is a high bar, of course. A high bar. That leads me to believe that we are seeing the tip of the iceberg on this. Do you think jackson of has more . Yes. I would believe he has a lot more. Okay, lets bring in Michael Cohen, Donald Trumps former fixer, and attory. He is now a principle of crisis x. He is the host of the mea culpa, and political beatdown podcast, and the author of the New York Times bestseller revenge how donald trump weaponized the u. S. Department of justice against his critics. Great to have you tonight. Good to be with. You heard the former Attorney General say that he believes that donald trump knew that he lost the election, and what do you think about that being a defense, that his attorneys are going to say . He believes there are Election Fraud dont nobody could show evidence of it. Donald will now reach to any defense he thinks will
Kremlin is dragging out the war, waiting to see what happens in the 2024 u. S. President ial election. Cnns new reporting is straight ahead. And political Collision Course Donald Trumps legal calendar filling up just as the race for the republican nomination is heating up. After trumps third arraignment yesterday well show you why he hopes the Supreme Court can throw him a line. A Major Development in the gilgo beach murders investigation. Police say theyve identified a victim whose remains were found nearly three decades ago. Were following these stories and many more coming in right here to cnn news central. A brazen drone attack on the black sea and a potential warning to russias navy that more could be on the way. Look at this video obtained by cnn. It appears to show a Ukrainian Unmanned sea drone approaching a landing ship at a Russian Naval base. The video shows the drone inching closer and closer until you see there, the camera cuts off, likely the moment it hits and the ship e
The family of travis king is speaking out. The american soldier who ran across the dmz into north korea and still being detained there. His family is pushing back on statements that he defected to the north korean army. This is cnn news central. Keep your eyes on this courthouse in washington d. C. Today. It now becomes the center of the legal and political universe really in some sense hours from now, donald trump will come here and once he steps inside, he will again be under arrest. Under arrest for the third time in four months as he faces a new round of criminal charges. At this courthouse, donald trump is expected to be fingerprinted. Not expected to have a mug shot taken, he is to face a Magistrate Judge and all indications hell plead not guilty to all four counts. New details on how his lawyers plan to defend him coming in, planning to argue the lies about the 2020 election are protected speech under the First Amendment and theyre trying to prove that trump new the claims. But