of the cases. is team trump understanding this is sort of what this looks like, how do they feel about it? i think when you look being and you talk to the trump advisers and you look at the calendar overall and what is going on, they are always going to focus on what is best for them, which is these fundraising numbers. they will talk about how after trump s mug shot came out they raised $7.1 million. that on friday after the georgia arrest, after he surrendered, that they had their highest grossing day, $4.81 million. what they will focus on is making this political. and that there is no trump legal strategy and trump political strategy. they are one. but how annoyed are they that some of the money being raised, whether it is from groups aligned with trump, now have to be spent on the legal part of it instead of on the political part of it? i think the former president is very annoyed by that. he is very annoyed that he s had to pay all of these legal bills
arrest of donald trump. the fulton county d.a., fani willis, requested a trial date and it might surprise, you of october 23rd of this ear. the case that he is brought against the former president as 18 other defendants, now including donald trump and the judge presiding over the case signed off on a quick turnaround to the start of the trial for only one of these defendants in this yearbook spread you see in front of us, kenneth chesebro. we ll discuss now with a former georgia prosecutor chris timmins, he worked for more than 17 years in dekalb and cobb counties. good to see you tonight, chris. george is under the microscope, under a magnifying glass for a very long time now, particularly today and this week. a very notable day. there is a mugshot of the former president of the united states. it was not leaked, it was not somehow nefarious leak obtained, it was published and it is here. what is your reaction?
page. on special breaking news coverage now, the georgia arrest of donald trump. i am laura coates. look, it s a month saw mugshot seen around the world. for president trump arrested and also booked in fulton county, accused of being the head of a criminal enterprise that was part of a broader conspiracy to overturn joe biden s electoral victory in georgia. former president booked now consider inmate number 30115809. and he is of course already fundraising of that mugshot. sources telling cnn, mr. trump wanted to appear defiant in that shot. that is the fulton county district attorney fani willis is asking for the trial of the former president and all 18 of his codefendants to begin on october 23rd. that an extremely ambitious
our special breaking news coverage continues now with the georgia arrest of donald trump, i am laura coates. i m john again, good evening. four arrests, the former president of the united states has been arrested for the fourth time this young criminal charges, which is stunning in itself. but, for the first time, look there is now a mugshot. donald j trump, sources telling cnn that he wanted to appear defiant in that shot. he is now officially booked as inmate number p01135809. this is also, by the way john, the first time he has had to surrender out of jail and not in a courtroom. it has been an extraordinary day to say the least, with cameras actually following the former president from the moment he left his golf club in bedminster, new jersey at about 3:48 this afternoon, then flying to atlanta on his