Welcome everyone to viewers in the United States and around the world. Yes, it is friday, so happy friday. Im amara walker. Former President Trump is set to speak at an Alabama Party dinner in montgomery. He will likely have more to say about his arrest and arraignment on four charges stemming from his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Trump carefully enunciated his plea of not guilty before a Magistrate Judge. After the Hearing Sources tell cnn that trump was, quote, pissed off. Chris wynn has more on thursdays historic events. Reporter in an historic move, donald trump was charged with conspiring to overturn the results of a 2020 election which prosecutors say fueled the violence riots on our Nations Capital on january 6, 2021. This is a persecution of a political opponent. This was never supposed to happen in america. Reporter trump appeared before a Magistrate Judge thursday. He is charged with Conspiracy To Defraud the United States, conspiring to obstruct an official proceed
Nomination making his way down the steps as he prepares for another afternoon in court. Its an extraordinary situation to say the least of a former president and someone who is currently running. We have amazing fox team coverage. We have dana perino, Shannon Bream and jessica tarlov. First, lets go to david spunt live outside the federal courthouse where we expect the former president will pull up a short time from now. Hi, david. Hi, martha. Its symbolic here today. You cant see it on camera. Were just feet away from the u. S. Capitol blocks away from the white house. The former president will make his way here, as you said, in motorcade. He will head before the Magistrate Judge. He wont be placed under arrest in handcuffs or mug shots. We know he will specifically be fingerprinted. Once hes here, hes in the custody of u. S. Marshals. Hes not in the custody of the fbi. Hes not going to have his hands behind his back. He did say he would be arrested today. I want to put up this truth
capital on january 6, 2021. this is a persecution of a political opponent. this was never supposed to happen in america. reporter: trump appeared before a magistrate judge thursday. he is charged with conspiracy to defraud the united states, conspiring to obstruct an official proceeding, obstructing a congressional proceeding and conspiracy against voting rights. the government assumed the burden of proving that. the government in their indictment takes the position that he had actual knowledge that he had lost the election and it wasn t stolen through fraud. reporter: trump now facing 78 criminal charges total across three cases while still the frontrunner is for the nomination for president. what president trump did, he said go patriotically and peacefully and protest. that is an american right and why we are america. reporter: trump has pleaded not guilty in the three cases
the way that anybody should describe this. it s not something that we ve seen in our time. this is not even political. this is beyond that. a witch hunt is when you attack your opponent, relentlessly attack the thing you re most afraid of. people are afraid of somebody that cannot be bought by washington. they re afraid of something that is independently wealthy and given up his good life to fight for this country. that frightens a lot of career politicians because he will get back and fight for everyone of us so this doesn t happen to us. the special counsel says trump could have disagreed with the results and talked about it. the different is what he did to try to switch the votes. so what is it that he did to try to switch the votes that you refer to? by bringing cases, by using the law in an appropriate manner? this is not appropriate. what president trump did as he said, go patriotically and