i m erin burnett in new york. and i m dana bash in washington. welcome to a special edition of inside politics. the federal indictment of donald trump. in just a few hours, a former president will be arrested on federal charges for the first time in u.s. history. donald trump is set to face a judge in miami this amp for an unprecedented arraignment on 37 felony charges tied to his alleged miss handling of classified documents after leaving office. outside the courthouse right now, we can see some ramped up security and already crowds of trump supporters and protesters have gathered. so far, so peaceful. one thing we won t get, though, and everyone should understand this, we re not going to get to see inside the courthouse where trump will be taken into custody, so there aren t going to be handcuffs. he will have his fingerprints taken digitally. at the arraignment, he is expected to enter a not guilty plea. after what is anticipated to be a brief court appearance, trump
governor that does it for us this evening, we will see you again tomorrow it s time for the last wor with lawrence o donnell. good evening, lawrence good evening, i hope my friend roberto clemente in los angeles is watching to kno that his cousin, the book abou his cousin, roberto clemente i back on the shelf. where it belongs, exactly thank you, alex mike pence will never be president, but he will be witness against donald trump mike pence has decided not t appeal a judges order forcin him to testify to specia prosecutor jack smith investigation with donald trum leading up to and on january 6th. mike pence has already tol much of that story for money in a lifeless book, that h wrote titled so help me god. mike pence appears to have tol his story to other authors like possibly bob woodward, ro acosta, as an unnamed source for their books about the fina days of the trump white house. and now mike pence will testif under oath to jack smith s grand jury about every singl
in a lifeless book, that h wrote titled so help me god. mike pence appears to have tol his story to other authors like possibly bob woodward, an robert costa as an unnamed source for their books about the final days of the trum white house. and now mike pence will testif under oath to jack smith s grand jury about every singl word that donald trump said to him when he was trying to ge vice president mike pence to break the law and overturn the presidential election on january 6th. if those conversations wit mike pence or evidence tha donald trump committed a crime mike pence could be the star witness, the michael cohen i the case of donald j trump united states of america versu donald j trump if donald trump is charged b jack smith s grand jury with crimes leading up to and o january 6th. mike pence s refusal to appeal that he must testify, is a indication of just how muc mike pence himself might not have believed the absurdis grounds of which he wa claiming that he did not h
sources about what to expect today? it s such a contrast. as you just saw with shimon, it s quite carnival, like out here, we have walking hawking trump merchandise here to oppose the former president. and it s such a contrast to the serious and solemn moments that is about to occur later this afternoon, thot only for former president trump, but also for the country. in just a few short hours, trump will arrive in miami. the first former leader of the free world to be arraigned on federal criminal charges. now he s expected to arrive here by car. we don t think we will see him. but once he arrives here to surrender, he enters the building, he s under arrest. and the process he will go through, it will look more or less like it would for any other defendant. he will have some paperwork to fill out, but we don t expect they will take a mug shot, because they don t need a remps picture for one of the most famous men in the world.
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