we are grate. . the beat with ari melber starts right now. see you tuesday. i m ari melber, we begin with the breaking news. we start the new week with the federal defendant, donald trump, back in florida. this is the eve of his federal arraignment tomorrow, and he made the trip from new jersey preparing to voluntarily surrender into federal custody for the first time as a defendant. that is the consequence of the indictment unsealed and briefly explained by jack smith on friday. the former president indicted for breaking several laws including the espionage act and laws relating to obstruction of justice. trump is current still seeking what he needs legally, the required local counsel, amidst reports that many are balking at him as a quote nightmare client. now, sooner or later, you can find a lawyer there that s not going to be a hangup forever, but it is a striking piece of legal reality for donald trump here on the eve of that arraignment. he spent the weekend out o
pulpit, and many admirers who are willing to believe what he said, and documents are found in other places by other individuals, and jack smith e eviscerated this argument. the documents were discovered and they were immediately disclosed and returned to the national archives, as opposed to to being shuttled around some beach house in south florida. it s also worth remembering here, and again, i don t love mock trials simply because they re mocks, but we have to remember here, this is going to real trial and the most important person in that trial is going to be the judge. and that judge may be aileen cannon, and she has enormous, enormous authority here to make decisions about what kind of evidence can be introduced and given to the jury. she has enormous power to determine what the jury instructions will be that they will use while they deliberate. she can set the pace of this trial, and that is why so many