the election cycle, either post super tuesday or during the conventions into the summer and then on into the election cycle during the fall of 2024. and, so, all of these hypothetical questions about, well, would you support donald trump if he s a convicted felon. i don t think there s any way in the world that he goes to trial prior to the election. and even if he were to do so, no conviction would be final. appeals would have to be filed, and any guilty verdict would be challenged. so there s not going to be, under any circumstances, it seems to me, a final conviction prior to the election, which means that the political process will unfold before this case is resolved. let me get reaction from our panelists. carrie, what do you think, what we just heard? well, i do think there s a lot of complications in this case including the many motions that the defense counsel, as robert was describing, will make. and so they will try to drag this on as long as possible. we were speaking ea
so, i think people, if this drags out in particular, as you guys say and robert ray says, then i think they re going to continue to hedge their bets, including presidential candidates who are already hedging their bets. at the same time, nia, we re hearing more house republicans really go after the special counsel s entire investigation. yeah. and, listen, you see some of that on the senate side, too, with j.d. vance trying to hold up some of the appointees to the justice department. some people are going to be all in with donald trump. and i would say the vast majority of republicans, essential on the house side, will be all in with donald trump. there is a division, but it s much more weighted to donald trump than it is towards somebody like lisa murkowski who came out and said, listen, this is troubling, and it s not a chance to sort of act like the messenger in the department of justice is unfair, we really need to take these seriously, you can almost count on maybe
this case. and in the end what the judge, in part, because of the objections of donald trump s attorneys, the judge settled on a system whereby trump is not allowed to speak to walt nauta, his codefendant, about the case. he s not allowed to speak to other witnesses about the case. the justice department is going to come up, the special counsel is going to come up with a list of witnesses that this applies to, something that the former president s own legal team said was not necessary. but a judge was insisting, which is part of the usual system here in the southern district of florida. one last thing that i ll note about this is the former president was never required to stand up and acknowledge these charges, which is usually the case in these proceedings. he never stood up. todd blanch is the one that stood up and entered the not guilty plea as part of this proceeding. he was in the courthouse for just about two hours. wolf? evan, thank you very much. let s go over to cnn s kriste
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good evening to all. i m erin burnett in new york. and wolf blitzer is joining me from washington, d.c. this is a special edition of outfront. and tonight the breaking news, the former president s defiance. that is how one of donald trump s attorneys describes the former president s mood tonight after pleading not guilty to 37 felony counts in miami. we are awaiting trump s first public comment since he was formally arrested today. he is expected to head to newark airport, then to his new jersey golf club where he will address most of his loyal supporters and hold a fundraiser. he stopped at a cuban restaurant in miami before leaving. he wanted that photo op. he was greeted by cheers there, a crowd even singing happy birthday to the former president on the eve of his 77th birthday. trump s codefendant and close aide walt nauta was by his side the entire time. this just moments after the judge told them they may not communicate directly about the case going forward.