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Good morning, everyone. Its wednesday, august 2nd. A historic morning in u. S. Former President Trump is due in Court Tomorrow after a federal grand jury indicted him on four counts. This morning, city and federal Law Enforcement agencies are gearing up for that appearance. Also new this morning, a sense of trumps defense. His attorney tells cnn his clint is protected fully by the First Amendment. He was acting on the advice of counsel. We just heard from rudy ju giuliani. New details about the judge who will preside over this case. The judge has been randomly assigned. Hes overseen january 6ths defendants. The form e President Trumps 2024 rivals are weighing in on the charges. Their reactions ranging from condemning trump to condemning the Justice Department. Georgia, Fulton County sheriff said trump wont receive special treatment. Quote, it doesnt matter your status, well have mug shots ready for you, all of that this hour of cnn this morning starts right now. Third indictment. Fourt
Investigation. Also tonight, dramatic video captures a Brazen Ukraine drone attack on a major Russian Naval base leaving a kremlin warship badly damaged as it was towed from the black sea. And olympic gold medallist simone biles returns to the spotlight. The gymnastics star attempting to make a comeback this weekend, two years after taking a Mental Health break. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer and youre in the situation room. We begin with donald trump entering two not guilty pleas within 24 hours. The former president of the United States just filed his response to additional charges in the classified Documents Case aday after historic spectacle of his january 6 arraignment here in washington. Cnns senior crime and justice reporter Katelyn Polantz is following this for us. Remind us what the additional maralago charges are all about. Well, those are charges we do know about because donald trump was hit with them about a week ago.
Are still talking. Nbc news has confirmed when former nypd commissioner will meet with prosecutors. What his lawyer told us. A whole lot of questions and a whole lot to talk about. Lets start with reporting. Ryan riley is outside District Courthouse in d. C. Ken dilanian is at the justice department. Here in new york, dasha burns and lisa ruben. Also with us is former prosecutor, david aaron. We know the grand jury broke for lunch. They came back. Now they appear to have left for the day. Bring us up to speed. Yeah. I think the critical takeaway from this is we did not see the grand jury foreperson actually leave the building. I think if you read the tea leaves there, you might be able to ascertain whats happening going forward. We dont have basically we do not have any indications that this grand juror, the foreperson, has been in any courtroom thus far. Were sort of going around checking out the courtrooms to see if theres a hearing going on. What has to happen is this has to be retu