So were going to do it the way we try to do it around here, which is with the facts and details first, and then well discuss them together. Todays proceeding began around 4 15 p. M. Eastern. Defendant trump was seated with his lawyers, just as he was during his last arraignment. You may recall. This is a sketch from that day in a Federal Court in florida. That was how he looked then. Todays arraignment adjourned so recently that we actually dont have those actual Court Sketches yet. We will get them and we will bring them to you on msnbc at whatever hour we get them. Lets put it like this when this year began, no former president had ever been indicted and arraigned. Tonight were reporting on Defendant Trumps third arraignment in four months. So he does know this process. Today he was digitally fingerprinted, submitted details like his birthday and Social Security number william a know that special counsel jack smith was in the courtroom because our reporters spotted him, seated roughl
The Supreme Court says that itll decide the biggest question of all about donald trump and the presidency thats tonight on newsnight good evening. Im abby philip in new york, april 22. Thats a date that you should circle on your calendar. It may go down as a defining day in the history of the republic. Its the de, that the Supreme Court says that it will hear oral arguments on the question hanging over the 2024 election, like a guillotine is donald trump immune from prosecution on charges that he interfered with the 2020 election . Is he immune from anything related to that violent january 6 insurrection that he encouraged . The high court revealed its plan and to dry paragraphs, the justices set out a clear timeline. There one that collides directly with his other trials and with the election that is very much underway. March 19, for example, is the due date for briefs. March 19 is also the day when voters in arizona in florida, in illinois, and kansas, and ohio all head to the polls.
three narratives at play during this hearing. fbi director wray talked about the good things the fbi are doing. democrats talked about donald trump and republicans talked about what they perceive as weaponization of government. i m curious are you protecting the bidens. absolutely not. hold on you won t answer whether that s a shakedown. he pledged to stay above the frey. fbi dricket christopher wray could not escape the politics. i come from a fairly rural district is weaponization of the fbi and the doj coming after conservative citizens who just simply want to have a voice in the process? the idea that i m biased against conservatives seems somewhat insane to me given my own personal background. wray is a republican. democrats accused the republicans of having an ulterior motive. it is an elaborate show designed with only two purposes in mind to protect donald trump from the consequences of his actions and to return him to the white house in the next election
washington s probe into the blockbuster truce between the pga tour and liv golf out of saudi arabia. the multi-billion dollars investment group is looking at some other sports now. we start with some big news from the campaign trail. let s get to that. gillian: former president trump s campaign says he hauled in over $32 million during q2, despite mounting legal troubles and expenses. bill: will his competition be able to keep the pace? all eyes on the numbers, and our first real barometer of how some of the other candidates are doing and do they have the momentum and how is the grassroots support and what about the big backers and the questions continue. gillian: a busy week on the trail, iowa and new hampshire. bill: the former vice president mike pence speaking to voters in the hawk eye state and a few hours from now, nikki haley in new hampshire. and looks like the former president s numbers have picked up yet again. they have. $35 million is nearly double, six
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