of the first federal arraignment of a former u.s. president in the history of this nation. security is tight as donald trump is about to respond to the most serious criminal charges, twice impeached and twice indicted former commander in chief has faced. trump is at his golf club outside miami, expected to heed to the courthouse soon. this is cnn s special coverage of the arrest and arraignment of donald trump. i m anderson cooper. i m jake tapper. the former president will be placed under arrest. he will likely be fingerprinted electronically and then he is expected to plead not guilty to the unprecedented 37-count indictment. trump is accused of willfully mishandling highly classified documents brought to his mar-a-lago resort after he left office and accused of allegedly conspiring to try to hide these documents, stashing boxes in unsecured locations, including a ballroom and a bathroom. trum aide walt nauta is also charged in the indictment and expected to appear alongs
yeah, i would say that was record time, but i also think it was pretty well forecast in advance that the steps would be mostly executed before he walked in the room. how long do you think he will be before the judge, how long a process is that? between the booking process as in the paperwork aspect and the actual arraignment where the judge is going to read out the charges, ask for a plea, they might do some scheduling issues in terms of when is the next trial date, knowing who was on the record, et cetera, both nauta and trump, walt nauta also a part of this entire thing. expect to see an abbreviated arraignment process. these are normally very quick as opposed to a preliminary hearing about probable cause. is there enough evidence to support the grand jury s claim, et cetera, or findings? this will be largely ministerial, however, it is very significant, still, because the time for us to hear the former president of the united states, we won t hear it personally