defend him against grave allegations of mishandling classified documents and concealing him from investigators. also this hour, authorities are raising new concerns about security right now at the miami courthouse as trump and his allies are encouraging supporters to protest there tomorrow. the mayor says the city is prepared but are federal and local law enforcement officials doing enough to keep everyone safe? welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in t the situation room. let s get to the new developments just ahead of a federal criminal arraignment. donald trump is holed up at his golf club outside of miami with his high stakes court appearance less than 24 hours away. paula is on the ground in miami just outside the federal courthouse. how is the former president preparing for his arrest and arraignment tomorrow? the former president is expected to meet with his team this afternoon to discuss legal strategy. r
there s an underground entrance where the secret service can drive him into the building and bring him up to the upper floors where he ll be processed by the federal marshals. he ll be placed under arrest once he comes into the building and then the processing begins. it s a standard thing. they re doing an electronic fingerprinting of him. these usually involve photographs. we expect walt nada to be booked with a mugshot. the former president is very recognizable. we don t think the marshals will take photographs of him. from there he ll go to the courthouse and a judge will read him the charges and he ll have a chance to enter his plea. the question of his release, jake, we don t expect he s going to be there s going to be any issues with him being released. the issue we expect, however, to come up is whether he can communicate with anybody who might be considered witnesses; of course, is an issue of witness tampering which has been a concern already in this case. evan,
it s noon eastern. i m ana cabrera in for andrea mitchell. breaking news from the hunter biden trial. the jury in the hunter biden felony gun trial has reached a guilty verdict on all three counts after nearly three hours of deliberations. this is the first trial of a child of a sitting president in u.s. history. president biden s son now facing potential jail time. he has no prior criminal history. he did not commit a crime with a gun, which prosecutors say he purchased illegally when he allegedly lied about not being an addict. notably, four members of the jury have close friends or family who have struggled with drug and alcohol addiction. again, unanimous guilty verdict. joining us now, nbc justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian. we just got a statement from president biden. fill us in. reporter: that s right. president biden has reiterated some of what he said during the trial. i want to read the statement. as i said last week, i am the president, but also
the judge denying her request for bail but also saying and citing a lot of the prosecution arguments and evidence. now, it is important to point out that eric s sister also gave an impact statement and she just said she is devastated as well as her family and asked the judge to protect their children. just a horrifying story. thank you so much. you can follow me on facebook, instagram, facebook and twitter. blue sky if you have an invite and i m back on the tiktok. our kcoverage continues with wof blitzer. donald trump is on the ground in florida on this the eve of his historic arraignment on 37 federal criminal charges. the former president and his team making a last minute scramble to hire more lawyers to