Welcome to Msnbc Specia Coverage of the indictment o former president , donald trump im Jonathan Capehart live fro Msnbc Headquarters in new york and i am katie phang. And we begin today with a history that will unfold befor our eyes, and just under 7 hours. Former president donald trum is set to turn himself in at 2 15 pm eastern time thi tuesday. We are learning much more about exactly how that dramati moment will take place the former president wil arrive in new york city monday evening, and on tuesday, the will be driven from trump towe to the courthouse around 1 p eastern time as of now, there are no plans to handcuff him, and n plans to place him in a holdin cell but there will b fingerprinted. Trump will then leave new york that same night, and head back to florida. So, katie, this i incredible what we are about to see and we have never seen anythin like this in all of ou history. A former president of Th United States indicted by an manhattan grand jury and we use the adag unpr
george washington university and every semester we dedicate an entire class to the arraignment hearing. and mice students have heard m say 1000 dies. the arraignment hearing is eyeball to eyeball between the defendant and the judge. that is the moment where i becomes very real for most defendants a few things will happen, firs of all, donald trump will be arraigned on the charge. what will that mean? it means the indictment will formally be read to th defendant. so he is on notice of th charges that he has to defen against. unless his attorney rule waves reading of the charges which ordinarily they do because nobody wants to si there for 20 minutes and hea the clerk of the court read th entire indictment. donald trump s attorney will then enter a plea of not guilt on his behalf. the next court date, the statu hearing will be set. and the topic will turn to wha to do with defendant trump because now the former president has earned tha title. what to do with defended trump pending trial.