and filed against him in the state of new york. phil mattingly history. this is the first time a current or former president has ever been indicted . he will now go back to face that. and while as you noted, this certainly isn t something. that perhaps he wanted or was ever thinking about when he moved down to mar-a-lago full time. it is certainly something that he seems to be embracing in every way that the former president often does both for political benefit. he is a 2024 election candidate already, but also for his supporters as he tries to work whatever is happening right now, in this moment history and certainly something that wasn t necessarily expected by he and his team to his benefit. we are also at this point. gonna toss to our pal who s in new york city, where the president is on his way. former president is on his way at the moment, the collins yeah, historic first, of course of the president coming here to be arraigned tomorrow, but they re going to be many oth
potentially for joe tacopina and someone else who had been leading this defense. blanche is really an outstanding lawyer. he s the real deal. i worked with him at the federal prosecutor s office, the southern district of new york. we overlap for about six years. he was in charge of the violent crime and gangs unit and then he moved up to be one of the leaders of our white plains unit, where he would have handled everything, including financial crimes. corporate crimes like we have here, i should add one other person who was there with us at the same time was alvin. brad, the d a. so they know each other, too. so let s keep that in mind. what does this mean for joe tacopina? i m not sure. but usually in a case like this. you only want one quarterback at a time in football, and i think the same would go here for criminal defense, so they re both alpha is they re both quarterbacks. so in my view, it s going to be hard for tacopina to be a sort of second cedar here and we should have a is