we are grate. . the beat with ari melber starts right now. see you tuesday. i m ari melber, we begin with the breaking news. we start the new week with the federal defendant, donald trump, back in florida. this is the eve of his federal arraignment tomorrow, and he made the trip from new jersey preparing to voluntarily surrender into federal custody for the first time as a defendant. that is the consequence of the indictment unsealed and briefly explained by jack smith on friday. the former president indicted for breaking several laws including the espionage act and laws relating to obstruction of justice. trump is current still seeking what he needs legally, the required local counsel, amidst reports that many are balking at him as a quote nightmare client. now, sooner or later, you can find a lawyer there that s not going to be a hangup forever, but it is a striking piece of legal reality for donald trump here on the eve of that arraignment. he spent the weekend out o
and trotting out his justice plan, wouldn t it be better if we just told them we don t have anything here. isn t it better if there are no documents, which is a proposed lie because there were documents. those same notes depict trump referring to possibly illegal material, which he for shorthand here calls the bad stuff. again, in secret, he had no reason to this this would go to the government or beyond tv. he secretly asks, if there s anything really bad in there, we just pluck it out. let me be clear and fair as possible, the problem for donald trump is not that he asked a dumb question in secret or that he asked about doing something illegal. you can ask a lawyer, can i do crime? sell heroin, maybe? these are things you can ask. then your lawyer says no, crime illegal. heroin against the law. and it can end there, and you
(MEMPHIS) Memphis Police have charged 38-year-old Cleotha Abston with aggravated kidnapping and tampering with evidence. Sadly, Eliza “Liza” Fletcher has not been located.
Arrest Made
Abston was arrested early Saturday (9/3/2022) morning.
In a Sunday morning press conference, Memphis Police noted that Abston was detained on Saturday (9/3/2022) when the SUV connected with the case was located and Abston was inside it.
This was not Cleotha Abston’s first crime of this .