set back in the defamation lawsuit filed against him by e. jean carroll. sara murray and kara scannell join us. what more are you learning about the sheriff sending teams to miami and new york? ? we knew a while ago that they went to new york but wanted to keep it quiet. they sent a team to miami as well. they want to feel out how the different courthouses are dealing with the security issues and how they are working with their local and federal partners during a trump indictment because frankly they are bracing for the possibility of that to happen in fulton county. in addition to wanting to ensure that donald trump and any other potential defendants are safe if they are indicted and have to show up in court, they also want to make sure that the da and her staff are safe. she s a black woman, has received a number of threats, has talked openly about that. i think that s top of mind. what is the latest with the investigation in fulton county? we are still waiting on the charges.
co-defendant and close aide, walt nauta, he is expected to be back in court and set to be arraigned on june 27th. with us now is former u.s. attorney general and dean of belmont university college of law, alberto gonzales. judge, great to see you this morning. if i can start with a few basic legal questions about where we are today. yesterday former president donald trump and walt nauta were ordered not to talk about this case. they left the courtroom, spent the entire afternoon and evening together as far as we know at a restaurant in florida and then ultimately flying back together, and then donald trump gave a speech about the case with walt nauta standing by. so how is that supposed to work? well, apparently they didn t talk about the case. the order was limited to discussions about the case. look, the judge did the right thing. they are co-conspirators and they shouldn t be talking about the case. now, will they honor that request or that directive by the
political, he argued that they amount to election interference and he also said that he thought he was entitled to taking these classified documents with him after leaving the white house. and that others were not prosecuted for doing the same thing. let s listen to what he said last night. today we witnessed the most evil and heinous abuse of power in the history of our country. very sad thing to watch. a corrupt sitting president had his top political opponent arrested on fake and fabricated charges of which he and numerous other presidents would be guilty. right in the middle of a presidential election in which he is losing very badly. reporter: so, john, i should point out that prosecutors of course say that what donald trump is saying is not true. they argue that he kept some of the most sensitive national security documents and his refusal to hand them over
and amongst the trees in bedminster this morning? reporter: i think, you know, the donald trump we saw last night, the one we saw immediately after his arraignment when he went to the restaurant versailles in miami that s the trump that they want you to see and he s trying to portray. that defiant demeanor, he s pushing back against this, but behind the scenes it is quite different. i ve spoken with a number of donald trump s allies and advisers and they argue that they are concerned. they are concerned about the legal implications of this indictment and donald trump himself is concerned as well. he has admitted that he doesn t want to be indicted. even though what you re seeing publicly is some of this brafd dough, behind the scenes there is quite a different picture. keep us posted throughout the morning. we re jumping off the campaign trail and inside court. people saw a very different donald trump during the 50-minute hearing. our reporters watched him sit
silently, hunched over, arms crossed, with a scowl on his face. trump did not say a single word to the court. cameras are not allowed in federal court, but the public s our katelyn polantz watched it all go down in court. describe for us, katelyn, the key take a ways that you had as you witnessed this moment in the courtroom. reporter: share ration you say it was a different version of donald trump, that s exactly right, it was a silent donald trump. a donald trump who was never addressed directly by the judge to have to respond with a question, and he never had to stand up and say anything for himself. he uttered not a single word during the court appearance. now, this was already a pretty intense room to be in because donald trump was sitting fairly close, only a few security guards between the two of them, fairly close to the special counsel, jack smith, the man who under the justice department his