Donald trump. The Breaking News this hour we are following a defiant former president of the United States on the way to his new Jersey Golf Club right now after being arrested and arraigned on four serious, very serious criminal charges, stemming from his alleged efforts to subvert the 2020 president ial election in the United States. Trump proclaiming his innocence and accusing the Special Counsel of leading a political persecution. Wolf, of course, this is trumps third indictment in the past four months. It is the most serious set of charges he ever faced. As he did in new york and miami, the former president pleaded not guilty to all four counts today, Conspiracy To T Defraud the u. S. , conspiracy to obstruct proceed, obstruction of a proceeding and conspiracy against rights. I want to go our senior justice Correspondent Evan Perez from outside the federal courthouse here in washington where the former president made his initial appearance this afternoon. Evan, walk us through wha
It is great to have you with us. It is 10 00 it is 10 00 im im Ana Cabrera Reporting from new york. We have our eyes trained on a courthouse in washington this morning, where the grand jury empanelled by the Special Counsel to investigate donald trump and Election Interference is beginning to arrive as we that speak. That means a secret vote on whether to indict the former president could potentially come at any moment. Nbcs ryan reilly is at that courthouse. Garrett haake is standing by in along along with former federal prosecutor cynthia axne and veteran prosecutor and Trial Attorney Paul Henderson joins us as well. Right to ryan to start us off do here. Do we know for sure if a vote is going to happen today, ryan . Reporter we dont know that for sure. All we know is that they are present here at the courthouse. Our producers who have been tracking this grand jury over several months recognize many some of the grand jurors and know that they are now upstairs on the third floor where
The most visible part of Donald Trumps attempt to hold on to power. Tonight we talk to those who witnessed the whole plot unfurl and tried to stop it. The lies. This election was stolen from you, from me, and from the country. If you ask how Many Republican congressmen believe donald trump was reelected, id say maybe a couple. 60 of our base does. Reporter Conspiracy Theories. That could have been mickey mouse. Im watching going this is the craziest thing ive ever seen. And then people just bought it whole cloth. Reporter lawsuits. They tried to not have your votes counted. They did not want your vote to count. Reporter potentially illegal Pressure Campaigns. I just want to find 11,780 votes. What he was asking for wasnt supported by the facts, wasnt supported by the constitution. Reporter extraordinary scheming. Lets talk about the eastman memo. Just breathtaking that you would have laid out such a clear game plan that so clearly violated the constitution. Reporter and all too many in
This is a very dangerous scenario that, its a dangerous game that they are playing. And i was at the d. C. Courthouse thursday for trumps appearance, and i was not the only one. We are here at the Trump Indictment talking to everyone here about whats going on here. Sir, excuse me, what are you doing here . Our friends at the good liars join me next hour to share what they heard from the trump faithful. Also this hour, dramatic new video of a drone attack on a russian oil tanker. The latest on the impact it might have on russian troops. And we are following that extreme heat still going on continuing to make millions in this country. Plus, a giveaway. New york city, look at those crowds. Leading to absolute chaos. Dozens injured, many more put in danger, at a famous twitch streamers under arrest. A live report on that is ahead as well. We begin, though, with that Breaking News of the judge in the Election Interference Case ordering trumps team to respond by monday to prosecutors request
Performances at l. A. Staples center. The source with Kaitlyn Collins starts now. Straight from the source, donald trump campaigning after pleading not guilty second time within 24 hours plead to go the Supreme Court for helped. New sense for navalny. He says he was happened a Life Sentence behind bars by a russian leader been on silencing his critics. Freebeey free for all social media stars giveaway stunt caused complete chaos in New York City sparking massive mayhem and his arrest. Im Kaitlyn Collins and this is the source. Tonight, the thrice indicted former president is in alabama at state dinner trying to get support with his legal problems attacking the Special Prosecutor overseeing his federal charges and making more wild claims. They waited right until the middle of an election and they waited until i became the dominant force in the polls. Filed them all every one of them essentially one time including local das, ags in other cases. Every time they file an indictment we go wa