for both the prosecution and defense the security perhaps and the impact it all could have on the 2024 election. our expert panels are here to break it down. as the 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. good evening once again i m stephanie ruhle. donald j trump is now hours away from his first court appearance as a federal criminal defendant. earlier today he traveled from new jersey to south florida ahead of his scheduled arraignment tomorrow on charges of mishandling classified documents and blocking efforts to get them back. the government s hearing 49-page indictment lays out more than three dozen counts against the former president including what prosecutors say is evidence of where trump kept america s most sensitive national security secrets in a bathroom, a ballroom the storms in mar-a-lago. trump was asked about his upcoming court hearings in a radio interview earlier tonight. the judge is going to ask you tomorrow how you plead are you going to see anythi
break it down. as the 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. good evening once again i m stephanie ruhle. donald j trump is now hours away from his first court appearance as a federal criminal defendant. earlier today he traveled from new jersey to south florida ahead of his scheduled arraignment tomorrow on charges of mishandling classified documents and blocking efforts to get them back. the government s hearing 49 -page indictment lays out more than three dozen counts against the former president including what prosecutors say is evidence of where trump kept america s most sensitive national security secrets in a bathroom, a ballroom the storms in mar-a-lago. trump was asked about his upcoming court hearings in a radio interview earlier tonight. the judge is going to ask you tomorrow how you plead are you going to see anything beyond not guilty? are you going to make a statement in court tomorrow? i did nothing wrong, presidential records act it s not even a cri
the clock, because the longer it takes to re-staff up, for that team to get up to speed, it takes more and more time. and time has proven to be trump s friend. well, about trump s delaying tactics as being critical to most of his legal defense. but i have to say, i feel like i have written the story of my colleagues today about seven times, about donald trump. and that is, he is hunting for a lawyer. and when he knocks on a door, a lot of people are saying no. now, the people that said no to donald trump when he was looking for lawyer, when robert mueller was a special prosecutor investigating contacts between russian operatives and trump campaign aides, the people that were turning down donald trump then were people that all of us recognized. they were household names, ted holstein, bill bennett, people who had all sorts of incredible white-collar defense work, and they were national names. they were saying, you know,
the clock, because the longer it takes to re-staff up, for that team to get up to speed, it takes more and more time. and time has proven to be trump s friend. well, i couldn t agree more with you about trump s delaying tactics as being critical to most of his legal defense. but i have to say, i feel like i have written the story of my colleagues today about seven times, about donald trump. and that is, he is hunting for a lawyer. and when he knocks on a door, a lot of people are saying no. now, the people that said no to donald trump when he was looking for lawyer, when robert mueller was a special prosecutor investigating contacts between russian operatives and trump campaign aides, the people that were turning down donald trump then were people that all of us recognized. they were household names, ted holstein, bill bennett, people