we ll explain his public comments following his arrest and arraignment that might be used by federal prosecutors to convince a jury of his guilt. we re joined now live from miami. evan, trump is back in his bedminster, new jersey golf club. where does the case go from here? reporter: jake, we have a lot of developments that are going to be happening very, very quickly. first of all, his co-defendant, walt nauta, we ll see him back in court before a magistrate in a couple of weeks. he, as you remember yesterday, he didn t have a lawyer who could practice here in the southern direct of florida. so he will have to hire a new lawyer and get arraigned for the pirs time again in a couple of weeks. the former president, his case can move forward. we no e that the judge who is overseeing this is going to have a lot of issues to face head on. one is the whole process of reviewing these national security documents at the center of this case. we know that the defense is going to want
crimes he was arrested for? the lead starts right now. a mere few hours after he was arrested and arraigned, donald trump told donors this i hadn t had a chance to go through all the boxes. it is a long tedious job. takes a long time. which i was prepared to do, but i have a very busy life. can prosecutors use this admission against him? plus, an up close look at front lines of ukraine s counteroffensive. we had to evacuate to the shelter now because apparently the guys fear there could be aviation bombs coming in fairly soon. you can see the situation here is still very kinetic, a lot of shelling is still going on. the items ukrainian troops say are key to defeating the russians. and if inflation is supposedly easing, why does it seem every trip to the grocery store is getting more expensive? welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with our law and justice lead. despite donald trump launching a growing number of baseless attacks on special counsel jack s
potential defendants. all right, sara murray, thanks so much. this morning, cnn was told that the trump campaign raised more than $2 million last night at that post arraignment post arrest fund-raiser at mr. trump s new jersey golf club. sources say apart from the former president s comments on camera, to guests he complained about the indictment, praised himself for his handling of the indictment, and also asked guests what they thought of his court appearance. i want to bring in cnn s jeff zeleny. a trump aide said they re now confident in what they see as their playbook moving forward. they certainly had experience with this now. first in new york, and then in miami, and it gives the sense that sara was just reporting that they expect georgia is coming. so there is a classic playbook of the former president, seeking affirmation. he, you know, arrived in the versailles cafe in the cuban
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it is striking. he essentially began his commandeering of the republican party where no one then took him seriously but was surrounded by the closest people to him. i don t think it was that odd he was in the courtroom alone, but being at bedminster last night without melania trump, she was in new york city, a close distance away, ivanka trump was not in miami where she lives and not at bedminster. what is going on is most of his family is simply not interested in being involved in the presidential campaign with the exception of his sons this time around. and he is surrounded by marjorie taylor greene and other figures who have risen up in this trump era. but it was a moment of solitude. he looked alone in some respects. so not to get into his head here, but he clearly is not surrounded by the people who brought him to this. melania in particular, i thought, was very striking that she was not next to him or anywhere around bedminster, frankly. it was his granddaughter s bat mitzvah