defend him against grave allegations of mishandling classified documents and concealing him from investigators. also this hour, authorities are raising new concerns about security right now at the miami courthouse as trump and his allies are encouraging supporters to protest there tomorrow. the mayor says the city is prepared but are federal and local law enforcement officials doing enough to keep everyone safe? welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in t the situation room. let s get to the new developments just ahead of a federal criminal arraignment. donald trump is holed up at his golf club outside of miami with his high stakes court appearance less than 24 hours away. paula is on the ground in miami just outside the federal courthouse. how is the former president preparing for his arrest and arraignment tomorrow? the former president is expected to meet with his team this afternoon to discuss legal strategy. r
today the justice department arrested and or rain donald trump. don trump is now been criminally indicted more times than he was ever elected. related to the alleged miss handling of classified documents. he has a pled not guilty. there was a weighty mood in that courtroom, you could feel that this was a historic day walking. in mr. trump sat stone faced. arms tightly folded across his chest. everything we witnessed today was self inflicted by donald trump. he literally is obsessed with the boxes. why was he so obsessed with the boxes that you want to take them on vacation? i m not gonna start commenting on the various candidates that we have running for president. it is a daunting situation for the former president, were only at the beginning. it tells me that he has a viable defense. i did everything right and they indicted me. why does not trump realize that he has the right to remain silent? good evening once again i m stephanie ruhle.
i m erin burnett in new york. and i m dana bash in washington. welcome to a special edition of inside politics. the federal indictment of donald trump. in just a few hours, a former president will be arrested on federal charges for the first time in u.s. history. donald trump is set to face a judge in miami this amp for an unprecedented arraignment on 37 felony charges tied to his alleged miss handling of classified documents after leaving office. outside the courthouse right now, we can see some ramped up security and already crowds of trump supporters and protesters have gathered. so far, so peaceful. one thing we won t get, though, and everyone should understand this, we re not going to get to see inside the courthouse where trump will be taken into custody, so there aren t going to be handcuffs. he will have his fingerprints taken digitally. at the arraignment, he is expected to enter a not guilty plea. after what is anticipated to be a brief court appearance, trump
today donald trump also those are three. i have a new one. donald trump also became the first ever to be arrested and arraigned in federal court also on felony charges. 37 in all, and i want to put them on the screen. they include 31 counts of willful retention of national defense information, three of withholding or concealing documents in a federal investigation, plus false statements and conspiracy to obstruct justice. we re showing them because for all the spectacle this is what the day will be remembered for years from now. donald trump made the short trip today by motorcade from his miami golf resort to the federal courthouse downtown where small but vocal crowd greeted him. inside after being booked and electronically fingerprinted, president trump was arraigned asked his attorney pleaded him not guilty to all 37 charges. his codefendant, body man walt nauta, entered no plea. the former president then left the courthouse in a slow speed progression, not unlike wh
outside the u.s. district court building in south florida with the latest. good morning to you, jonathan. good morning, steve, ainsley and brian. security is always tight around federal courthouses. buff you can only imagine it rises to a much higher level when the defendant is a former u.s. president. the washington post is reporting law enforcement are actively monitoring online threats from extremists groups. monitoring their plans for rallies in the miami area. one of them reportedly planned for outside the courthouse tomorrow. also bringing in additional officers. mr. trump has been indicted on 37 counts, related to the alleged mishandling of classified white house documents stored in various locations around his mar-a-lago estate in palm beach, florida. the charges include 31 counts of willful retention of national defense information with other charges related to mr. trump s alleged efforts to conceal the documents from federal investigators. south carolina senator