Florida. Now a Magistrate Judge would have to him to enter his plea at its root what the arraignment is it something fundamental to the rule of law and our constitutional system. You are given a right to hear the nature of the charges against you. The other thing that happens if they decide the conditions of your release. Trump is not expected to be put in jail ahead of this trial, but there will be discussion of the terms under which he is released on his own recognizance. That happens in his federal indictment in florida and we expect that will happen again today. That part of the process is somewhat unpredictable. You never know exactly what the judge will want to talk about. We will know about it as soon as we are allowed to. As we said, cameras are not allowed. We will have no live feed as it happens. Nbc is lucky enough that our reporter is one of the few reporters who have been given a seat in the actual courtroom. We will talk with garrett once it is over. We will also get disp
Impede the counting of electoral votes. All he wanted to do is impede the process that is stated in the constitution, thats all he wanted. All i wanted to do was rob a bank. Take all the money. I mean, this is exactly what he is charged for. And he admitted it. Yeah, you know watching mr. Laura and political defender like Lindsey Graham, attempt to defend donald trump over the last couple of days, its clear they dont have a lot to work with. Mr. Lauro is a real attorney, not like the other attorneys that mr. Trump had around him, he was a prosecutor, and if he cant seem to come up with a cogent theory of the case of why donald trump was acting legally around the 2020 election in the days leading up to january six, its because the evidence in that indictment are so overwhelming, they are hopscotching around hoping to find something, but nothing is hitting yet. Well, of course they wont find anything illegal because they are boxed illegally, they will lose legally, what theyre trying to
The first Warning Signs for the trump campaign. Hanging above the first three indictments trumps team waiting for another shoe to drop in georgia where fulton d. A. Fani willis says she has a duty to prosecute. I took an oath and the oath requires i follow the law. Also sharing see the questions. The shocking news from the Justice Department tied to two u. S. Navy sailors arrested for spying. The Sensitive National secrets at the heart of the case. We begin with former President Trumps next big day in criminal court. Such five days after republican candidates take the stage for the first primary debates later this month. The former president on truth social bemoaning the high cost of his court battles, quote, my political opponent has hit me with a barrage of weak lawsuits which require massive amounts of my time and money to adjudicate. Resources that would have gone into ads and rallies will have to be spent fighting these radical left thugs in numerous courts throughout the country.
That really good conversation. We appreciate it. That will do it for me on this edition of alex witt reports. Ill see you tomorrow again at one pm eastern. Up next, the beat weekend. He b. Welcome to the beat weekend. I am ari melber. Lets get right into the headlines. Jack smith making new pitch on behalf of the doj on what donald trump must be put on trial before the election. If that sounds like a familiar issue, just remember, jack smith has more than one case against Defendant Trump. The defendant was done and in Federal Court today watching as doj prosecutors argued for a july beginning to a trial and the other jack smith case. Billy and the way, we discussed a big coup case and the Supreme Court slowing that down. This is the classified documents case. You probably remember. Both and they are saying over at the doj there is nothing in their roles or process which prevents this trial, on the documents, from occurring and weeks even days before the election. Remember, it is trump
School education. All you need is a calendar and a healthy skepticism about washington, and so while the lawyers were going through some of the understandable details, i thought you hit on the head in your journalistic coverage of it which was we can see what the court is doing. We can see where theyre headed. Right. I mean, i feel like all that we need to know is, and all we need to trust is that we can see it with our own eyes and what we can hear with our own ears and i needed a calculator to do it, but you can add up the days that remain and it could take up until july 1st what they think and theres not a day left based on what Tanya Chutkan said and shocking, but not surprising that the American People will have to be their own jurors once again. And the Supreme Court issues a ruling that says no one is above being put on trial while eliminating the very trial then that is a stress test for their credibility. Well be talking about it more, but i did want to mention that on the han