story. i m anderson cooper. the indictment of former president donald trump mark the first time in history a former president has faced criminal charges. this is now the second indictment for the former president, who was criminally charged by a manhattan grand jury in march on more than 30 counts of business fraud. now he s facing 37 federal charges relating to classified documents from his time in office that were uncovered by federal agents. a special counsel has been investigating this case since november of last year. he s pleaded not guilty to all the charges against him. what makes the situation, though, even more extraordinary is that mr. trump is also the current front-runner in the republican party for the 2024 election, which means he could be taking on president joe biden while a special counsel appointed by the attorney general is working to convict him. trump has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing. over the next hour, our pamela brown lays out everything we kno
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congress came out forcefully on the side of the former president. they claimed others who did the same thing were let off or given a slap on the wrist. we re going to lay out the facts of those cases that they continue to cite to let you compare and contrast for yourself. but as for bill bar, donald trump s attorney general who helped shield him from trouble after the mueller investigation, there s no comparison. we re going to play that sound byte while we also watch this plane for donald trump to disembark. let s listen first. there are two big lies, i think, that are out there right now. one is, oh, these other presidents took all of these documents. those were situations where they arranged with the archives to set up special space under the management, control, and security provided by the archivist to temporarily put documents into the libraries were ready. these were not people just putting them in their basement. okay. and the second thing that the president, the id
just about at the top of the hour, the end of another historic day and another historic first for donald trump. mere weeks after becoming the first former president charged on state felony offenses, he s now also the first to be charged with the federal kind, specifically 37 counts connected to retaining, mishandling, moving, concealing government documents, some of them highly classified. the indictment also details allegations of two occasions he shared highly sensitive material with people not cleared to see it. he s also accused of hiding documents from his own attorneys and conspiring to obstruct government efforts to get them back. just a short time ago we got our first read on how long the government expects it will take to make its case in court against donald trump according to a court document filed along with the document, the estimate that jack smith, the special counsel s team is making, is 21 business days. that s about a month. that does not include how long
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