Morning, they want to try to move this trial to a friendlier venue. They suggest west virginia. We have got another jampacked hour of special coverage with reporters in the field providing the latest updates and the best legal and political minds we could find. And joining us this morning, nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian outside the courthouse. Nbc news correspondent garrett haake, who covers the Trump Campaign. Catherine christian, a former manhattan district attorney. She is also an msnbc legal analyst. And Ann Curb Kadori for new york magazine. Do we expect to hear from trump at all today, either before or after his arraignment . Well, we have been hearing from him already on social media, blasting this case as Election Interference as hes done so many times before, arguing the whole endeavor is an effort by joe biden and the biden doj to have him tied down in legal battles in 2024. Instead of focusing on the campaign. Hell also be traveling here today w
let me read part of it to you. he says, quote, just as he always has, president obama looks forward to supporting democrats up and down the ballot next fall. and no race has bigger stakes than president biden s re-election. schultz goes on to say, our strategy will be based on driving impact. we place a huge emphasis on finding creative ways to reach new audiences, especially tools that could be directly tied to voter mobilization or volunteer activations. we are deliberate in picking our moments because our objective is to move the needle. translation, you guys, former president obama is going to be a big force, out on the campaign trail, the timing of that, the specific states still tbd. but, look, just taking a step back, think about what happened back in 2016, when you talk to democrats across the spectrum who said trump is hillary clinton s best chance of winning the white house, right? that was a serious miscalculation. and if you read the tea leaves of that conversation, it seem