for both the prosecution and defense the security perhaps and the impact it all could have on the 2024 election. our expert panels are here to break it down. as the 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. good evening once again i m stephanie ruhle. donald j trump is now hours away from his first court appearance as a federal criminal defendant. earlier today he traveled from new jersey to south florida ahead of his scheduled arraignment tomorrow on charges of mishandling classified documents and blocking efforts to get them back. the government s hearing 49-page indictment lays out more than three dozen counts against the former president including what prosecutors say is evidence of where trump kept america s most sensitive national security secrets in a bathroom, a ballroom the storms in mar-a-lago. trump was asked about his upcoming court hearings in a radio interview earlier tonight. the judge is going to ask you tomorrow how you plead are you going to see anythi
break it down. as the 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. good evening once again i m stephanie ruhle. donald j trump is now hours away from his first court appearance as a federal criminal defendant. earlier today he traveled from new jersey to south florida ahead of his scheduled arraignment tomorrow on charges of mishandling classified documents and blocking efforts to get them back. the government s hearing 49 -page indictment lays out more than three dozen counts against the former president including what prosecutors say is evidence of where trump kept america s most sensitive national security secrets in a bathroom, a ballroom the storms in mar-a-lago. trump was asked about his upcoming court hearings in a radio interview earlier tonight. the judge is going to ask you tomorrow how you plead are you going to see anything beyond not guilty? are you going to make a statement in court tomorrow? i did nothing wrong, presidential records act it s not even a cri
judge aileen cannon presiding over the trial. first of all, the fact that a magistrate judge is presiding over the arraignment is entirely usual. magistrate judges handle all sorts of preliminary matters, arraignments, and preliminary hearings. but, we already see judge cannon has a track record. and, you know, she ruled in favor of donald trump, and she exercised jurisdiction in a way that a three judge unanimous appellate court panel said wasn t abuse of her discretion. in fact, they said, the reason we have this very exact test for when a judge can weigh in in an ongoing criminal prosecution, or delay it, the reason we have that exacting test is to prevent trial court judges from interfering in the ongoing executive branch investigations. those are pretty strong words,
entirely usual. magistrate judges handle all sorts of preliminary matters, arraignments, and preliminary hearings. but, we already see judge cannon has a track record. and, you know, she ruled in favor of donald trump, and she exercised jurisdiction in a way that a three judge unanimous appellate court panel said wasn t abuse of her discretion. in fact, they said, the reason we have this very exact test for when a judge can weigh in in an ongoing criminal prosecution, or delay it, the reason we have that exacting test is to prevent trial court judges from interfering in the ongoing executive branch investigations. those are pretty strong words, and that s what judge cannon did. and, you know, we have a rule. there is a federal law that says a judge must recuse, that is remove himself or herself from a case if their impartiality might reasonably be questioned. given judge cannon s track record of unfortunately calling it in favor of donald trump in a way that was an abusive, abuse of he
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