case. potentially the justice department is going to identify to them in a way where they would be discussing the facts of the case themselves. so a little bit of restrictions. donald trump s attorneys will initially try to oppose. thank you very much, katelyn. erin? right now, after the appearance, the former president is on the way to new jersey and he s going to have a fund-raiser this evening. that obviously had been planned in advance of this. now kristen holmes has been reporting there s going to be donors, there will be a big speech. she is live inside the golf club in bedminster where the storm president will soon arrive. i know your sources have been talking to you through the day about who will be there, what he s going to say. what are you hearing? reporter: yeah, erin, we re just starting to see these guests show up. these are some of his biggest donors, high-dollar donors. as we ve reported, he s seen a lot of high-profile donors defect this campaign cycle. these are
such appearances to come. we don t yet know what the former president makes of this. we could learn shortly, and as we wait for him to speak, we have, as only cnn can a team of correspondents. legal and political analysts help make sense of what happened today and what happens next. let s start with cnn s christian homes at mar-a-lago. i ve got the mood there. anderson. this is a very different mood from these kind of events that we normally see at mar-a-lago. those are usually more subdued events. we saw it with his 2024 election campaign announcement. you have a seated event lots of members. this has much more of a rally feel. we just had some entrance. i guess you could call it by don jr and marjorie taylor green and matt gates, where they were escorted down the middle road. you have a lot of people standing. we ve seen roger stone, mike lindell. a lot of cheering. at one point, the crowd broke out cheering carry one when they saw kerry lake so it has become quite a who s who of tru
different mood from these kind of events that we normally see at mar-a-lago. those are usually more subdued events. we saw it with his 2024 election campaign announcement. you have a seated event lots of members. this has much more of a rally feel. we just had some entrance. i guess you could call it by don jr and marjorie taylor green and matt gates, where they were escorted down the middle road. you have a lot of people standing. we ve seen roger stone, mike lindell. a lot of cheering. at one point, the crowd broke out cheering carry one when they saw kerry lake so it has become quite a who s who of trump world that is here. but the big question is, as you said, what trump are we going to get? i spoke to someone who is very close to the former president, who said they were concerned about him that after seeing him in that courthouse, that was not the trump that they expected, however, i also talked to another source who believes that trump s messaging is going to remain political tha
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