Thanks alex. The Breaking News at this hour tonight is the astonishing news that Donald Trumps Criminal Defense Lawyer, john lauro, who did a very solid and serious job in the courtroom today during Donald Trumps third criminal arraignment of the year, where donald trump once again pleaded not guilty, that lawyer then went On Television and any fact pleaded donald trump guilty to the charge of attempting to obstruct an official proceeding and conspiracy to defraud the United States. Everyone except donald trump knows the criminal defendants should not speak publicly about their cases. The same is almost always true for Criminal Defense Lawyers. The most common response from Criminal Defense Lawyers to requests for interviews about their pending cases is one word, no. Most successful Criminal Defense Lawyers never grant television interviews, never. Too many of Donald Trumps lawyers are too eager to talk on trump supporting television about their client. And so tonight trump Criminal De
Television and any fact pleaded donald trump guilty to the charge of attempting to obstruct an official proceeding and conspiracy to defraud the United States. Everyone except donald trump no is that criminal defendants should not speak publicly about their cases. The same is almost always true for Criminal Defense Lawyers. The most common response from Criminal Defense Lawyers to requests for interviews about their pending cases is one word, no. Most successful Criminal Defense Lawyers never grant Television Interviews, never. Too many of Donald Trumps lawyers are too eager to talk on trump supporting television about their client. And so tonight trump Criminal Defense Lawyer john lauro, in his first interview after donald trump pleaded not guilty to conspiring to trying to get Vice President mike pence to break the law, Donald Trumps Criminal Defense Lawyer actually said this. Professor eastman laid out a series of options that we were discussed with Vice President pence. Vice presid
griffin and barred him from seeking or holding any federal or state position for life. the decision reads in part that griffin spread lies about the election, spent months normalizing that violence might be necessary to keep president trump in office, assumed a leadership role in the mob, egged on violence and breached restricted capitol grounds. we re going to have more on that groundbreaking decision and what it could mean for other participants in moments. first, we have a lot of questions about judge eileen canon s decision to grant donald trump a special master including why it took so long to make the decision, who might get appointed and most importantly what it means for the criminal investigation. there are also questions about the legal basis judge canon used to decide in trump s favor. the new york times spoke with a half dozen people familiar with the law and precedent and all of them raised concerns, one even going so far as to call the ruling, quote, deeply pr
reckless enough to talk about on television. some criminal defense lawyers have significant experience talking on television. john lauro was not one of them. he began his national television exposure this week. after his client was indicted. he offered easily dismissed lame defenses of donald trump saying don trump had a first amendment right to advocate committing crimes and that when donald trump was saying those things he was saying them on the advice of his lawyer, john eastman, another easily dismissal defense. john eastman being a coconspirator in the conspiracy. but it sounded like the only saying that john lauro could say if he was gonna do television interviews. the wisest course for john laurel was to say nothing and to leave the public relations to donald trump. but today on the single most important day of his life as a lawyer, as he stood next to a former president of the united states being arraigned for federal crimes in washington,
that, when donald trump was saying those things, he was saying them on the advice of his, lawyer john eastman another easily dismiss-able defense, eastman being a coconspirator sir but it sounded like the only thing that john lauro could say if he was going to do television interviews the wisest course for john lauro was to say nothing today on the single most important day of his life as a lawyer. as he stood next to a former president of the united states being arraigned for federal crimes in washington, d. c., in the full throes of the excitement of the day, john lauro decided to do one more tv interview. and in that interview with a friendly network he made the single biggest public mistake a criminal defense lawyer can possibly make. he offered a quoted version of