that comment from his former attorney general really got under trump s orange tinted skin as he prepares for tomorrow s historic arraignment. the first former president to face federal charges and the possibility of prison time. also tonight, the extreme denialism of trump defenders. what they get totally wrong about the presidential records act, how declassification works, and the biden and hillary clinton false equivalencies. and we begin tonight with donald trump s reverse snow bird commute to florida. the twice impeached, twice indited liable for sexual abuse president arrived today in miami, and is spending the night at his doral resort as he awaits his unprecedented arraignment tomorrow. he faces 37 felony counts of illegally hoarding classified documents and obstructing the justice department s efforts to get them back. while this is his second indictment, this one carries the very serious prospect of significant prison time. he and his personal valet and alleged
The security preparations for tomorrow and what else you re seeing and hearing in miami. reporter: hi there, joy. yes, the former president ended up coming here to doral just several hours ago. he was greeted here by a few dozen supporters, as he went inside, and joy, over the past hour or so, he has been defiant in several radio interviews. he s been conducting with radio stations in iowa. he said several things and mentioned some of them. vowing to appoint a special counsel to investigate the bidens and also calling his former attorney general bill barr a coward. of course, barr over the last several days, yesterday in an interview, saying that the indictment against the former president was considerably strong. local authorities here in miami today, they did describe how they re preparing for this. and the intense security measures that are under way, and that there will be enough resources to potentially handle thousands of people, more than 5,000 potentially, tomorrow in
The other day saying he completely doesn t believe anything about the mueller report. that s based on the summary by barr. barr made it look like those 33 people who were indicted and convicted don t even exist. nothing happens with russia, according to even sane republicans. that how thorough bill barr was in being a lackey to trump, but even he says trump is going to be cooked here. if this judge undoes that, is there any sanction against her possible? no, she s got a lifetime appointment. and again, she seems to have been looking at trump s base when she made her earlier decision. so it certainly is right that the court of public opinion and most lawyers would totally disagree if she continues to show all of this deference to former president trump. but legally, she wouldn t have any consequences. there could be intermediate motions about whether evidence is admissible or not that could go up to the court of appeals, but once the jury decides this verdict it s done. if the j
In good standing is supposed to do. you can quibble another day about how he did it with the mueller report, but it s striking people like mr. barr are speaking out knowledgeably as they gather evidence and this is the beginning, not the end. there may be more like this from people who have their own credibilities or followings on the right, a sign that things are changing, as emphasized, the defendant has rights and he s presumed innocent. tomorrow will be a busy news day. we have our special coverage throughout the afternoon. all of us will be here, and 8:00 p.m. eastern, rachel leads the recap coverage we do on big news nights like that. we hope you keep it locked on msnbc day and night as your schedule allows and keep it locked right now. the reidout with joy reid starts now. tonight on the reidout if even half of it is true, then he s toast. he s not a victim here. he was totally wrong.