fascinating interview. we ve all been leaning into see what bill barr had to say. a lot of us, waiting to figure out what he would think about all this. i m laura coates. everyone. and thank you all for joining me right here in washington, d. c.. it s the capitol on high alert tonight. why? because the nation is bracing for the arrest and arraignment of a former president. shall i say, again? the third time in, what, three months? he will appear in court tomorrow, as expected. in now his third indictment on charges of trying to overturn an election. and we ve learned at cnn that the secret service is already done a walk through of the courthouse and law enforcement is now monitoring even potential threats. meantime, everyone, we are getting an early look at what his potential defense strategy might be. including what s called, this is not my term, but the delusion defense, that he actually believed his own lies. plus, suggestions that he s about to throw his legal advisors un
at first, i wasn t sure. but i have come to believe that he knew well he had lost the election. and now, what i think is important is the government assumed the burden of proving that. the government, in the indictment, takes the position that he had actual knowledge that he had lost the election and the election wasn t stolen through fraud. they have to prove that beyond a reasonable doubt. that s a high bar. that leads me to believe that we re only seeing the tip of the iceberg. you believe jack smith has more? i believe he has a lot more. let s bring in michael cohen, donald trump s former fixer and attorney. he s a principal of crisis. he s the author of the new york times best seller, revenge: how donald trump weaponized the department of justice against his critics. michael, great to have you here tonight. you heard the former attorney general, he believes that donald trump knew he lost the election. and what do you think about that being a defense, that
chris jansing and katie tur. the first time a former u.s. president has been indicted on criminal charges donald trump, the frontrunner for the republican nomination, is in manhattan. we are waiting to learn the all important details of the sealed indictment, what the charges are, believed stemming from hush money paid to stormy daniels to buy her silence before the 2016 election about her claim of a relationship with donald trump hush money payments are not illegal. the issue is, how were they recorded we will watch history unfold. we expect to see mr. trump exit trump tower with his secret service detail and travel to lower manhattan where he will be met by a member of the district attorney s office and be placed under arrest trump will not be handcuffed no dna will be taken mr. trump will be fingerprinted. we are awaiting word on whether a mugshot will be taken. he will be moved to the courtroom for his 2:15 arraignment before judge juan merchan. he ruled there will be n
i m again, go under hash. think people are allowed to speak about me and i haven t again, going with the judge, the judge as a conflict with the worst i ve ever seen and it has to end with the judge the gag order has to come off. i shouldn t be allowed to speak every time i come out to speak to you, i want to be open because we did they nothing wrong. i showed you yesterday 30 stores, 32 stories of experts, legal experts, and i don t know how one the other way. very juicers but legal experts say very strongly is no case dislocation. who brought trump did nothing wrong. and they say it s showing trump did nothing wrong they already get rid of the conflict with the judge because that s something that he cannot do anything about. it s wrong. it s wrong. and the second thing is after we released them again or they ve taken away my constitutional rights to speak and added to it speaking to you. i have a lot to say. they can continue to make up lies and everything else they liv