Into custody by the government he tried to overthrow. What weve been fighting for all along is accountability and justice. Several Trump Supporters of being here with signs and flags. There are also a lot of people whove been carrying signs that say things like lockup. Were getting Realtime Information from reporters that are in the medium. Former President Donald Trump is standing facing the judge. He says not guilty. Every bad thing they can get him convicted came out of his mouth. This is a very sad day for america. Donald trump has never respected this country. He said this country was trash and garbage. The filth and the decay. And now he wants to lead it again. None of this is normal. This is our life now. After that i think we need to start tonight with a deep breath. Good evening once again, im stephanie ruhle. Americas 45th president , Donald John Trump returned to washington, d. C. Today as a criminal defendant. Trump appeared in federal court for his third arraignment since
Him convicted came out of his mouth. This is a very sad day for america. Donald trump has never respected this country. He said this country was trash and garbage. The filth and the decay. And now he wants to lead it again. None of this is normal. This is our life now. After that i think we need to start tonight with a deep breath. Good evening once again, im stephanie ruhle. Americas 45th president , Donald John Trump returned to washington, d. C. Today as a criminal defendant. Trump appeared in federal court for his third arraignment since april, this time pleading not guilty to seeming to over the 2020 president ial election. This afternoon, trump traveled from his bedminster, new jersey home to the d. C. Courthouse just blocks from the capitals few blocks from the scene of the january 6th riot. Some protesters gathered inside but, they were over numbered by the media. Jack smith was there and seated just ten feet away from the former president. After trump pleaded not guilty, the j
world charles, does not make sense? because the court of public opinion is what matters the most to trump s voters. and what he needs more than anything is to get the republic nomination because his ultimate defenses i got to get elected. you re absolutely right stephanie. there is a strategy here that is important for us to understand. when you look at judge aileen cannon and the way that she set him up with the may 20, 2024 -day. what she basically said to him is i can get you part of the way, but you gotta do the rest yourself. you gotta make sure the year ultimately the republican nominee, because that will give you new life in terms of this election tampering argument he s been trying to make. the same thing is possibly true here. if donald trump can put himself in the position more public the narrative becomes a front runner very clearly, he has a viable or possibly viable argument in front of the court to say, listen the more we continue to press this is i m the republican nom
is i can get you part of the way, but you gotta do the rest yourself. you gotta make sure the year ultimately the republican nominee, because that will give you new life in terms of this election tampering argument he s been trying to make. the same thing is possibly true here. if donald trump can put himself in the position more public the narrative becomes a front runner very clearly, he has a viable or possibly viable argument in front of the court to say, listen the more we continue to press this is i m the republican nominee in the front runner, not just during primary season, but during the actual generally election, there may be an argument the he may appeal, after several delays his attorney already talked about the notion of a change of any and how that may be coming. i suspect there will be other legal maneuvers to try to push this thing as far out as they can, so that ultimately they can make the argument that listen, donald trump is the general election nominee for the re