more time than he was ever elected. 37 counts related to the alleged mishandling of classified documents. he has pled not guilty it was a weak team udon that courtroom. you could feel that this was a historic day, just walking in. mr. trump sat stonefaced, arms tightly folded across his chest. everything that we witnessed today was self inflicted by donald trump. he literally is obsessed with the boxes. why was he so obsessed with the boxes that he wanted to take them on vacation? i m not going to start commenting on the various candidates we have running for president. it s a delicate situation for the former president. we are only at the beginning here. nothing i ve heard tells me that he has a viable defense. i did everything right and they indicted me. why doesn t trump realize that he has the right to remain silent? good evening once again, i m stephanie ruhle. this was a day unlike any other in american history. donald trump, a former commander
today the justice department arrested and or rain donald trump. don trump is now been criminally indicted more times than he was ever elected. related to the alleged miss handling of classified documents. he has a pled not guilty. there was a weighty mood in that courtroom, you could feel that this was a historic day walking. in mr. trump sat stone faced. arms tightly folded across his chest. everything we witnessed today was self inflicted by donald trump. he literally is obsessed with the boxes. why was he so obsessed with the boxes that you want to take them on vacation? i m not gonna start commenting on the various candidates that we have running for president. it is a daunting situation for the former president, were only at the beginning. it tells me that he has a viable defense. i did everything right and they indicted me. why does not trump realize that he has the right to remain silent? good evening once again i m stephanie ruhle.
of the first federal arraignment of a former u.s. president in the history of this nation. security is tight as donald trump is about to respond to the most serious criminal charges, twice impeached and twice indicted former commander in chief has faced. trump is at his golf club outside miami, expected to heed to the courthouse soon. this is cnn s special coverage of the arrest and arraignment of donald trump. i m anderson cooper. i m jake tapper. the former president will be placed under arrest. he will likely be fingerprinted electronically and then he is expected to plead not guilty to the unprecedented 37-count indictment. trump is accused of willfully mishandling highly classified documents brought to his mar-a-lago resort after he left office and accused of allegedly conspiring to try to hide these documents, stashing boxes in unsecured locations, including a ballroom and a bathroom. trum aide walt nauta is also charged in the indictment and expected to appear alongs
limatter. joining us bret, bret, so nice to see you. thank you for joining us. let s start with the facts, the evidence, what did the committee unveil that caught your attention? trey, thanks for having me on. as you know, my 83-year-old mother didi thinks you re the smartest man on tv so she s going to be thrilled that i m appearing on your show on mother s day. so thanks for having me. i will tell you my very first impression was first a bit dismayed that not all the media was there, you know, you mentioned the partisanship, you didn t have several of the larger media stations covering this and it s a major announcement that they claim they were coming forward so as i listened to it i thought to myself, you have four banks only four that they received documents from their subpoena, those four banks revealed $10 million had been passed through upwards of 25 different llc s to 9 different members of the biden family and friends. i look at that, trey, and you and i know very
stress when in fact it s causing mental illness, anxiety, depression, suicidal thinking. john: welcome back as america reports rolls into hour number two. i m john roberts in washington. that s pretty stunning, sandra. sandra: really serious stuff. sandra smith in new, i don t. all new at 2:00, we speak to a mother who lost her son to suicide. she blames years of heavy cannabis use that made her son s delusions worse. her story and her warning just ahead. as we top a brand-new hour, any moment now we are set to see the pentagon take questions as u.s. troops remain stationed at the southern border with thousands of migrants still making their way into this country. president biden claiming the crisis is far less serious than some feared. how do you think things are going at the border, sir? much better than y all expected. john: the president claims things are looking great, more than 83,000 migrants were detained in just the past week, and given court dates to app