Today on inside politics, more problems, more money. Donald trumps donors foot an enormous legal bill and the trump coconspirator accused of trying to destroy evidence for the boss sees the inside of a federal court. The polls. All of them. All for donald trump. Republican voters fall in line behind the frontrunner as ron desantis reasons for running appear to fall flat. And the president corrects how he counts. Joe biden acknowledges his Seventh Grandchild for the first time and now he hopes it returns to being a private matter. Im dana bash. Lets go behind the headlines and inside politics. Up first, Saving America or saving his skin. Today we see on paper how much money from donors donald trump spent on legal bills. Sources put that number north of 40 million for his own defense and the defense of those who are sticking with him. This morning, cnn cameras captured the glimpse of one of those individuals Carlos De Oliveira, the man federal prosecutors say schemed with mr. Trump and w
The first Warning Signs for the trump campaign. Hanging above the first three indictments trumps team waiting for another shoe to drop in georgia where fulton d. A. Fani willis says she has a duty to prosecute. I took an oath and the oath requires i follow the law. Also sharing see the questions. The shocking news from the Justice Department tied to two u. S. Navy sailors arrested for spying. The Sensitive National secrets at the heart of the case. We begin with former President Trumps next big day in criminal court. Such five days after republican candidates take the stage for the first primary debates later this month. The former president on truth social bemoaning the high cost of his court battles, quote, my political opponent has hit me with a barrage of weak lawsuits which require massive amounts of my time and money to adjudicate. Resources that would have gone into ads and rallies will have to be spent fighting these radical left thugs in numerous courts throughout the country.
Donald trump is back at the end of another sad day for the country that he once served as president. He was arraigned for a third time this afternoon. That courthouse is steps away from the u. S. Capitol which was stormed by the violent mob of supporters of donald trump 2 1 2 years ago. It was protected by members of Law Enforcement including from the Dc Metro Police department. It happened also that the former president who is now charged in connection with this attack could safely enter a plea. Inside the courthouse behind me he was taken into custody. He was processed and pled not guilty to the charges against him. A federal judge then set the next court date for the 28th. That is when it is expected a trial date will be set. I am learning that he left here in a sour and dejected mood. He was really angry according to those who spoke to him. He had that processing happening here then he went to the tarmac where he was expected to take questions from reporters who were here. He did n
Welcome to cnn news central. 24 hours from now we expect to see donald trump on his way to Federal Court here in washington scheduled to make his First Court Appearance after term prosecutors charged him with four separate counts in a sweeping indictment. Special counsel alleges trump was central in a plot to overturn the 2020 election. The indictment also says he had help coconspirators. It repeatedly references six coconspirators. Cnn has been able to identify five of those six. They are former Trump Lawyers rudy giuliani, john eastman and sidney powell, former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark and protrump lawyer kenneth chesebro. I want to go to zach cohen. Tell us what we should expect to see tomorrow and included in that what kind of security should we expect to see . Yeah, the expectation right now is that donald trump will be in d. C. In person and have to travel to the courthouse for this appearance, and, look, federal agencies and local Law Enforcement have been prepa
Journalconstitution, efforts to overturn Georgia Election detailed in new trump indictment. And the news, he made knowing late false claims about michigan election indictments. The milwaukee journal sent a wisconsin Fake Electors Scheme at the center of donald trump indictment. The philadelphia inquirer, what to know about the pennsylvania Fake Electors mentioned in trumps third indictment. The criminal conspiracy alleged in this new indictment of donald trump had the biggest and gravest National Ambitions to hold on to the presidency against the will of the voters. The conspiracy itself played out in localities across the country, in what we now call the fake elector scheme. A scheme in which republican electors in states that joe biden won, signed their names to forged documents pretending that it was actually donald trump who won the president ial election in the states. At the time, as it was actually playing out in december of 2020, it mostly looked like sort of sad theatrical fro