i m erin burnett in new york. and i m dana bash in washington. welcome to a special edition of inside politics. the federal indictment of donald trump. in just a few hours, a former president will be arrested on federal charges for the first time in u.s. history. donald trump is set to face a judge in miami this amp for an unprecedented arraignment on 37 felony charges tied to his alleged miss handling of classified documents after leaving office. outside the courthouse right now, we can see some ramped up security and already crowds of trump supporters and protesters have gathered. so far, so peaceful. one thing we won t get, though, and everyone should understand this, we re not going to get to see inside the courthouse where trump will be taken into custody, so there aren t going to be handcuffs. he will have his fingerprints taken digitally. at the arraignment, he is expected to enter a not guilty plea. after what is anticipated to be a brief court appearance, trump
but that s who will be sitting with him, going through the process. does all this make sense to you? some have said there s no mug shot. paula saying everybody knows who he is. so there isn t a need for a mug shot, even though with would be standard operating procedure. there s other parts of the process that we wonder is he going to have to go through. everybody who gets arrested federally goes to pretrial services, which makes a recommendation to the judge whether or not bail should be set. normally, if somebody was c charged with what he s being charged with, bail would be a factor. it will be interesting to see if that will happen here. they interview him, take certain questions like your name, your address, have you been arrested before. they do an setsment of risk of flight and dangerousness. and then they make a recommendation to the court. but we ll see. this is so unprecedented. john miller has the doj marshal service booking form.