as well. marc thiessen, andy mccarthy, nicole parker and juan william following along as we watch this play out in real time live this afternoon as we wait for the president to finish and to come out. first to mark meredith live there outside the courthouse in miami. hello there. hi, mark. martha, hello to you. the story at this hour is two very different scenes. the former president with his legal team and across the aisle the special counsel and the justice department ready to begin this long and lengthy process following the indictment unsealed last week. shows the former president will face 37 different felony charges as a result of allegedly holding on to classified documents and not turning them back over to the government. that s what is happening inside. outside the federal courthouse in miami a different story. you have a media spectacle where you have trump supporters and trump critics out here ready to make their opinions very well-known. we ve seen a couple hund
donald trump is said to be arraigned in federal court. the former president said to appear in court at 3:00 p.m. eastern time in miami. and he is expected to enter an initial plea of not guilty to the charges. a judge ruled no cameras will be allowed in the courtroom. and sources tell cnn that he spent yesterday searching for another potential lawyer to bolster his legal team. all while law enforcement officials say that they are ready for the appearance and any protests that it hey bring. and they are coordinating with federal partners to make sure the courthouse is secure. and chris christie railed against his former boss. in a cnn town hall last night, the once ally and campaign adviser called trump s actions, quote, vanity run amok. and trump s allies continued to defend hill. marjorie taylor greene announcing that she plans to introduce a measure to defund the special counsel and his investigation. cnn this morning special coverage starts right now. just hour
good evening, everyone, i m abby philip in washington. and i m kaitlan collins in miami. this is cnn s continuing coverage of the arrest and arraignment of donald trump. there is really in a way to overstate the importance of this day in american history. it is the very first time that a former president of the united states has been arrested and arraigned. this time, 37 federal counts of allegedly mishandling classified documents. but in typical fashion, donald trump is downplaying the severity of those charges that have been mentioned against, and calling them fabricated and quote, an evil and heinous abuse of power. returning tonight to his golf club in bedminster, new jersey, where we should note that there was an audio recording of him talking about classified documents while he was there two years ago. tonight, holding a campaign fund-raiser and addressed his cheering supporters with a litany of lies. we begin the coverage with evan perez, senior justice corresp
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the republicans to come to his defense and call for future pardons and destabilizing department of justice and the call of other republicans here, and we are through the rubicon, and what are we doing here is what i say to the party. this reads clear as day, and the photos are, there and the photos are there, and this is very similar to what many of the republicans were criticizing hillary clinton for, except it is 1,000 worse. i think it is just requires a moment to think about the gravity of this. it does seem like a lot of the language that we are hearing of the spokesperson from former president there, and some of the elected officials is pretty dangerous language that is clearly designed to just di side the country as much as possible all to the benefit of one guy, the former president. well, there is an overwhelming majority of voices out there at this point in time, and we will see how it plays out, but last night, chris christie was not here singing from that hymn