On felony charge, this time for alleged crimes against democracy itself. Good evening in new york. Im Anderson Cooper and jake tapper in washington. And anderson, unlike the first two arraignments in new york and florida, this one was held within view of the crime scene. The u. S. Capitol at a federal courthouse where dozens of members of the violent mob that he incited, he incited hundreds really have already been convicted and sent to prison. The actual proceedings which were led by a Magistrate Judge took 27 minutes. The four counts connected though his attempt to overturn the election that he lost. His next Court Date Set for the 28th in front of the trial judge, tanya chutkan, who is expected to set a trial date. Now a short time later after the sentencing on the tarmac at Reagan National airport, holding an umbrella handed to him by his bodyman and documents case codefendant walt nauta, the he made the following remarks about the nations capitol. This is a very sad day for americ
Thats the center of jack smiths case. Donald trump is not being prosecuted for lying. Hes being prosecuted for the deliberate and criminal steps he took alongside his six coconspirators to stay in the white house and the quote, unlawful means they pursued to subvert the results in several key states. After the election, in michigan, the indictment noting this, in a private oval office meeting, with the States Senate majority leader, donald trump raised a false claim of an illegitimate vote dump in detroit. The Senate Majority leader told trump that he, quote, had lost michigan, not because of fraud, but because the defendant had underperformed with certain voter populations. Prosecutors then say trump brought his false vote dumping claim to his ag, who told the former president what happened in michigan was, quote, the normal vote Counting Process and that there was no indication of fraud in detroit. The very next day donald trump say this, made a knowingly false statement that in mich
For the third time this year the president of the United States of interest on felony charges this time for alleged crimes against democracy itself. Good evening in new york im Anderson Cooper along with jake tapper in washington. Anderson unlike the first tournament in new york and florida, this one was held within view of the crime scene. The u. S. Capital. Federal courthouse, where dozens of members of the violent mob have been cited, that he incited a hundreds convicted at the president. The actual proceedings that relied by the Magistrate Judge pled not guilty to four counts of the election he lost his next Court Date Set for the 28 in front of a trial judge, antonio chutkan, who is expected to set a trial date. A short time later at the sentencing at the tarmac at the Reagan National airport, holding an umbrella by his body man and documents gay codefendant walt nauta, mr. Trump made the following remarks, starting with a slur about the nations capital. This is a very sad day for
The opportunity to enter a plea. Throughout our special coverage, we will dig deep into this latest indictment. This latest push, claiming the indictment violates his right to free speech. They are suggesting moving it to west virginia. Lets bring in our reporters and our panel. Ken dilanian and garrett haake, outside the Courthouse Blocks from here. Former fbi General Counsel andrew weissmann. Former u. S. Attorney joyce vance. Jen psaki. Take us through what we will see this afternoon. Reporter this is both a surrender and an arraignment. We expect mr. Trump will enter the courthouse through a tunnel. He will be processed, we are told, because he has to be booked for each one of these. He will be fingerprinted through a digital machine. His mugshot wont be taken. They will use an existing photo. He may be asked some questions, including his age. Then at some point he will make his way to the Magistrate Judges courtroom. Shes not the judge presiding over the case. She will hear the ar
Arrive out of nowhere or cemetery logs that turn into a dead of night tiebreakers but the more we are learning about what happened, the more it looks like something more subtle, some manipulation that would favor in this case democrats. Through a series of state rule changes that kicked in in the weeks prior to the election, these changes made it easier to open up the spigot on what is an acceptable ballot. It got easier in the closing weeks to have a ballot to make it through than it had in the past. Thats what we are exploring tonight primarily in michigan and also in georgia. The New York Times back in september raised concerns about the mailin ballots that were coming in on normas numbers for the first time ever, setting analysis that found that in 24 primary elections this year more than 500,000 mailin ballots were rejected or 2 returned by voters, theres a growing concern that the number of ballots rejected could surpass 1 million. The democrat lawyer mark elias went to work, he