The wall street Journal Editorial Board said this will be a Campaign Carnival that rotates between courtrooms, rallies around the prosecution of a former president that they write is able to convince most americans that this rather, the courts have been unable to convince most americans that these indictments are just brought. Theres not broad acceptance of that across the board. The Wall Street Journal saying unless you have that broad acceptance that that there was no other chance for these indictments, that could present a combination that could be difficult and dangerous months ahead. Were going to talk to the former Vice President , mike pence, a crucial player in everything that has unfolded in many ways on the Campaign Trail and also back during the president presidency. Jonathan turley says this case is free speech killing and john yoo who calls the charges a stretch. Lets go to david spunt live with the very latest on all of this and what to expect tomorrow at the just its the
Thank you so much for joining us tonight. Cnn prime time with laura coates starts right now. Hey caitlin, im telling you, if you thought august was winding down. This is heating up. Until your vacations, anyone watching. Did you have a vacation plan, kaitlyn . What is the thing called vacation . Do you go someplace . You dont work . I wonder how that goes . One to answer that one i would think. We are not, i will do a staycation right here. Im laura coates, everyone, thank you so much for joining me. Listen, tonight, donald trump is bracing for two more indictments. You heard that right. One potential counsel, jack smith, for efforts to overturn the election. Another in hot lana, for trying to overturn the results in georgia. And yet, that phrase teflon don . It continues to be one of the oddest juxtapositions in all of politics. As his legal problems start to pile up, guess what, so does his poll numbers. Take a look while it is still early of course. He is crushing the field. Look at
Of course, thank you for joining us. Cnn prime time with laura coates starts right now. Wow, that was a really fascinating interview. Weve all been leaning in to say what bill barr had to say. A lot of wanting to see what he had to say. Thank you for joining us here in washington, d. C. Its a Capitol On High alert tonight . Why . Because the nation is bracing for the arrest and arraignment of a former president. Should i say again the third time in three months. He will appear in Court Tomorrow as expected, and now his third indictment on charges of trying to overturn an election. And we learned on cnn the Secret Service has already done a walk through of the courthouse and Law Enforcement is even monitoring any potential threats. Meantime, everyone, were getting an early look at what his potential Defense Strategy might be including whats called this is not my term but the dilution defense, that he actually believed his own lies. Plus the suggestion hes about to throw his Legal Advise
Violence. Were erasing generations of traumatized americans. That concerns me as a faith leader. Good morning. Top of the hour. So glad youre with us here on cnn this morning. Another historic day, a really important day for our democracy in court today. Not just about an arraignment its much bigger than that. Down in washington. Just hours from now, former President Donald Trump set to appear in a courtroom in washington, d. C. On charges he tried to overturn the 2020 election and hold on to power. Night. Ty barriers went upover secret service has done walkthrough of the d. C. Courthouse. Trump is expected to plead not guilty to four counts including conspiracy to defraud the United States. His fingerprints will be taken digitally. A preview of trumps lawyers will argue, among those his claims of Election Fraud are protected by the first amendments free speech. He truly believed that the debunked fraud claims. Our Kaitlin Collins spoke with bill barr with these m potential legal avenu
Big guy long suspected to have been v. P. Joe biden was selling the biden brand. Archer told members of the House Oversight committee yesterday that the then Vice President biden was on the speakerphone during more than 20 business calls. And he attended business dinners. He says if not for the biden brand, it would have been the end of burisma. Archer also told lawmakers when the Ukrainian Energy Company Burisma got into trouble, hunter or burisma executives just called d. C. To get the prosecutor looking into the firm fired. Republicans are saying the proof is right in front of you. The brand was totally joe biden. The guy with the power and connections in d. C. We saw joe biden has lied to the American People. He knew exactly who his son was getting those millions of dollars from. The more stones we overturn the more scandals we uncover. Do you think the president of the United States is compromised . Based on archers testimony . I think so. Harris one democrat brushed it all off. T