his take on today s historic and in some quarters, controversial criminal indictments in new york and jake first take a look at some of the headlines right now. the three big national papers miami west palm beach were news, often like politics is local tonight, cnn has learned that a court date is set for tuesday. there is some more late information coming in this evening. cnn s evan perez starts us off evan. well jake. the secret service is preparing to bring the former president to his court appearance on tuesday in manhattan. this is something that they ve been talking with the new york police department, the court security staff. it s something they spent days and days working out and look, a lot of people have speculated about the former president s arrest for the secret service. they believe this is going to be a quick thing. this is going to be probably 10 15 minutes before this judge in manhattan and they can get him in and then they can get him out securely. this is
continuing live coverage, all the latest in today s history making indictment more than 30 counts counts criminal charges against donald trump, according to sources. no former or sitting president has ever faced even one nor have any ever incited a violent mob stormed the capital in this our cnn exclusive. the man who was targeted by the mob that day, former vice president mike pence will get his take wolf. well his take on today s historic and in some quarters, controversial criminal indictments in new york and jake first take a look at some of the headlines right now. the three big national papers miami west palm beach were news, often like politics is local tonight. cnn has learned that a court date is set for tuesday. there is some more late information coming in this evening. cnn s evan perez starts us off evan. well jake. the secret service is preparing to bring the former president to his court appearance on tuesday in manhattan. this is something that they ve been tal
To you i really do believe that this decision today is a great disservice to the country and the idea that for the first time in american history a former president would be indicted on a campaign finance issue to me, it just smacks of political prosecution, and i think the overwhelming majority of the american people will see it that way, wolf any circumstances at all mr vice president in which you would think it would be appropriate to criminally prosecute a former us president , or should former presidents be categorically immune from any and all criminal charges? no one is above the law, including former presidents. maybe clear on that point. and the american people know this. but in this case and controversy over campaign finance, i can t speak to the marriage of this case at all. but i can speak to the issue emanating out of the question over campaign finance
Uh none of these prosecutions are fair. uh even though you and i know that that s not the case , whatever you think of alvin bragg that has nothing to do with violent insurrectionists being put in prison for violence on that day does does what happened? make that a little easier for donald trump to sell ? yeah appreciate what the panel back here with the team in new york john you you ve actually well we were listening to vice president. you have been talking about the threat matrix, the kind of threats that are already coming in. so from the beginning of the grand jury investigation , the n y p d e and other agencies, the court officers have been tracking threats that have been coming in as a result of this and what they ve seen is in array of really interesting social media posts. uh some focus on what will surround you know mar-a-lago with people to protect trump, you know, from an arrest two will surround the
Know, premeditated going after the d a already knowing supposedly what s in it without having any clue what s in it. you know, donald trump today by the way, called this the darkest day in american history, and that takes into account days like pearl. harbor. days like 9 11 the battle of antietam. this is the darkest day to him in american history goes to show where his thoughts are. and so from my former colleagues, you all just need to take take a deep breath. you know, we re gonna know soon enough. what s in this indictment, and then you can make your statements but to do this, so preemptively, i think shows that this has nothing to do with the rule of law and has everything to do with either cowardice on the one hand or just concerned for the political future that you have on the other. and lastly, sir, we had on one of donald trump s attorneys who is representing him in the justice department special counsel jack smith s case looking into the president s alleged crimes are misdeed