Building. Likely some of the same Law Enforcement officers who were out today providing protection for trumps appearance were also called upon on january 6th to defend the peaceful transfer of power from a Violent Mob Of Trump supporters. Brought there by the man who today was called on by a Magistrate Judge to answer to the four charges against him. Sitting just feet away from trump, as he entered his not guilty plea, was special counsel jack smith. The last time the two were in the same room was trumps previous arraignment in miami. According to the pool reporter, trump glanced briefly in smiths direction when he walked in but did not appear to make eye contact with him, nor did he appear to look at him again for the rest of the hearing. Trump in the courtroom today was stripped of the trappings of former office that he typically airigates to himself. Magistrate judge referred to him as mr. Trump, not president trump, as his fans including fox anchors refer to him. The judge advised
and find some accommodation route to testify, he is going to cite potentially a letter from donald trump according to the brand-new washington post reporting, and as you may recall, he is awaiting a federal criminal trial that could land him in prison. it is a big deal that mister bannon now is i according to the post some sort of accommodation. we are going to get to that story in a few minutes. we are tracking one element. as for the white house lawyer, mister pat cipollone, he went hours and hours, a .5 hours total. in fact, we are told that it just wrapped up within the last few moments here, pat cipollone arrived before 8:30 am, he is visible in the passenger seat caught by cameras there, he was escorted to a conference room to provide this testimony. there were some shouted questions from the reporters today, this was a dramatic theme when you consider just how long this was, he did not respond to the press, mister pat cipollone matters because he is someone who has bee
exonerated at trial because apparently he did nothing wrong. i think this will probably now be the first case to go to trial involving donald trump. yeah, and look, he should want that too. especially if he truly is not guilty of the crime. andrew, to come back to you, there is a certain sort of poetic justice to this in a way. we were talking about it earlier. as alex wagner brilliantly said tonight, the foot soldiers have largely gone to prison. the middle men, the oath keepers leaders and the proud boys leaders, straight to jail, all convicted of seditious conspiracy. there s a poetic justice to the general having to face the same courtroom and the same process as them. and then there is, i think, in a world where we see blue collar folks go down hard for all kinds of crimes, you shoplift, do whatever, you go down. drug crimes, whatever. donald trump is the ultimate white collar defendant, with all
is gone for round two. the four suspects are charged with seditious conspiracy for their alleged role on the attack of the capitol and all four pleaded not guilty. julie ainsley has been monitoring this, and as we look at the statements from the prosecutor, the prosecutors are essentially trying to lay out the case that these defendants in their own words were at war. cribe describing them as warriors as they went to the capitol that day. and this is a new test for the justice department. they were able to get the seditious conspiracy charge convictions for some of the oath keepers leaders but others in the first trial were not convicted on seditious conspiracy, and now the question is can they get others who were a participant in the insurrection, on the capitol, as part of the oath keepers, can they also be charged with seditious conspiracy? and right as you laid out there,
sometimes to talk about it being a race when the election for the midterms is next november. but this committee is trying to get its answers. it s trying to flush out the details of what is a narrative many of us how on television. but behind the scenes there is a lot more. what s crucial, katy, about the subpoenas this week, the monday and the tuesday batches, especially the oath keeper and proud boys subpoenas is this is an effort to get at the people who actually have been accused of planning the event. keep in mind that roger stone, who was in subpoenaed on monday, was being guarded as a by body guards, secure teams by oath keepers on january 5th, was in regular communication with oath keepers leaders and the people subpoenaed on tuesday are oath keepers who have been accused by the department of justice of preparing and planning the violence that unfolded that day.