the lookout for. he did it in front of everybody. but today, he was nabbed, so to speak. he was arrested and booked. no mugshot was taken at the ex president, but his fingerprints were taken. there are no cameras allowed in federal court. we have these sketches, where donald j trump, the 44th president of the united states, was the rain, 45th president of the united states, was arraigned on four felony counts for his attempts to steal the election. the ex president pleaded not guilty, there were no literal handcuffed. but he surrendered and was arrested, he submitted to federal custody in the federal courthouse. special counsel jack smith sat in the front row during the arraignment. defendant trump was sworn in. we did not hear a lot from him, but when asked by the magistrate judge, he stated his full name, quote, donald j trump, john. when asked his age he said 77, 77. he entered a plea of not guilty on all charges for his attempts to subvert american democracy and end the c
wasn t just showing up for court. numerous january 6th cases have been heard. the judge overseeing trump s arraignment has also overseen the cases of people including dominic fox and qanon activist who live streamed the storming of the capitol, a jared wise, a former fbi agent charged with assaulting a police officer on january 6th. this is all very much a trip down memory lane for mr. trump. now, there were no courtroom cameras today, but thanks to courtroom sketch artist bill hennessy, we know what it looks like when a former president of the united states appeared in court to be formally and federally charged for trying to subvert american democracy. there were more than 110 people in the courtroom to hear this arraignment including several of the federal judges who have been presiding over other january 6th cases, judges who showed up today in plain clothes as spectators for trump s arraignment. the judge presiding over the arraignment was a new york state judge inasmuch
there are no cameras allowed in federal court. we have these sketches, where donald j trump, the 44th president of the united states, it was arraigned for eight 45th president of the united states, was arraigned on four felony counts for his attempts to steal the election. the ex president pleaded not guilty, there were no literal handcuffed. but he surrendered and was arrested, he submitted to federal custody in the federal courthouse. special counsel jack smith sat in the front row during the arraignment. defendant trump was sworn in. we did not hear a lot from him, but when asked by the magistrate judge, he stated his full name, quote, donald j trump, john. when asked his age he said 77, 77. he entered a plea of not guilty on all charges for his attempts to subvert american democracy and and the constitutional republic as we know it. in an extraordinary and unexpected term, the magistrate judge warned the defendant, donald john trump, to not try to influence any jurors.
Convicted, if a jury found him responsible for sexual assault. i bet people maybe would say no and then when it happens, they find some reason to discount it. i don t think, oh my goodness, he s actually done all these terrible things. it could be a point at which they oh my goodness not right [inaudible] do we want to sacrifice the presidency to this man. the thing that s never happened, except two moments. right after the access hollywood tape, and after january 6th, this rush towards the exit. you don t want to be the last one holdup east of or holding the bed date it s been traded down. i m not predicting that happens. but, that number, to your point, if that was a democrat, it would strike fear and democrats hearts. if that number is only 10% of republican voters, who say, i m out after a conviction, that s a serious political problem. one would hope, and i think this goes back to the whole point that trump is running to
Like i m out for conviction. that s a serious political problem. one would hope. and i think this goes back to the whole point that trump is running this whole thing out of jail. because if he ends up being the nominee. what you re gonna have is the juxtaposition between joe biden, who is running to do the business of the american the bu american people and donald trump running to get a get out of jail free card. and i ve got to hope even in this country that some persuadable voters consider that. michelle goldberg, great to have you here. that is all in on this very eveptful thursday. alex wagner tonight begins right now. i see i saw a few hours ago. thanks to you at home for joining us. around noon today donald trump left his estate at bedminster, new jersey. he got on his trump plane at newark international airport and flow back to washington, d.c. when trump arrived there he