Again, that wasnt the perceived goal here. That was the perception among his supporters that think its gone too far. Lets get more from Griff Jenkins. Thats right, neil. Fox news confirmed that former President Trump is indeed in the courtroom right now. He entered at about 3 52 p. M. So just under ten minutes ago. Hes wearing a blue suit, a red to you. Flanked by his two attorneys. Fox has confirmed that we expect him to plead not guilty to the four felony charges hes facing in this indictment. Three are conspiracy charges, one is obstruction. Before he entered that courtroom, a little less than an hour ago, his motorcade entered the garage here at the federal courthouse. He was processed and fingerprinted. Theres no mug shot taken because the court says theres plenty of pictures of him to provide. Hes not arrested. But he is obviously being processed. Now we wait for this Court Proceeding to get underway at the time of our note from our producer, jay gibson inside, the Magistrate Jud
tonight on the reidout i was asked by the u.s. attorney s office in the southern district to stand down on our investigation, which had commenced involving the trump organization and i was somewhat surprised after mr. cohen pleaded guilty that the federal government did not proceed on the areas in which it asked me to stand down. former manhattan d.a. cy vance revealed why it has taken so long to get to this point just hours from the fingerprinting of the first criminally indicted former president. and as we have been seeing all day, trump s strategy is to turn this humiliating event in his life into a media spectacle. omarosa, who knows a thing or two about trump and spectacle, joins me tonight to discuss. and that is where we begin tonight, on the eve of a legal reckoning for donald trump in new york city. trump made an ignominious return to his former hometown today ahead of his history making day in court tomorrow. as the first american president ever charged
immune from prosecution for things that happened while he was in office, and secondly, whether he essentially is barred from being tried in this case because of double jeopardy, because he was obviously impeached by the congress, but he was not convicted. that is one of the central questions that jack smith and his team is now asking. the filing says in part of that principle, is that a zenith here, whereas here a grand jury has accused a former president of committing federal crimes to subvert the peaceful transfer of power to his lawfully elected successor. nothing could be more vital to our democracy than a president who abuses the electoral system to remain in office, is held accountable for criminal conduct. jake, this is obviously now the goal here is to try to expedite this. they re asking for the court to do this, to get the briefs going by december 18th. the goal is to try to get this going before that march trial date comes near. evan, special counsel jack smi
Again, that wasn t the perceived goal here. that was the perception among his supporters that think it s gone too far. let s get more from griff jenkins. that s right, neil. fox news confirmed that former president trump is indeed in the courtroom right now. he entered at about 3:52 p.m. so just under ten minutes ago. he s wearing a blue suit, a red to you. flanked by his two attorneys. fox has confirmed that we expect him to plead not guilty to the four felony charges he s facing in this indictment. three are conspiracy charges, one is obstruction. before he entered that courtroom, a little less than an hour ago, his motorcade entered the garage here at the federal courthouse. he was processed and fingerprinted. there s no mug shot taken because the court says there s plenty of pictures of him to provide. he s not arrested. but he is obviously being
States. number 1, it wouldn t surprise me in the prosecutors coordinated and tried to plan things like on a runway of an airport. it wouldn t surprise me if the judges called up one another and say we have to figure out who is going first and second and how this falls in line. if they don t coordinate and let things play out, you have a very strange and untenable situation before cases all moving forward this entire time, which is unfair to any defendant. neil: jonathan turley, is it possible jack smith overplayed his happened? well, i think it is possible. this is not the indictment that most of us expected. most of us expected the indictment would be manifestly strong on the law and on the evidence. this didn t produce any new evidence. it s stretching the law. that s the reputation that jack smith has. he had a major fraud cause that was overturned by the court. this feels the same way.