erin? the arraignment is in a courthouse that s already handled hundreds of january 6th defendants. it is those lies that are central to the prosecution s case. the man behind it all, the man who has been a target of a public smear campaign by the 45th president is jack smith. you see him there. paula reid is outside that courthouse right now. paula, how will all of this play out, the logistics of this once trump arrives where you are? reporter: well, erin, this courthouse is accustomed to dealing with vips, security details, so he has the option to pull underneath the courthouse in a garage. we may not be able to seen him at all. once inside, he will be placed under arrest. he will be processed. we expect fingerprints, but there won t be a mug shot. federal authorities have said they already have a mug shot. and the hearing should be pretty short. he will hear the charges filed against hi and he ll have th opportunity, as expecting to enter a plea in florida he had s att
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Strong republican, and i think that donald trump is going to have a lot of, the democrats are going to have a lot of ammunition to use against donald trump in a general election. congress ken buck, i appreciate your time. thank you. thank you. wolf? we are watching trump s plane moving closer and closer to reagan international here outside of washington, d.c., and getting into the motorcade to head over to the federal courthouse for this truly historic indictment. the arraignment and arrest of trump. want some thoughts from the panelists and experts here. and norm eisen some thoughts as we wait for this moment? history. every once in a generation, there is a moment that will be remembered as long as the history of the united states of america is talked about. this trial starting with the
Proceedings. temp has already done this once, but out of court we ll see the full-court press, where they re previewing the argument. don t assume that they re the same once they re going to use in court. the government and the defense, of course, always plays a certain amount of a pretrial game. jack smith can t talk. he s letting this indictment talk for him. john can talk. he was also with kaitlan, and he s been everywhere. these argument won t be the versions we ll get at trial. these are weak versions. bill barr was right to knock them down. this is consolidating trump s support. this is free campaigning.
Everything takes longer and is exponentially more complicated, whereas the reason why this indictment is really one of the great things about this indictment, it basically tracks trump, what trump was told, what he said, what he did, what he was told, how he lied about what he was told, and just a continual sequence of following donald trump along. when you see that, you know, he was told by so many lawyers, people, justice department, private lawyers, white house counsel, that he lost the election, you cannot that s why norm is right, the facts are not on their side. you know, wolf, there s a distinct possibility that this will go to trial as soon as march of 2024, because alvin bragg, the manhattan d.a. has a place held on the calendar for a trial in march, and he said he s willing to step aside for the interests of justice. jack smith may take him up on that, and tanya chutkin