that trump is back at bedminster new jersey tonight with anderson cooper joining us this, our jake tapper kaitlan collins where he was arraigned for a third time this afternoon. and that course house is just epps away from the u.s. capitol, which of course will storm by the violent mob of trump supporters, two and a half years ago it was protected today by members of law enforcement, and metro police department which came under direct attack, and charged in connection with that attack could safely enter a plea. and, jake, inside that courthouse behind me, you can process and plead not guilty, federal magistrate judge did set the next court date for the 28th just a few weeks from now that is when it is expected a trial date will be set. also, learning tonight trump left here in a sour and according to someone who spoke to him and came after a motorcade through that traffic had that process and went to the tarmac where he was expected to take as he held the summer
we are grateful you join us tonight. happy to. thank you very much. it has been quite a here of course, only the first of many as we learn today that there are many more court dates to come. the news continues, i want to turn things over right now to cnn prime time with wolf blitzer and laura coats. our special coverage continues now on the arrest and arraignment of donald trump. i m wolf blitzer along laura coates, truly an extraordinary and unprecedented day right here in washington d. c.. the former president at one point was in the custody of the very government he allegedly tried to overthrow. just a mere step or two or three from the center of democracy with his supporters attacking on january six and a combination of a plot to overturn the election. donald j trump arrested and arraigned for the third time in four months, on for federal charges including conspiracy to defraud the united states. conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding and conspiracy a
Did. i do not think john eastman could testify, because he is a coconspirator. he is a great deal of exposure. you will not be testifying. so it s something now that is going to be a defense, but i don t think they will be able to put on from an evidentiary standpoint. sounds like you think the arguments in court would look a lot of in the winter saying publicly. i don t think those arguments will fly in court. i don t think judge trukhin who is a very experienced judge, is going to be persuaded that that is a viable defense. so if you go on the stand, he would have to be cross-examined. he s anyone going to testify. you won t testify. he s never going to put himself in a position where he could be cross-examined. amberg, you prosecuted into your house. very full circle moment.
Charges including conspiracy to defraud the united states. conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding and conspiracy against rights. the next hearing special for august 28th when the judge intends to set a trial date. donald trump was standing in court today and he actually pleaded not guilty to all four of those criminal charges, and before boarding his private plane to return to new jersey, he was railing against the indictment and trying to recast all of this as what he called persecution. this is a persecution of a political opponent, this was never supposed to happen in america. this is the persecution of the person who is leading by
It was an open question about whether he would be the want to stand up and speak during this hearing. we actually heard him speak several times. it was different than what we have heard before, we heard him enter his name agreed he understood the charges and then enter that plea of not guilty, interestingly before the hearing got started, the judge was running late there was about 15 minutes of a pretty quiet time in the courtroom people were just milling about, i m told it was so quiet you could hear someone clicking there can. during that time, special counsel jack smith and the former president sort of looked at each other, exchanged glances, multiple times. i mean, just truly extraordinary, wolf. you know, paula, the big question is how long it could be before this all goes to trial? what comes next? well, wolf, this looks like it will be a rocket docket, because the judge didn t handle the hearing but she will handle the case going forward she has given the government seven da