Trump arraigned on charges he plotted to stay in power
Laura Coates Live
CNN
4.2 • 2.5K Ratings
🗓️ 4 August 2023
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
The 45th President of the United States is arrested and arraigned in a courtroom, just a stone's throw away from the US capital where the plot to overturn the 2020 election exploded in deadly violence. Our panel discusses the four election interference related felonies the former president pleads not guilty to. Plus, CNN’s Tom Foreman walks through what’s in 'The Speedy Trial Act’ and the impact it will have on this latest case against Trump. And, a third Trump ally is charged in a conspiracy to seize Michigan voting machines after the 2020 election.
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| 0:00.0 | This is our primetime coverage of the arrest and |
| 0:08.8 | arraignment of Donald Trump on Lara Coats. |
| 0:11.6 | I'm Wolf Blitzer. |
| 0:12.6 | This has been a day unlike anything we've ever seen in our history. |
| 0:17.6 | The 45th President of the United States arrested and arraigned in a courtroom just a stones |
| 0:23.8 | throw from the U.S. Capitol where the plot to overturn the election exploded into deadly |
| 0:29.8 | violence. |
| 0:30.8 | It's an extraordinary moment really is in a day of extraordinary moments. |
| 0:34.4 | Donald J. Trump arriving in Washington DC to be indicted on four federal charges related |
| 0:40.8 | to special counsel Jack Smith's investigation into attempts to overturn the election of Joe |
| 0:45.4 | Biden. |
| 0:46.4 | At the former President standing up in court today and pleading not guilty to all four charges |
| 0:51.4 | and despite everything laid out in the 45 page indictment, Kevin McCarthy, who was |
| 0:57.4 | at the Capitol on January 6th, well he's arguing that Trump is being prosecuted unfairly. |
| 1:05.4 | I have the honor and the privilege to serve in Congress. |
| 1:08.9 | The building itself sits directly across from the Supreme Court. |
| 1:14.0 | There's Lady Justice there. |
| 1:16.1 | She has a scale and she has a blindfold on. |
| 1:19.2 | That's the way justice in America is supposed to play, that it's fair and even. |
| 1:24.2 | And now I think most people in America will say, it doesn't seem quite fair. |
| 1:28.8 | All right, let's go right to our senior legal affairs correspondent, Paula Reed Paula. |
| 1:33.9 | Another truly stunning day in our history with the former president making his initial court |
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