Good evening, everyone. I'm Allison Kamerata. Welcome to CNN Tonight. Donald Trump is expected

to appear in person in a Washington DC courtroom tomorrow. He's facing four federal criminal

charges, including conspiracy to defraud the United States, all in connection to his efforts

to undo his election loss. The Secret Service says security will be at the highest levels.

In a moment, I'll ask former Trump fixer Michael Cohen about the defense that Trump appears

to be using and what he thinks will happen next to those six co-conspirators. Plus, our

resident back checker, Daniel Dale, goes through the 45-page indictment tonight to break down

every one of the election lies laid out in it. And former Attorney General Bill Bartel's

Caitlin Collins tonight that Trump knew he lost the election.

At first, I wasn't sure, but I have come to believe that he knew well that he had lost

the election. And now, what I think is important is the government has assumed the burden of

proving that. The government in their indictment takes the position that he had actual knowledge

that he had lost the election and the election was stolen through fraud. And they're going

to have to prove that beyond a reasonable doubt.

Which is a high bar, of course.

It's a high bar. Now, that leads me to believe that they were only seeing a tip of the

iceberg on this.

You think Jackson Smith has more?

Oh, yes. I would believe he has a lot more.

Okay. So, let's bring in Michael Cohen, Donald Trump's former fixer and attorney. He

is now a principal of crisis X. He's the host of the Mayacolpa and political beat-down

podcasts and the author of The New York Times bestseller revenge how Donald Trump weaponized

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