What It Was Like at Donald Trump’s Arraignment

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🗓️ 5 April 2023

⏱️ 26 minutes

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The line for reporters seeking to be in the courtroom for Donald J. Trump’s arraignment in Manhattan started forming at 2 p.m. on Monday, more than a day before the former president was scheduled to face a judge in a case centered on hush-money payments. One of those who got in was Jonah Bromwich, a criminal justice correspondent for The Times. He tells us what it was like inside the courthouse as Mr. Trump was charged with 34 felony counts. Guest: Jonah E. Bromwich, a criminal justice correspondent for The New York Times.

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0:00.0	Oh, hi, Micah.
0:05.0	Hi.
0:06.0	Good morning.
0:07.0	Good morning.
0:08.0	It's a nice day.
0:09.0	It's all you can ask.
0:10.0	It's going to be a long day.
0:11.0	It's going to be like mid-60s.
0:14.0	No jacket.
0:15.0	Here we are.
0:16.0	Here we are.
0:17.0	Micah, can you orient us a little bit?
0:21.0	Absolutely.
0:22.0	It is 10.20 a.m. Tuesday, April 4th.
0:26.0	And you and I are standing.
0:28.0	At the bottom of what is essentially a small neighborhood of legal buildings and courthouses
0:35.0	that if you've ever watched a procedural on TV, you recognize it feels like every
0:41.0	episode of Law and Order has some scene shot at the steps of one of these courthouses.
0:47.0	And this is where history is going to be made today.
0:51.0	This is where Donald Trump is going to show up in his motorcade with the secret
0:55.0	service, get out and surrender himself to the Manhattan District of attorney.
1:00.0	And this is where a few hours later, Donald Trump is going to be arraigned.
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