Erin . The arraignment is in a courthouse thats already handled hundreds of january 6th defendants. It is those lies that are central to the prosecutions 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 wont 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 hell have th opportunity, as expecting to enter a plea in florida he had s attorney enter that
not all of them will tolerate it. it s unfortunate we re starting with a trial to educate them but we had all those hearings, of course. hearing after hearing. yes. i guess you re saying times have changed to the extent of what maybe then people sort of were forced to watch it. there were fewer choices. now you can fill your life with media and news consumption and you wouldn t have even watched those hearing, never mind this potentially trial. when i testified in watergate, all three networks covered it. i reached 85 millions homes. that s a lot of people. there was a chance to tell them what had gone on. we haven t had the equivalent of that. the education is lagging here. john dean, thank you very much. i appreciate it. thank you, erin. well, the memory of january 6th is, of course, vivid in washington where people was