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of the first federal arraignment of a former u.s. president in the history of this nation. security is tight as donald trump is about to respond to the most serious criminal charges, twice impeached and twice indicted former commander in chief has faced. trump is at his golf club outside miami, expected to heed to the courthouse soon. this is cnns special coverage of the arrest and arraignment of donald trump. im anderson cooper. >> im jake tapper. the former president will be placed u...

Months he closed several prominent investigations into members of congress without charges. so those included john enson of nestled da, a republican, tom dell lay of texas, another republican, jerry lewis of california another republican, allen mull a han a democrat and don young of alaska. yes, hes had prominent run-ins with republican politicians but has also been very firmly on the other side of those scales of justice, closing investigations against prominent republicans as well when he thou...

>> you think about the precedence on this. michael graham pleads guilty, and then hes got to go. a previous new jersey democratic senator named harrison williams, like in 1980, he ended up fighting, trying to stay in the senate while they brought bribery charges against him. he got convicted and expelled. john enson resigned rather than even face the ethics committee. so theres no clear precedent on when they go, but if he stays, there is the question of all the power hes got in the senate. hes ...

A couple of michael graham said the same thing a couple months ago. but he stepped down. that is certainly a potential option here for senator menendez. the difference is senator menendez is generally not somebody who is going to give up. hes been fight thing case for quite a while. hes known for several years the doj was investigating him. so the idea he will step down immediately is unlikely but i can see it in the next weeks or months. >> you think about the precedence on this. michael graham...

At the time when jimmy carter was sworn in as the 39th president of the united states. if jason carter is elected in the fall, he would be the first carter since jimmy to successfully win political office. his father, jack, ran an unsuccessful campaign in 2006 against john enson. jason carter has made it clear he doesnt share all of his grandfathers view. but a sign that the presidents role in the campaign is growing a bit, he and rosaline are holding a june weekend for donors in georgia. >> jas...

Meacham said yesterday between nuclear war and abject surrender. there are gray areas. what disturbs me and a lot of activists and a lot of leaders ive been talking to the past week, this wasnt prepared for any better is that fact. so, yes, we werent going to see this republican party allow another protracted showdown over a fight where they were going to lose at the end. but we dont want to relearn all of the lessons of the last war and we dont want to send a signal on you -- out to our republi...

Incumbent that was appointed when john enson had to resign in disgrace from a sex scandal. heller retains his seat. he wins his first election. this was not supposed to be as close as it was. it was only a point and a half separating the two, about 12,000 votes. but it was very close because as you just mentioned we saw a huge minority population, a huge young people vote here. hispanics came out in big numbers. we saw a huge get out the vote effort. we saw people at a polling place going throug...

Senator john enson, a republican and a democrat accused of similar things. everybody is watching this closely. not just for tabloid nature of this. but particularpy for those two and im sure there are many others. it will have long range consequences. >> greg: im obsessed over the name bunny melon. i dont know what it is. its a stage name or an act i want to see. picking up. whatever happened to the sex tape? how did -- >> kimberly: its out there. >> greg: they agreed that its so bizarre and awf...

The worldcom ceo. if you do it in business, you go to jail. what is the issue? you are using funds for your personal use, investors and/or donors think are for something else. >> kimberly: the law should be there to protect something. >> bob: but it hasnt been successfully prosecuted in the f.e.c. this is why edwards has a chance regrettedly to walk. >> dana: you mention bunny melon. you could not have made up the story. when it came out in the "national enquirer" people did think it was made up...

Wisconsin and politically involved. theyre bringing their tractors down to the square and showing up and thats great to see. ag is an important industry in the state and we need to keep it as strong as we can. they are supporting our efforts and supporting more importantly the efforts down in madison. it will be a cool thing to see and you are not doing anything. it might be worth your while to hop to madison. >> i hear you. >> break away with your name on it. >> i am taking it under considerati...