Good morning, everyone. Its wednesday, august 2nd. A historic morning in u. S. Former President Trump is due in Court Tomorrow after a federal grand jury indicted him on four counts. This morning, city and federal Law Enforcement agencies are gearing up for that appearance. Also new this morning, a sense of trumps defense. His attorney tells cnn his clint is protected fully by the First Amendment. He was acting on the advice of counsel. We just heard from rudy ju giuliani. New details about the judge who will preside over this case. The judge has been randomly assigned. Hes overseen january 6ths defendants. The form e President Trumps 2024 rivals are weighing in on the charges. Their reactions ranging from condemning trump to condemning the Justice Department. Georgia, Fulton County sheriff said trump wont receive special treatment. Quote, it doesnt matter your status, well have mug shots ready for you, all of that this hour of cnn this morning starts right now. Third indictment. Fourt
electoral college so this isn t just about a couple of comments that donald trump made at a rally or rudy giuliani s claims. thank you for that reporting. we ll see you in a little bit. let s bring back in our experts. jack smith knew that was going to be the defense counsel s argument, that s why he gets to page 2, the defendant has every right to speak publicly about the election, even to claim falsely there had been fraud. it s kind of rare to anticipate a defense like that. the first thing. exactly. i think it s an important thing. here s my problem with first amendment defense. we have a broad first amendment right when it comes to political speech. but here s the problem the first amend mtd doesn t cover everything that may come out of