i m erin burnett in new york. and i m dana bash in washington. welcome to a special edition of inside politics. the federal indictment of donald trump. in just a few hours, a former president will be arrested on federal charges for the first time in u.s. history. donald trump is set to face a judge in miami this amp for an unprecedented arraignment on 37 felony charges tied to his alleged miss handling of classified documents after leaving office. outside the courthouse right now, we can see some ramped up security and already crowds of trump supporters and protesters have gathered. so far, so peaceful. one thing we won t get, though, and everyone should understand this, we re not going to get to see inside the courthouse where trump will be taken into custody, so there aren t going to be handcuffs. he will have his fingerprints taken digitally. at the arraignment, he is expected to enter a not guilty plea. after what is anticipated to be a brief court appearance, trump
you ll have a hearing before a magistrate judge. at the defense table with former president trump, we expect two attorneys, todd blanche and chris. that s expected to be his legal taem. he s been speaking to potential lawyers to help represent him in this case. even last night he met with at least one at his golf club, but so far they haven t been able to finalize the team. this is the first step in what is likely to be a very long and historic case. we should remind our viewers that two of his attorneys on this case quit the morning that this indictment was unsealed. we ll be getting back to you as well. thank you so much for that reporting, paula. erin? dana, so let s get straight to this. paula walking through what this is going to look like. todd blanche will be sitting at the table. unlikely to be the final team,