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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...

this morning starts right now. this breaking overnight, hunter biden is facing nine new criminal charges as federal investigators say he avoided paying $1.4 million in taxes, instead spending that money on an extravagant lifestyle, how high the political cost may be for his father. donald trump set to testify monday in his new york fraud trial after calling it a disgrace to america. why his own lawyer is telling him not to take the stand. plus, shots fired outside of a synagogue ...

Sentencing guidelines, which are advisory, judges take them into account but theyre not binding, i ran a rough calculation, something in the 8 to 12 year range. thats a lot. judges can go below that. what i feel confident saying, if trump is convicted on this indictment this is a prison case. the manhattan case, i dont believe is likely, knowing that new york law, that could well be a probation case. this one if theres a conviction its a prison case. >> since its extraordinary circumstances, it ...

Month behind bars. i want to bring in philip holloway, a former u.s. assistant district attorney, and a criminal defense attorney. both sides of the coin on this. you can give us a lot of expertise. good to see you. prosecutors say that universities are victims, and other say there are no victims. what do you say? >> i think they both missed the mark, harris. of course there are victims. every child who signed up for the s.a.t. but who had to go to the back of the admissions line because these p...

>> it maybe. you keep in mind, even if she was someone we did not know, if she did not have celebrity -- >> harris: like some of the of people coming up for sentencing? >> exactly. shes 56 years old, shes got no criminal history. she has taken extraordinary acceptance of responsibility. those of the factors that judges on a day in and day out basis in courtrooms across the country take into consideration when they sentence ordinary people to probation. so i think on balance, if you take the cele...

Community service. criminal defense attorney paige pate with us now. what first of all you do think should happen? >> i dont think she should go to prison at this point. in federal court, its pretty simple how the sentencing process works. she entered a plea agreement with the government. and you calculate her potential sentence based on the sentencing guidelines. in her case, like with most of the parents, shes looking at a few months in prison under the guidelines. before you go to the judge, ...

Everyone else. i think this irrational behavior of fleeing to mexico makes no sense if thats where you want to flee youre looking to get caught. so i think the defense is going to try and keep this in the juvenile justice system where the penalties are far less severe. my understanding is the prosecutor now wants to move this probation case into adult court, which u dont think is appropriate. if it began in juvenile court, it should end in juvenile court. but this aflunz is a sa defense is not i...

In the end its a probation case. >> this is a probation case but could turn out worse. she could be facing four years in prison. is that long enough, does the punishment fit the crime? also, how much attention should be paid to this system thats clearly broken? >> well, as far as the marriage licensing system, perhaps thats broken but lets not forget the immigration system and actually receiving an immigration benefit based on marriage to a u.s. citizen is quite a sophisticated system. you can o...

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