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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...

I think we need to think through, to me also is more this position we need to have all 19 people at the table 47 days from now, and maybe this is something, if you need to tag team with somebody else on the counsel, one of the first things i kind of want to talk through is potentially how removal affects this. So i know your estate is currently litigating this issue with multiple codefendants in federal court. And while that is happening until a decision is made, we cant issue a judgment of conv...

Case and may not be in others, right . Yes, your honor. So i guess some of the things i think we need to think through, to me also, its more this position that we still need to have all 19 people at the table 47 days from now. And maybe this is something if you need to tag team with somebody else on the counsel. I want to talk about how removal affects this. So i know youre a state your state is currently litigating this issue with multiple codefendants in Federal Court. And while thats happenin...

Enforcement agencies all over Fulton County to then make sure that these grand jurors are safe. So i think one consideration the court also needs to make in allowing this is the safety of these grand jurors and their concerns that have already been voiced. But ill just say the Georgia Supreme Court observed the grand jury as a Public Institution serving the community might suffer if those testifying today knew that the secrecy of their testimony would be lifted tomorrow. The indispensable secrec...

We know from the superseding indictment that they had surveillance footage of nada and de oliveira walking along the pool emitter of mar-a-lago. >> the whole part of them working through the bushes from one part of the property to the. other >> with they have surveillance footage from multiple locations referenced in this indictment. the discovery burden will increase that, plus we have the possibility of additional pretrial motions that cant be stopped. one of those is called the severance moti...

>> the whole part of them working through the bushes from one part of the property to the other. >> they have surveillance footage from multiple locations referenced in this indictment. the discovery burden will increase that, plus we have the possibility of additional pretrial motions that cant be stopped. one of those is called the severance motion. that is when one defendant says, i cant get a fair trial if im sitting next to that guy. thats a hard argument for someone like walt nauta to make...

This is a co-defendant case. you will see nauta and trump together. they will likely be treated similarly, but not precisely the same. were told theres not going to be a mugshot for donald trump. he will have electronic fingerprinting. dna will not be taken we understand at this point in time, however nauta does not have the same level of courtesy as a former president. he is not. so i expect to see a conversation with the judge about a plea -- >> nauta is the body man. >> the body man. >> of th...

>> its a big development, brianna. what a judge does when they do this, it is called a severance motion the defense puts forth to separate different trials. what a judge does is balance the judicial efficiency and economy, it is easier to try everyone together, theres one trial, against the prejudice in doing so to each individual defendant because defendants often times when paired together point fingers. so it is a huge development. i take two things away from this. first thing is i think the ...