The lookout for. He did it in front of everybody. But today, he was nabbed, so to speak. He was arrested and booked. No mugshot was taken at the ex president , but his fingerprints were taken. There are no cameras allowed in federal court. We have these sketches, where donald j trump, the 44th president of the united states, was the rain, 45th president of the united states, was arraigned on four Felony Counts for his attempts to steal the election. The ex president pleaded not guilty, there were no literal handcuffed. But he surrendered and was arrested, he submitted to federal custody in the federal courthouse. Special counsel jack smith sat in the front row during the arraignment. Defendant trump was sworn in. We did not hear a lot from him, but when asked by the Magistrate Judge, he stated his full name, quote, donald j trump, john. When asked his age he said 77, 77. He entered a plea of not guilty on all charges for his attempts to subvert american democracy and end the Constituti
There are no cameras allowed in federal court. We have these sketches, where donald j trump, the 44th president of the united states, it was arraigned for eight 45th president of the united states, was arraigned on four Felony Counts for his attempts to steal the election. The ex president pleaded not guilty, there were no literal handcuffed. But he surrendered and was arrested, he submitted to federal custody in the Federal Courthouse. Special counsel jack smith sat in the front row during the arraignment. Defendant trump was sworn in. We did not hear a lot from him, but when asked by the Magistrate Judge, he stated his full name, quote, donald j trump, john. When asked his age he said 77, 77. He entered a plea of not guilty on all charges for his attempts to subvert American Democracy and and the Constitutional Republic as we know it. In an extraordinary and unexpected term, the Magistrate Judge warned the defendant, donald john trump, to not try to influence any jurors. She warned t
to influence any jurors. she warned the defendant to not commit any crimes while he is out on release. and that he would be held by the federal government should he do so. he was released on the condition that he not communicate any facts of the case with witnesses unless in the presence of council. the judge warned the ex president would be detained if he violated the conditions of his release. now trump faces a total of 78 felony counts in his three upcoming criminal trials. but none of those 78 counts are like these four. this is the big one. the biggest of all time. i want to take a step back for a moment and make note of how we got here. because one of the craziest things about january, sixth if you take yourself back to that day in realtime, it was truly wild. when it was all over, this surreal, upsetting scene
you take yourself back to that day in realtime, it was truly wild. when it was all over, this surreal, upsetting scene playing out in realtime on live television, everyone just went home. do you remember that? like no one got arrested on the spot. despite the fact that rioters nearly destroyed the nation s capital, they smashed windows, ransacked congressional offices, dedicated inside them, including the office of the speaker of the house, nancy pelosi, which they ransacked. they overtook the floor of the senate, the temporarily blocked the certification of votes. and they brutally attacked police officers with flagpoles and bats and crutches and bear spray, chunks of wood. blood was spilled. they chanted hang mike pence as they hunted him down in the halls of congress, and then after all of that, after we watched it all, no one got arrested. we saw them commit the crimes. we saw the crimes committed in realtime. the violence unfolding before