We are grateful you join us tonight. Happy to. Thank you very much. It has been quite a here of course, only the first of many as we learn today that there are many more court dates to come. The news continues, i want to turn things over right now to cnn prime time with wolf blitzer and laura coats. Our Special Coverage continues now on the arrest and arraignment of donald trump. Im wolf blitzer along laura coates, truly an extraordinary and unprecedented day right here in washington d. C. The former president at one point was in the custody of the very government he allegedly tried to overthrow. Just a mere step or two or three from the center of democracy with his supporters attacking on january six and a combination of a plot to overturn the election. Donald j trump arrested and arraigned for the third time in four months, on for federal charges including conspiracy to defraud the United States. Conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding and conspiracy against rights. The next Hearing Special for august 28th when the judge intends to set a trial date. Donald trump was standing in court today and he actually pleaded not guilty to all four of those criminal charges, and before boarding his private plane to return to new jersey, he was railing against the indictment and trying to recast all of this as what he called persecution. This is a persecution of a political opponent, this was never supposed to happen in america. This is the persecution of the person who is leading by substantial numbers in the republican primary and leading biden by a lot. So if you cant beat him if you prosecute him, we cant let this happen in america. What happened in that washington Courtroom Today is just the very beginning. Our Senior Legal Affairs correspondent paula reid is here to break down the next steps in the case that is like nothing we have ever seen before in this country. Paula . A truly dramatic date, take us inside the courtroom. Tell our viewers what happened. Wolf, a really was extraordinary here you had the former leader of the free world standing inside a federal courtroom here in washington in his own Voice Pleading not guilty, its significant that he entered this plea on his own because at his other initial appearance and arraignment down in florida on the other federal charges he is facing, he and his lawyer entered this plea. It was an open question about whether he would be the want to stand up and speak during this hearing. We actually heard him speak several times. It was different than what we have heard before, we heard him enter his name agreed he understood the charges and then enter that plea of not guilty, interestingly before the hearing got started, the judge was running late there was about 15 minutes of a pretty quiet time in the courtroom people were just milling about, im told it was so quiet you could hear someone clicking there can. During that time, Special Counsel jack smith and the former president sort of looked at each other, exchanged glances, multiple times. I mean, just truly extraordinary, wolf. You know, paula, The Big Question is how long it could be before this all goes to trial . What comes next . Well, wolf, this looks like it will be a rocket docket, because the judge didnt handle the hearing but she will handle the case Going Forward she has given the government seven days to tell her when they think they can take this to trial and how long the case will take to try. And then the Defense Attorneys have one week after that to get for the same information. Because the next hearing is on august 28th, and at that time, she wants to set a trial date. That suggests that she wants to move this long quickly. Wolf, one of the things that could potentially throw off a timeline here will be additional charges or additional codefendants. We saw that down in the florida Special Counsel case, we know they continue to interview witnesses, so it is possible that they could add additional charges or a codefendant. Special counsel keep saying of this investigation is continuing. So we shall see. Paula reid, thank you very much. Laura, back to you. Thanks, wolf. Tom foreman is here to help us break down what the former president is now forbidden to do possibly now that he has been indicted for the third time. Tom, talk to me about what restrictions might be in place . Weve seen something similar in the maralago about who he can and cant talk to. Is that going to take place here . Thats a key issue and yes it will. We dont have all the names but take a look at the people he was told he either could not talk to about the case at all, even if he is around the, he could talk to them about other things, but if he is going to talk to them about the case it has to go through his lawyers. So gatekeepers woman to be able to communicate some way their. Look at the names on that list, mark meadows, marc short, greg scavino, pat sibley no, miller, ken cuccinelli, on and on it goes. This is a whole lot of people who are very close to donald trump, whom he now cannot talk to you about that case probably a very similar list on this one. These are the people who talk to the grand jury. There are others on another list also included that he cant talk to who were interviewed by the Special Counsel investigators. So a whole lot of people. The judge was so intent on making sure that donald trump not only understood but acknowledged what he had to do here that he was warned, trump said to him you cannot retaliate against these witnesses. Meaning not only can he not talk to them but he cant do, like you see an old mob Movies The Wink and the not, you know the thing that im not talking to you about, you better not talk about the thing. The judge said are you prepared to comply . In front of the judge, in front of the American People, in front of the flag donald trump said yes. He made a pledge that he would play by the rules. You know, first of all, that was like an Energizer Bunny lists, kept going and going, remember the gen x committee, there were like what 1000 witnesses that they spoke to . Many more that we dont know about. That was just one of the cases, this is now the third indictment. Weve heard some part of Potential Defense weve heard about the First Amendment and political speech. We havent heard about how he is handling all of these charges. Giovanni idea . If you look at what he puts on truth social, it gives you an idea that he is not liking it. He is being arrested for having that is not what he was arrested for. It is a great honor because im being arrested for you, know he was arrested because of what he did, or what he is accused of thats a Talking Point for him though . Of course, yes, im headed to d. C. For protesting a crooked election, unfair venue, unfair judge attacking the judge there. And on and on he goes here. I really think if you look at all of this, what you find yourself saying, no matter how you feel about the outcome of this case, is the person who puts out this kind of information, who attacks the judge, says all of this, is that person capable of doing what he pledged in court he would do . Following the rules . And if he does not follow the rules, if he tries to communicate with these people and let them know what he wants. What price might be paid . Im looking at this as a prosecutor and saying i see some of my motions that he will file and then you change the judge bias as well, but attacking a judge might get him in hot waters. Look at this as you mention, soon in 2024 it will be our turn. How many times have we heard about the weaponization coming from either way . It is going to be, as we said, i think you said last night unprecedented no longer means anything because we are seeing it every minute when a deal is issued around donald trump. Thank you so much. Wolf . I want to bring in experts, analysts to discuss this truly historic day. Jim acosta, as all of our viewers know youve been face to face with trump on many occasions in recent years and goggles, press briefings. What do you make of his demeanor today . While i was used to donald trump being in the white house. He has gone from being commanderinchief to being a criminal defendant. He was back at the Scene Of The Crime today, or almost a Scene Of The Crime just down the street of the Scene Of The Crime. I think it is no surprise to hear what he was saying on the tarmac over reagan national, that this was a persecution, he will parlay this message in the campaign. Just to play off of what laura and tom were talking about a few moments ago, i think we should be looking for donald trump to pursue a strategy that could be summed up as the two these. Delay in the courthouse and disparaging and demonizing on the campaign trail. I think that is exactly what hes going to do. I talked to a longtime trump advisor in recent days who said it is going to be incredibly difficult for donald trump to win a general election. No matter how the campaign. Over the next 12 months. And so, what remains to be seen at this point is as tom and we were discussing, can donald trump play by the rules . Obviously weve seen up until this point he certainly not going to do that, he has demonstrated time and time again that he has no interest in doing that. I think thats what we should expect to see moving forward. What do you think . I think today he sounded very defiant and touched on a message that he has hit on four years which is this kind of sacrificial martyr type narrative, that he is somebody who has sacrificed whether it is during his presidency he will talk about how he sacrifices business grew for the people who were his supporters. Now he is saying i am taking the Slings And Arrows from the court for you. This is part of lies that there is such a large number of republicans who remain devoted to him, hes built a movement not just around particular policy ideas, you want to cut spending, limit the government, any of that, he has made it about himself. This feeds the narrative further. Virgin i want you to listen to this, to see how some of trumps lawyers are already trying to maybe spin this entire moment. Listen to this. Okay. I think that everybody was made aware that he lost the election, but that doesnt mean that that was the only advice he was given. As anybody understands what happens in the oval office there numerous amounts of advisers, politicians, lawyers not just one or two that are giving you advice and telling you what they believe is true. So he may not agree with mike pence, he may not agree with one of his lawyers but that doesnt mean that there werent other people advising him exactly the opposite. The president has a right, as every one of us do to listen to several opinions and make their decision. What do you make of that . I think its baloney. Here is why. When the Attorney General of the United States bill barr says that there is no fraud, you have to take that to the bank. When pat cipollone, white house Here Is P Person W had b house, that was donald trump. Indictone the other thing is, he made a missions that he had lost, he said to aides, how can you believe i lost to this guy . And he asked mike pence on meters day to reject the certification and he then said you are too honest. That is a person who has a guilty mind and knows that he lost the election. By the way pence is now marketing on that as part of his memorabilia, campaign that he is doing, but th are just m let me ju ou b 20 and stil so anyone say you meaor s well, here to his li foa long i am salivating bec one of includ all includ all inclu miller, the want to go you on you on m that havoc on if he i bit acost people al w aid donald trump knew that he lost tand what he was doing, from that Point Forward was trying to orchestrate an administrative or procedural coup. And what led up to january six and ended up being almost a coup unfolding before our eyes. I mean, i talked to a white house adviser who said yes he understands he lost, he will sometimes grumble i cant believe i lost to this guy. And that sort of thing. We reported a lot of this at the time and find it online. And so yes, going to jeans point, there is absolutely a state of mind. One of the things we will be looking to in this upcoming trial of the 21st century if you want to call it that, it is whether or not his former Vice President , mike pence, takes the stand and testifies, which i think will be a huge moment. If he says he has donald trump did tell me you are being too honest, that suggest going to genes point that donald trump was fully prepared to be dishonest and try to overturn that election. Can i make one point . Yes. Motive in any criminal case is not an element as you know but it is relevant, mike pence had motive to save the election was stolen because he would remain as Vice President. And i have to compliment mike pence, even though he had the motive to say there was a fraud, he said there wasnt. And i cant do this constitutionally, reject the will of the people. So i have to compliment mike pence on this. Yeah. Let me bring jamil in this conversation. Jim meal, as you probably anticipate all of this the Trump Lawyers will ask for a change of venue. They dont think necessarily that they can get a fair trial here in washington d. C. I do think the judge is going to react to this motion . Look, i think that donald trump cant get a fair trial in d. C. , he has a judge who has who has a reputation for being a fair and evenhanded judge. Look, wherever you go in the country this is a front matter, everyone is watching on cnn, on every channel, if the president cant get a fair trial here he cant get a fair trial anywhere. This is the look of the events took place that day, it was here that he called for the insurrection from the ellipse, it was carried the insurrection took place. This is the place to try the case. Do you agree jean . In february march of this year, a six great kid 21 years old, he swallowed the koolaid. I lost, fought like heck. It was very hard to pick a jury took us almost a week the reason is 95 of the voters in d. C. Voted against donald trump. Can you get a fair trial here . Yes, but it is going to be difficult. Jury selection in this case is going to take 2 to 3 weeks. The questions and answers are going to be really hard to deal with. But, i experienced it for six weeks, it can be done, my client is going to appeal, but he could get a fair trial. Yes, i suspect youre right. Everybody, standby we have a lot to discuss. Up next and advisor to Rudy Giuliani joins us live, after the former mayor is named as a coconspirator in this case. Plus, Carrie Swisher is here on the very interesting revelation Chris Christie made to her about jack smith. And president ial candidate vivek is also joining us as he defends donald trump. This is cnn special live coverage. Helped me get more sleep. Quviviq works differently than medication you may have taken in the past. Its thought to target one of the biological causes of insomnia overactive wake signals. 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Farxiga our Special Coverage continues on this historic arrest and agreement of donald trump in connection with a wid range electric plot to overturn the 2020 election. Now, the indictment leaves the unindicted coconspirators facing some pretty tough choices. Joining me now is a political adviser for Rudy Giuliani. Ted goodman. Giuliani appears to be, according to reporting a coconspirator. And likely coconspirator one. Ted, i want to thank you for joining me. And im really interested in hearing your responses because according to the indictment. It appears giuliani in fact is one of these on indicted coconspirators. So want to establish some facts first. Has giuliani received a Target Letter from the Special Counsel in connection with this . Finish my question. This or any other case. What i will say to this, we cannot even confirm if t