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>> i was chief investigator with the d.a.'s office for 23 years. i know what you got to do. >> reporter: no one was arrested that day or for months to come. johnson's influence on the case not only delayed justice for arbery's family but also nearly denied it. in september more than a year after his death, the grand jury indicted johnson for violating her oath of office and obstructing police. ar arbery's family applauded the move. >> she didn't pull the trigger but she is just as much to hold accountable as the three guys who actually did this to ahmaud. >> reporter: johnson turned herself in...

Nighttime intruder and that is frightening and unsettling. >> reporter: and william brian's attorney kevin golf arguing there wouldn't be a trial were it not for his client, his cell phone and the video he took. >> rodney bryant didn't shoot anyone. at the time of the shooting he was some distance back. he was armed only with his cell phone. isn't it time, isn't it time, ladies and gentlemen, that we send rodney brian home? >> reporter: the growing protests outside the court threatened the proceedings. the presence of demonstrators with guns had brian's attorney kevin goff again motioning for ...

His quote duty was necessary that february day. >> this neighborhood was being covered in suspicious persons, in extra watches, in neighborhood patrols, in concerned citizens. >> reporter: insisting arbery's presence was suspicious. >> there is no evidence whatsoever that it was a place of exercise and jogging for ahmaud arbery. >> reporter: gregory mcmichael's attorney said arbery was in the neighborhood up to no good saying that was obvious by his appearance. >> does not reflect the reality of what brought ahmaud arbery to the neighborhood. he has khaki shorts with no socks to cover his long...

I'm not afraid to say it even if donald trump's children are afraid to say it to their father. >> thank you, john. good to be with you again. it's been too long. coming up, live courtroom action here on "new day," as the prosecution for the trial of the men accused of killing ahmaud ar arbery, they will issue their rebuttal. new overnight, another smash and grab robbery at a high-end department store. plus -- raw emotion from the daughter of a man just cleared of a crime that he didn't commit after a seven decade legal battle l. ♪ (vo) reflect on the past, celebrate the future. season'...

Number two -- >> you know, ocn that point, hi attorney said he's not worried about civil suits. is he worried about glass half full or naive or trying to down play it? >> i think he's down playing it. any attorney knows that an individual who commits an act of homicide, don't say that as an insult. he acknowledged he did it will face those kinds of civil suits and again, being followed around by a camera crew, he might have waived attorney client privilege if someone else is in the room. there is all kinds of legal risks and pretty unwise to take that on. >> you know, oliver, to elliott's poin...