Tell it yourself. Im michael smerconish. The Crisis Manager wrote a whole book called truth to tell on how to handle a public crisis. Davis advice the exact opposite of the approach of the Biden White House to date around the discovery of the classified documents in its possession. They didnt tell it early. They waited nearly two months. They didnt tell it all, in fact, a Statement Released on monday, and the president s words on tuesday, were almost dishonest by omission. And as for tell it yourself, instead of the president telling the full story it has fallen to karine jeanpierre. Saying he takes it seriously doesnt make it so. It seems like a series of unforced errors turning what might be a benign situation into something that will surely be the focus of the Subpoena Power Republicans now possess after winning the house. Here is how we got here. On november 2, Biden Lawyers discovered classified documents in an office the former Vice President used in washington, d. C. , associate
huddling with advisors in new york as he is about to make history as the first president to formally charged with a crime. and just hours, trump will head downtown and he will turn himself in. and at this late hour this monday evening, we re still waiting for the judge in the case to rule on two important motions, and this could come at any time. the first of these is whether to allow cameras in the courtroom. trump s legal team opposes that move. they say it would create a circus like atmosphere. that s the first motion and then the second one that we re awaiting a ruling from the judge on is the motion to unseal the indictment before tomorrow s arraignment. again we are told that these rulings could be issued tonight and if they are, it would be an incredible cap off to what has been pretty unbelievable day. the former president, leaving his home in mar-a-lago this afternoon followed there in his convoy. supporters lining the roads flying to new york, where he made his way
miller showed a graphic of all the attorneys and former president trump s orbit and how they work. in some cases, their work. some cases overlapped one of the people in that graphic lanny davis called in a few minutes ago to say, well, he and joe tecca pena have been friends for years, he never formally represented him. he also said that robert costello never represented mr davis s current client, michael cohen. the news continues. erin burnett outfront starts now. outfront next. we are awaiting two key rulings from the judge and trump s hush money case, and we are now just hours away from trump s historic arrest. as our jeff zeleny has new reporting from inside trump s camp this late hour this evening, plus, i ll be joined by a reporter who s talking to trump insiders and why they are worried tonight about the protest tomorrow. a new word about the american journalists jailed in russia as one of evan gorski, which is closest friends is here. whatever is said to him the night
campaign, you can tell he s moving forward reconvenes the investigation, the alleged hush money paid to alleged according to new nbc news reporting, da alvin bragg has dismissed a second letter from house republicans put seeking information into the back against republicans, making it their mission to investigate investigators. republicans, because they cannot govern on the issues, continue to use fearmongering tactics, red herrings, and playing the consistent victim to a so-called woke culture. that s how they re looking to govern, versus dealing with the facts of this particular case. and by the way, facts relayed to georgia, and facts related to the department of justice as well. stop, you know, president trump has to be held accountable for what he has done, and let s see if that accountability begins with an indictment in manhattan. for donald trump, it s back to the playbook as casting all of these investigations was nothing but a hoax. 2024 campaign in texa
maddow and joy and myself. the whole gang will be back at 8:00 for special coverage, our whole primetime lineup of colleagues much more tonight starting at 8:00, but right now it s time to sit down with another bucket of popcorn or whatever you re having because it s time for the beat. hi, nicolle will see you at 8:00 p.m right now we re reporting on arraignment of former president donald trump stepped into court, took his seat to make his first appearance as a defendant in a criminal case. this is what that moment looked like this is here the photo right before the arraignment officially began and the news photographers then left the room a standard practice that trump s lawye lawyers asked to maintain today. meaning these are the photos donald trump did not want to world to see trump appeared at times somewhat sullen flanked by his expanded legal team he went on to plead not guilty today. he was watched over, as you can see here, by court officers, who are there not to p