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good evening, everyone. i m alison camerata. welcome to cnn tonight. we continue our live coverage of the historical day of a former president being arrested and arraigned this afternoon, donald trump faced 34 felony counts for falsifying business records in connection with the hush money payments to adult film star stormy daniels. hours later, and aggrieved donald trump appeared in front of a very friendly mega outfitted proud at mar-a-lago. i never thought anything like this. could happen in america never thought it could happen. the only crime that i have committed is to fearlessly defend our nation from those who seek to destroy it. from there, he went on to spout his usual litany of lies and grievances. but that was the only part of today that was familiar. everything else we ve never before seen a former u. s president under arrest and walking into a courtroom sitting , with his defense team, having to answer to charges just as any other criminal defendants would ....
But that was the only part of today that was familiar. everything else we ve never before seen a former u. s president under arrest and walking into a courtroom sitting , with his defense team, having to answer to charges just as any other criminal defendants would so now that we know what s in the indictment is this a week or a strong case? we have two attorneys with very different positions here in a moment, but let s begin with cnn s christian homes. she is live for us in palm beach. kristen, tell us what happened tonight. that s right. so after he got back, he came into this room, and as you said it was full of supporters and allies, his family members lawmakers who support him, even members of bikers for trump club and he gave a very uncharacteristically short speech we re talking about roughly 25 minutes, and it was an airing of grievances. he did talk about the new york case, but he also talked about all of the other federal and state ....