welcome to our viewer in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. and we begin with donald trump s arrest and arraignment in the classified documents case. the washington post reports that trump rejected efforts by one of his lawyers to cut a deal with the justice department to return the documents and avoid indictment. post says chris kise wanted to negotiate with the doj back in the fall after the fbi found more than 100 class filed documents at mar-a-lago. but cnn spoke to sources close to trump s legal team and they cast doubt on whether that was a real opportunity to settle. and merrick garland is depending the special counsel behind the trump indictment, jack smith. paula reid has more. reporter: speaking for the first time since former president trump was indicted mr. smith is a veteran career prosecutor. reporter: attorney general merrick garland standing by special counsel jack smith who was prosecuting former president trump and ad
was prosecuting former president trump and addressing fears of a violent response from protestors. we live in a democracy. and these kind of matters are adjudicated through the judicial system. the justice department will be vigilant to ensure that there are no threats of violence or actual violence. reporter: demonstrations tuesday outside the miami federal courthouse where trump was arraigned were largely peaceful. i did everything right and they indicted me. reporter: trump gearing up for the legal and political fight of his life. as the first former u.s. president to face federal criminal charges. the result of a large scale justice department investigation into his handling of national security secrets after leaving office. many people have asked me why i had these boxes. why did you want them? reporter: trump speaking to supporters at a fundraiser held at his new jersey golf club the same day he made his first appearance in federal court.
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welcome to our viewer in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. and we begin with donald trump s arrest and arraignment in the classified documents case. the washington post reports that trump rejected efforts by one of his lawyers to cut a deal with the justice department to return the documents and avoid indictment. post says chris kise wanted to negotiate with the doj back in the fall after the fbi found more than 100 class filed documents at mar-a-lago. but cnn spoke to sources close to trump s legal team and they cast doubt on whether that was a real opportunity to settle. and merrick garland is depending the special counsel behind the trump indictment, jack smith. paula reid has more. reporter: speaking for the first time since former president trump was indicted mr. smith is a veteran career prosecutor. reporter: attorney general merrick garland standing by special counsel jack smith who
the cnn that the two would ten to travel together and work side by side. that young man right there as answered more subpoenas than any human being in the history of the world. reporter: and parlatore asked if hens the assistant might make a deal to flip on his boss? every criminal defendant has to make their own decision as to how much they that can risk. reporter: and what is next in the case? the justice department will provide a full list of witnesses trump would be barred from talking to except through counsel. the discovery process begins and with it likely does hisputes ov evidence to be decided by trump appointed judge aileen cannon and walt nauta s arraignment is in two weeks. going forward, trump s hearings will be held a little closer to one of his homes in west palm