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of the first federal arraignment of a former u.s. president in the history of this nation. security is tight as donald trump is about to respond to the most serious criminal charges, twice impeached and twice indicted former commander in chief has faced. trump is at his golf club outside miami, expected to heed to the courthouse soon. this is cnn's special coverage of the arrest and arraignment of donald trump. i'm anderson cooper. >> i'm jake tapper. the former president will be placed under arrest. he will likely be fingerprinted electronically and then he is expected to plead not ...

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Sentencing guidelines, which are advisory, judges take them into account but they're not binding, i ran a rough calculation, something in the 8 to 12 year range. that's a lot. judges can go below that. what i feel confident saying, if trump is convicted on this indictment this is a prison case. the manhattan case, i don't believe is likely, knowing that new york law, that could well be a probation case. this one if there's a conviction it's a prison case. >> since it's extraordinary circumstances, it could be house arrest. >> judges can take into account the person's age, all sorts of factors....

Month behind bars. i want to bring in philip holloway, a former u.s. assistant district attorney, and a criminal defense attorney. both sides of the coin on this. you can give us a lot of expertise. good to see you. prosecutors say that universities are victims, and other say there are no victims. what do you say? >> i think they both missed the mark, harris. of course there are victims. every child who signed up for the s.a.t. but who had to go to the back of the admissions line because these parents with their extreme entitlement issues, those of the real victims in the case. i hope the judg...

>> it maybe. you keep in mind, even if she was someone we did not know, if she did not have celebrity -- >> harris: like some of the of people coming up for sentencing? >> exactly. she's 56 years old, she's got no criminal history. she has taken extraordinary acceptance of responsibility. those of the factors that judges on a day in and day out basis in courtrooms across the country take into consideration when they sentence ordinary people to probation. so i think on balance, if you take the celebrity out of it and the name recognition, i still think it's a probation case. >> harris: philip i...