Live Update: Trump Arraignment in Elijah Barrett Prettyman Jr. Federal Courthouse, Latest Security Around
Live Update: Trump Arraignment in Elijah Barrett Prettyman Jr. Federal Courthouse, Latest Security Around
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Former U.S. President Donald Trump sits next to his attorney Todd Blanche at federal court in Washington, U.S. August 3, 2023 in a courtroom sketch.
(UPDATE TIMELINE):
12.04pm: start from his mansion in Bedminster New Jersey
2.51pm: Trump airplane landed in Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Arlington Virginia
3.19pm: arrives at Elijah Barrett Prettyman Jr. Federal Courthouse (333 Constitution Avenue N.W., Washington, D.C., U.S.)
Judge Tanya Sue Chutkan went with the later date after arraignment today -- Aug. 28 at 10am.
Very significant that Judge Tanya Sue Chutkan already has decided, and told the magistrate to tell the parties, that she will set trial date next hearing. More frequently the judge will have a first hearing and then set schedule no earlier than second hearing. She’s focused on schedule. Jack Smith is around 15ft away from Trump (the tables are 4ft wide). Look each other.
No mugshot for Trump today. But under federal rules he must be reprocessed in each jurisdiction where he’s charged — so fingerprinted again and have to re-answer a raft of personal questions.
Several of the federal judges of the district court filled the back row — including Chief Judge James Boasberg, Amy Berman Jackson, and Randy Moss.
3.39pm: outside building, Trump’s lawyer, Alina Habba, admit Trump lost election 2020.
4.40pm: Trump pleads not guilty to federal conspiracy charges in plot to overturn 2020 election.
4.53pm: Statement by Speaker Kevin Owen McCarthy
5.03pm: Trump's motorcade gets from the courthouse to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Arlington Virginia in less than 10 minutes at rush hour.
5.12pm: Officers Harry Dunn, Aquilino Gonell, and Daniel Hodges leaving the courthouse.
5.24pm: Trump airplane to take off after waiting in line on tarmac, Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Arlington Virginia, already back en route to Bedminster New Jersey
Unlike his last two indictments, there is no defiant speech at his club (in Bedminster) tonight.
Inside sources believe Trump will be indicted for crimes in Georgia (Fulton County) as early as Monday (Aug 7th, 2023).
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8.54am DC (7 hours before 4pm)
Former President Donald John Trump is scheduled to appear in Washington at 4 p.m. Eastern on Thursday (7 hours from now), in Elijah Barrett Prettyman Jr. Federal Courthouse (333 Constitution Avenue N.W., Washington, D.C., U.S.) for his arraignment on charges that he conspired to overturn the results of the 2020 election. In other district, Fulton County Sheriff Patrick Labat just said if Donald Trump is indicted in Georgia, he will be treated like everybody else and get a mug shot.
Last time very busy in Elijah Barrett Prettyman Jr. Federal Courthouse is about Monica Samille Lewinsky - (former President) William Jefferson “Bill” Clinton, 1998. 25 Years ago.
As Donald Trump sought to overturn the results of the 2020 election, a chorus of top Republicans told him repeatedly that his claims of widespread voter fraud were false. That pushback now sits at the heart of the federal indictment brought against Trump this week in the Justice Department investigation of his attempts to cling to power.
Federal and local law enforcement officials in the Washington District Columbia have been coordinating security measures for his arrival. The U.S. Marshals Service has stepped up protection for judges assigned to the case, and metal bike rack barriers with yellow tape that bore the phrase “U.S. Marshal Do Not Cross” were placed near the court’s entrance to control pedestrian traffic.
Last August 2022, (Jewish) Judge Reinhart get vandalism on his home and his synagogue, days after the raid of Mar-a-Lago. Now, more than two dozen threats against Judge Aileen Mercedes Cannon have been recorded by US Marshals since she was assigned the Trump case in Fla. At least two of the threats were referred to the FBI for further investigation. These threats should be fully investigated and, if prosecution is warranted, pursued to the full extent of the law.
Trump’s trial for allegedly conspiring to overturn the results of the 2020 election may hinge on a long-debated aspect of the former president’s mind-set: How much, or if, he believes his own false claims.
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