The Trump Trials, Vol. 11: The Trump Arraignment Transcript Reveals Some Big Surprises

This new Proof series—authored by a longtime criminal defense attorney and leading Trump biographer—will unpack recent events in the historic trials of disgraced former president Donald Trump.

Introduction

I’ve appeared at more arraignments than I can possibly count. I appeared as counsel in my first homicide arraignment when I was just 23 years old—which may seem to some reading this impossible, but it’s true. It’s so difficult to find legal representation for certain indigent criminal defendants in America that at the tail end of last centur…