KATE BOLDUAN (ANCHOR): And there’s also what the former president is saying. The former president has said that he thinks he’s going to be arrested tomorrow, he’s called for for protests from his supporters around it. You spoke with one of his attorneys. What did they say about this?
PAULA REID (CNN SENIOR LEGAL AFFAIRS CORRESPONDENT): Well, first, in terms of being arrested tomorrow, his team has come out publicly and said we have no reason to believe that. So, it appears that the former president is speculating about an arrest tomorrow. And yes, I did ask one of his attorneys, Alina Habba, she does not represent him in the Manhattan DA case, but she was sort of deputized to come out and talk about this case. You know, why is he speculating, and in the same sentence he’s speculating, he’s also calling for protests, is he trying to capitalize on speculating on an arrest, to instigate political violence? And she had an opportunity there to tamp down the language — she doubled on this, and said, quote, “If he is arrested, it will be mayhem.”
So, we know from our colleagues that a lot of folks around Trump would rather that he just focus on this being a politically motivated prosecution, and not focus on calling people to protest in the wake of January 6. And it’s interesting today, Kate, his Truth Social posts, you don’t see calls for protests in all of them. So, it’s possible that they are getting through. But as we know, law enforcement, they’ve been talking about these potential threats, and also just the logistics of getting the former leader of the free world through a courthouse that on a good day is a circus. It’s very chaotic, and potentially dangerous.