<p>Joe Tacopina, former President Donald Trump&#8217;s attorney, said over the weekend that the president&#8217;s claims that he would be arrested Tuesday last week were based on leaks that NBC News had previously reported.</p>
<p>Tacopina made the remarks on NBC News&#8217;s &#8220;Meet The Press&#8221; when pressed by Chuck Todd on the matter.</p>
<p>&#8220;No, he didn&#8217;t make it up, he was reacting towards a lot of leaks coming out of the district attorney&#8217;s office,&#8221; Tacopina said. &#8220;There had been a leak, Chuck, that Monday, the day before that Tuesday, there was a law enforcement meeting, including Secret Service and NYPD, that was going to go through the logistics of the arraignment. And then there was, of course, a lot of rumors regarding the arraignment being the next day. So he just, I think he just assumed based on those leaks that that&#8217;s what was going to happen&#8221;</p>
<p>A spokesperson for Trump said several hours after Trump&#8217;s claim that they had received no notification that the president would be arrested.</p>
<p>&#8220;So it wasn&#8217;t about making it up, and certainly he doesn&#8217;t want to be arrested,&#8221; Tacopina added.</p>
<p>When asked if Trump&#8217;s team has been contacted about any &#8220;special arrangements&#8221; by the D.A.&#8217;s office, Tacopina said, &#8220;No, not through us.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;I mean, we&#8217;ve been in touch with the district attorney&#8217;s office regarding potential logistics of an arraignment, if it gets to that point,&#8221; he said. &#8220;But certainly it didn&#8217;t come from us.&#8221;</p>
<p>TRANSCRIPT:</p>
<blockquote><p><em>CHUCK TODD: Joining me now is Donald Trump&#8217;s attorney, Joe Tacopina, who represents him in the New York case. Mr. Tacopina, welcome to Meet the Press.</em></p>
<p><em>JOE TACOPINA: Thanks, Chuck. Good morning.</em></p>
<p><em>CHUCK TODD: Good morning. Let me start with a simple question. Why did your client, Mr. Trump, make that claim that turned out not to be true? Did he make it up?</em></p>
<p><em>JOE TACOPINA: No, he didn&#8217;t make it up, he was reacting towards a lot of leaks coming out of the district attorney&#8217;s office. There had been a leak, Chuck, that Monday, the day before that Tuesday, there was a law enforcement meeting, including Secret Service and NYPD, that was going to go through the logistics of the arraignment. And then there was, of course, a lot of rumors regarding the arraignment being the next day. So he just, I think he just assumed based on those leaks that that&#8217;s what was going to happen.</em></p>
<p><em>CHUCK TODD: Has anybody in the –</em></p>
<p><em>JOE TACOPINA: So it wasn&#8217;t about making it up, and certainly he doesn&#8217;t want to be arrested.</em></p>
<p><em>CHUCK TODD: Has anybody in the DA&#8217;s office contacted you, or told you about special arrangements? Did he have any of this knowledge through you?</em></p>
<p><em>JOE TACOPINA: No, not through us. I mean, we&#8217;ve been in touch with the district attorney&#8217;s office regarding potential logistics of an arraignment, if it gets to that point. But certainly it didn&#8217;t come from us.</em></p></blockquote>

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