Appearing on MSNBC on Saturday afternoon, the Washington Post's Carol Leonnig claimed reports that the Secret Service asked for a delay before handing Donald Trump over to the Manhattan court system was something cooked up by the former president's lawyers.
Speaking with host Alex Witt, Leonnig -- who wrote "Zero Fail: The Rise and Fall of the Secret Service" -- was asked about the Politico report that asserted Trump's Secret Service detail needed more time before escorting Trump to New York City for his arraignment on 34 felony counts.
"How did agents react to this unprecedented event?" Witt pressed.
"Alex, I'm so glad you referenced this because the Secret Service sources that I speak to regularly, they had a first early reaction to former president Trump saying he was gonna be arrested on Tuesday, right? One was: 'Oh my, goodness I hope he's not gonna try to get handcuffed for some kind of dramatic theatrical purpose.' The other one was 'Wow, we have to get ready for bringing him in for arraignment if this really happens.'"
