from august 2015 to december 2017 the defendant, i m quoting that, obviously, is donald trump orchestrated a scheme with others. the defense the indictment reads to influence the 2016 presidential election by identifying and purchasing negative information about him to suppress its publication and to benefit the defendant s electoral prospects. now according to the statement of facts, which accompanies this actual indictment, which they go through through here, $130,000 were paid to adult film star stormy daniels $30,000 to a doorman and $150,000 to another woman, which it is clear from the statement of facts is karen macdougal. it is an unprecedented chapter in american history. and good afternoon to all. i m erin burnett here in new york, and i m wolf blitzer here in washington. the lead up to trump s arrest was truly a remarkable sight to see the former president of the united states, leaving trump tower early this afternoon. his 11 car motorcade arriving at the manhattan
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deadly school shooting in nashville. we will have the latest for you on a story that has, of course, again brought up the gun crisis and public health epidemic we face in america. we begin to the top story out of the grand jury investigating donald trump who =uqestigating donald trump who owne1 predicted arrest whichfá didn t happen last week. he has addede1 it the possible criminal evidence against him by posting something that wew3 do t normalize here in the news or in america and that is violentfá imagery tempting furt)eu attacks, death threats, violence against the d.a. that is inve3(k the rule of law. the former president also lied over the weekend about this case which some evidence restatemñ that we re not airing tonight. from the public evidence we aren seeing a criminal probe thatfá continues to move steadily towards a finish line, whether it s indictments or not, no one knowse1 yet.e1 but they are progressing. final witnesses, key evidence. this probe is late
arraignment wraps inside that manhattan courtroom. as i said, that image you see on the right-hand side of your screens with the president and his attorneys as he sits at the defendant s table in the courtroom just moments ago. so obviously as we have said quite a bit today, but it s worth repeating, this is a historic moment. we have never seen this before in the united states of america. a former president under indictment, under arrest and now being charged with 34 counts of felonies. former attorney general bill barr is standing by with us, brit hume is also here to weigh-in momentarily. first we go to bryan llenas who is live at the courthouse where we expect shortly the president will be exiting soon. hi, bryan. hi, martha. that s exactly right. two big questions right now ahead of us. when will the former president come out. should be any moment. will he say anything to the cameras. what will he say now that he knows the charges. the second question is, knowing more