to start this hour, let s brea down all of the news and how i view the trump indictment. sources familiar with th matter tell nbc news that trum faces around 30 charges of documented fraud connected to hush mone payments that he allegedly mad to cover up fast affairs in th run up to the 2016 election. two sources tell the associate press that it includes at leas one felony offense, and th exact charges at this moment against the ex president are still unknown. because the indictment remains sealed nbc news has now joined coalition of news organization urging that the indictment t be unsealed, citin overwhelming public interest ahead of trump s scheduled arraignment next tuesday that group is also requestin that cameras be allowed inside the courtroom during tuesday s proceedings. according to the new york times, trump and his aides were caugh off guard by the timing of the grand jury indictment which wa made public thursday afternoon thinking that any action was perhaps still
tonight, we are going to giv you the context and th perspective you need t understand how these next fe weeks and months will unfold you are going to hear about th strength of alvin bragg s case against donald trump, an congressman ted lieu wil respond to republican attack on the da. and later, the other massive illegal news from the, week th fox defamation lawsuit lap and guess which programs are o the hit list i m ayman, let s get started to start this hour, let s brea down all of the news and how i view the trump indictment. sources familiar with th matter tell nbc news that trum faces around 30 charges of document fraud connected t hush money payments that h allegedly made it to cover u past affairs in the run up t the 2016 election. two sources tell the associate press that includes at least one felony offense, and th exact charges at this moment against the ex president are still unknown because th indictment remains sealed. nbc news has now joined coalition of a new or
conceal the crime. and there is nothing in th public record that shows that. michael, that is just factually incorrect. factually it is right go ahead, jennifer that is not true. to elevate to a felony it does not make it a more serious crime there is more seriou crime, no serious felonies more serious than misdemeanor. no it doesn t, it doesn t even require another - a felony is more serious, i mean, a felony you can go to jail, misdemeanors don t i would suggest that yo read [inaudible] guys, i appreciate hold on, i appreciate th difference of opinion. and i am happy that we have go each of you have got a chanc to weigh in on that. but suzanne, i would like to get your thoughts on tha conversation that was just there between jennifer and michael. i mean, certainly of reporte on this a little bit but give me your thoughts on the merits of the case again, we don t know the specific indictments but as everyone has pointed ou i wouldn t say it is
have more information to go on right now they are just making stuff up they don t even know what this case is about. making stuff up in the form of lindsey graham, do you have the more measured response fro someone like former governor asa hutchinson which seemed to strike the appropriate tone for where w are as a country and then you had the respons from somebody like kevin mccarthy, which seemed t suggest that he s gonna use th full weight of the legislative branch of government and certainly the committee or the committees under his control, to go after alvin bragg. and that sends chills i thin for most americans down thei spine. that you would weaponize the legislative branch to go after fda doing its job? well thank goodness we have the united states constitution which has the separation o powers and the legislative branch cannot interfere with an ongoing criminal investigation in the judicial branch especially of a local da and again, kevin mccarth doesn t know what the charg
people are in prison, have bee there for crimes they haven committed like myself. it is a tragedy of justice it is a travesty of justice, rather and the truth of the matter is that we need the legal syste to work. and i am excited to see what will happen on tuesday this is a really important tim in our lives that we get the opportunity to witness it. if donald trump is watching this what would you say to him karma all right, yusef salaam think you so much. greatly appreciate your time sir. changing gears now to anothe major legal state case that we are watching late this week, it del rio judge ruled that dominio voting systems histori defamation - jury trial in mid april. rejecting foxes arguments that it should bypass a trial since the network is protected by th first amendment. now that trial might feature a parade of fox personalitie taking the stand with both sides in the cas planning to call up figure