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
there is some danger that he i in right now let me pick up on that point, asha, that jennifer just brought up it is also something tha maggie haberman in the new yor times has reported that trump has tried to tamp down his own behavior prior to the indictment following a pos on social media site which w also went viral. where he shared a news article with an image of brag on one side, and him holding baseball bat on the other. and it was quite suggestive of what that meant. i think, to any casual observer trump s lawyers were reportedl alarmed that he was doin himself damage and over the last few days h has ramped up those attacks. targeting not only alvin bragg but other prosecutors in the da s office as well as the judge who was selected t oversee this trial he has gone after alvin bragg wife as well how could trump s online behavior impact what goe inside the courtroom could we see a possible ga order from the judge
on social media site which w also went viral. where he shared a news article with an image of brag on one side, and him holding baseball bat on the other. and it was quite suggestive of what that meant. i think, to any casual observer trump s lawyers were reportedl alarmed that he was doin himself damage and over the last few days h has ramped up those attacks. targeting not only alvin bragg but other prosecutors in the da s office as well as the judge who was selected t oversee this trial he has gone after alvin bragg wife as well how could trump s online behavior impact what goe inside the courtroom could we see a possible ga order from the judge yeah, you, know if i were his lawyers i would put him, i would put his hands and mitten ended up taped them and thro his phone in the ocean he is not helping his case i do think that there is the possibility of a gag order there is a very high bar for that because of course he ha his first amendment rights but when this rhetoric goe from