what they think. chuck rosenberg, what is you take there is a lot in the indictment that did no surprise me, we have bee hearing for a long time it would be related to the hush money payments and therefore false entries on the books and records of the trump organization but there are some reall fascinating detail in th company statement of facts tha prosecutors filed yesterday, which shows, a couple of things one, their theory for elevatin those false records and thos false entries into felonies, violations of election law state and federal, and the hin of a plan to violate state - law. you also see the sensuality of not just michael cohen to this scheme, but also - clear to me from the statement of facts, and the prosecutor can prove everything in that statement of facts tha minister pecker woul essentially publishes th national enquirer wa responsible for the catch an kill stories, is a reall important witness. he had private conversations with trump, and in those convers
charges like this often have cascading effects and as you mentioned, the president s facing at least three other potential criminal investigations into his conduct right now. whichever way these charges go and hopefully we ll be privy to all of them in the next 15 minutes or so, how might this strengthen or weaken the former president s hand in those other key cases? i think that s a great question on the politics side of things. not on the legal side of things. you know, i don t think any of these district attorneys or the special counsel are interacting saying you go first, no, you go first, or i m ready to go. that s not how it works behind the scenes. but it is the case that this went first and it may be the thinnest gruel of them all in the end. by going first does it paint others with this, you know, an aura of it s all political and the answer is yes from the former president, he s going to use it to say it fits with the entire narrative of russia russia russia, and
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pursuing office, something that former presidents have not had to deal with. john: and you know, an indication there may not be a gag order imposed here or even a request for one is that alvin bragg, the manhattan district attorney has a news conference scheduled for 3:15, not long after this arraignment wraps up. so that could always change if the judge says i don t care what you are asking for or not asking for, i think a gag order is appropriate here, bragg would have to change that or temper the announcement. as we await for the president to come through the silver doors, back to andy mccarthy on this. and andy, when we look at as bret baier was pointing out, the myriad cases against the former president. if bragg were to be successful here and get a conviction on the former president that, could really set the tone for other cases down the road. but if bragg lost or this was dismissed, it could be a blow t