stranglehold on republican politics when a public official is indicted, the office is more important than the person, the should step aside. when all in it starts right now good evening from new york, i chris hayes. donald trump, the now indicted ex president, is reportedl facing about 30 counts related to document fraud. now, that is all we know a this point, of course. because manhattan district attorney alvin bragg has kep the indictment unsealed. we will learn the full scope o what trump is charged with whe he is arraigned in tha indictment becomes public. da bragg wanted that to happen today, but the arraignment was delayed. trump s lawyer says the secret service asked for the delay, but sources tell nbc new that s not true, that agents are ready to brink bring trump to new york at a moments notice right now the plan is for trum to fly to new york city on monday night he will spend the night at the trump tower apartmen accompanied by dozens of agent before surrend
Welcome to Msnbc Specia Coverage of the indictment o former president , donald trump im Jonathan Capehart live fro Msnbc Headquarters in new york and i am katie phang. And we begin today with a history that will unfold befor our eyes, and just under 7 hours. Former president donald trum is set to turn himself in at 2 15 pm eastern time thi tuesday. We are learning much more about exactly how that dramati moment will take place the former president wil arrive in new york city monday evening, and on tuesday, the will be driven from trump towe to the courthouse around 1 p eastern time as of now, there are no plans to handcuff him, and n plans to place him in a holdin cell but there will b fingerprinted. Trump will then leave new york that same night, and head back to florida. So, katie, this i incredible what we are about to see and we have never seen anythin like this in all of ou history. A former president of Th United States indicted by an manhattan grand jury and we use the adag unpr
a former president and current presidential candidate puts ou democracy in uncharted territory. trump is already lashing out attacking the investigators, them integrating our justice system, and calling on his supporters to protest. that s all without making an of the pleas for peace w normally expect from someone seeking to lead our nation and republicans, for the mos part, have rallied around him, echoing his claims that th legal system has bee weaponized for those of us with lon memories, no trump has littl regard for the rule of law he did not care about du process when he was calling fo the central park five to b executed before the had thei day in court he did not care about politica witch hunts when he campaigned on lock up, locking up his opponent hillary clinton, with chance of lock her up. and now it appears as if trump s refusal to live by the same rules as the rest of us may finally be catching up wit him. and if it does, the paybac will be richly deserved. it s a
to mention of you, are all defending trump right now? well, it really is kind o incredible. and i think it demonstrates that this i donald trump s republica party. i think that the poll show that he is running pretty far ahead of any of hi opponents. so, it is reall just remarkable. and i think again it shows how low the republican party has sunk that that is the situation that w are in. and i think abou having sat through two impeachments in the united states senate of donald trump. my republican colleagues could have voted so that donald trum could never take office again. and then they chose not to d that, and we are all paying th consequences of that today congresswoman marjori taylor greene says she would travel to new york on tuesda to protest trump s arraignment potentially making a tense situation even worse. it is th latest bit of hypocrisy from congssman greene, who this week tried to interfere with
maga congresswoman marjori taylor greene says she wil travel to new york on tuesda to protest trump s arraignment pro pouring fuel on what i already certain to be as ten situation. and fox news, which has spli slowly inching away from the e president, kind of, clearl trying to tip the scales towar ron desantis guess what, they are back. there is no more inching they have inched back. they ran back. so some of folks fox s mos prominent vice voices are doin their best to whip trump supporters into a frenzy this thing opens up a whole pandora s box here and i don t really think the left understands what they are getting themselves into. this country is alread teetering. this, of all things to do, i charge about this small, tha no other prosecutor is eve considering bringing, really like to fire under this countr when we really don t need it i m ready for whatever is