of course we have never seen anything like this before. donald trump facing federal investigations. involving the classified documents. he may face state charges in georgia for allegedly interfering in the election, pressuring authorities to find the votes after joe biden won that state narrowly, but speak to the history made here today, something this country has never witnessed. we are truly in uncharted territory. not just that this is the first president or former president to face criminal charges, but also somebody who is currently the leading candidate for the republican presidential nomination, so this criminal proceeding will be playing out against the backdrop of an active presidential campaign, and trump has made it perfectly clear that he would not be deterred from running if he were indicted. david, there are multiple other criminal investigations. the two federal investigations, one regarding january 6.
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david: john, thank you for that. i want to bring in our legal analyst tonight. kate shaw who is with us for all these cases. this one unprecedented. i was talking to you earlier. prosecutors potentially looking at state charges of falsifying records in relation to this hush money payment. if they try to connect us on the stay level to violating federal election laws, this would be untested. not easy prosecution. that s right, david. we are not sure what is in the indictment, but we are pretty sure that at the heart of this charges filing false business records with an attempt to defraud. that s a misdemeanor. but it can become a felony if it is done in furtherance of another crime, so the question becomes what might that other crime be? and if it is a campaign finance crime, that is pretty novel legal terrain. it is also possible that there is another crime in the estate tax crime that false records
an affair or do anything wrong. from the beginning, it s been one witch hunt and phony investigation after another. the former president stepped up his attacks, warning of death and destruction if he is indicted and urging his supporters to protest. the nypd is stepping up security around lower manhattan, putting down barricades, all in preparation for this very moment. david: eric who was on the air with me, back with us live from lower manhattan. the grand jury has handed up this indictment. we don t know the charges, but what is next? what can the american people expect to witness unfold in the coming days here? that indictment remain sealed, david, until trump appears here. the manhattan district attorney s office are going to have to work out a date. no date has been set yet. and i am just off the phone with
mr. gershkovich and the strongest terms. they arrested him and central russia on saturday. officials claim that he was caught red-handed collecting state secrets on the military industrial complex. this man says he was interviewed by gershkovich. he was looking into the founder of the mercenary group currently fighting in ukraine. the wall street journal says it vehemently denies the allegations and seeks the immediate release of our trusted and dedicated reporter. we stand in solidarity with evan and his family. gershkovich, a new jersey native, has been working for the journal for more than a year. he has been a journalist in russia since 2017. u.s. officials say they have not yet been able to speak to evan. if convicted, he could spend 20 years in prison. he will next appear in court ma. david: james, thank you.