i am a victim of one of the great political smear campaigns in the history of our country. the entire thing has been a witch hunt, and there s no collusion. if there were lawyers they d be disbarred for what they re doing. it s a one-sided witch hunt, and i am a victim, i will tell you i m a victim oh, they re after me for so many things oh, those prosecutors. for years donald trump has complained about potential legal problems now it s a reality for the former president we have a lot to get to this morning on the historic indictment by the manhattan grand jury plus, we ll have reactions from top republicans including former vice president mike pence. and also ahead, a look at the security measures being put in place across new york city as authorities prepare for possible protests ahead of trump s arraignment. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this friday, march 31st, i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us, and we will begin this friday w
being tested like never before with the indictment of donald trump now secured, we ll look at the legal challenges and the stakes for the country as well as for d.a. alvin bragg as he undertakes one of the most consequential cases in u.s. history. and while the legal issues play out in court, it may end up being the single most animating issue of the presidential campaign as well in fact, it s already turning the 2024 race on its head, turning trump s adversaries and his defenders and setting the stage for an election unlike any other. even in new york city, which is no stranger to security challenges, police are dpeering gearing up in a way rarely seen, bracing for potentially huge protests outside the courthouse and trump tower in particular. how are they preparing, and what besides protests are they preparing for? but we start with the test ahead for manhattan d.a. alvin bragg can he make his case at trial and turn the first ever indictment of a former president into the f
promising them they will get the help they need and that rolling fork he said rolling stone. he meant rolling fork. good to be with you. i m katy tur we ll go to our big story today. donald trump is expected to surrender to the manhattan d.a. on tuesday he s already been calling for protest and now marjorie taylor greene is promising to show up who else is coming we have details on what new york city is doing to make sure it s not january 6th. what kind of case will this be two sources familiar with the indictment tell nbc donald trump is facing about 30 counts related to document fraud. the indictment is under seal lawyers are wondering whether d.a. alvin bragg is on solid ground we explore the tricky legal theory there are also questions about whether a hush money payment from seven years ago to a porn store might set a bad prez cedet we ll ask that to our experts. after tuesday everything changes, not least of which the 2024 race. what happens if a criminal trial goes he
another convicted felon that got people to falsely cu brett kavanaugh of sexual miss miscon. where is the crime? how many civil cases has bill clinton settled with women? we were told by the democrats in the media that your private life is your private life. everything was consensual. now consensual is a felony? they re prosecuting the former president over sex? sex which donald trump denies? he s claims he was extorted. the left has said they want the government out of the bedroom. they just kicked down the bedroom door, this is a calculated move. you think donald trump would be indicted if he wasn t running? trump s poll numbers were looking good. now democrats will have the most famous photo of all time in their arsenal. trump s mug shot. it will be plastered on billboards, t-shirts, campaign ads, everywhere you look the next two years. mug shot will be front page in every newspaper, lead story, every network, every cable show. democrats are branding trump as a criminal. a
someone who used to be president and currently running to be president again, is caught up in so many allegations of misconduct, of crimes. and so everything changes now. i mentioned this once earlier tonight. we will remember march 30th. it will be marked in the history books. the future is unwritten, whether it s marked at the beginning of a trial that sends someone to prison or the beginning of a process that cleared his name. we can t tell you that and anyone that tries to p prejudge that might be getting ahead of the process but is the end of a period where donald trump was not legally held to account. and today, in the rest of donald trump s life are different, as he learns, perhaps for the first time in his life, what it is to be completely out of control, to have to react to a government and propecsecutorial system whe his antics do not matter what matters is what a judge says, what a jury of his peers says not what he says or posts. so we re going forward on this tog