this is msnbc s continuing coverage of the indictment o former president donald j trump, time elevation you york, after becoming the first president i u.s. history to be impeached twice, donald trump has made history yet again, becoming th only ex president to face criminal indictment. on thursday, a grand jury vote to indict the former president as part of manhattan distric attorney alvin weiss investigation into a hush mone payment made to and at fil star stormy daniels, in 2016 that indictment is currently sealed that means we don t know the specific charges being levie against donald trump but we do know that bag ha been focusing on a felon charge, of falsifying business records, which carries a maximum sentence of four years it means that he s formerl charged with a crime but there are still severa steps in the coming days, the ex president is expected to surrender himself to authorities, after which h will be taken into custody like any other person charge with the, c
from the first current o former u.s. president to b indicted of a crime, the forme president s legal worrie extend much further than the manhattan da twice impeached former president is connected t several pending investigations including mishandlin classified documents, comes to overturn the 2020 election, an his part in the deadly january 6th capitol insurrection bac with me even here, lisa rubin, suzanne craig and let her live in her let me start with you because someone very prominent a series of investigations sen it message early to say, if yo want to see justice with donal trump s may not have been th case you wanted to see the start with was that for me sorry ali, look, people are saying that, i think the short answer, they re two quic answers to that. on people as you pointed out o an indicted for the same kinds of crime and second i actually
any extradition effort by ne york is there an extradition effort is there some discussion tha donald trump might not come in willingly. let s be explicit donal trump has not suggested that h will fight this his attorney have said that he will cooperate. it is notable iran desantis is saying that though because if donald trump as i v been told by sources did not want to be arrested he did not want to get indicted, has made the case that this i prosecutorial misconduct and he s been unfairly targeted bu if you were to hold up in hi compound income palm beach florida will be next typically requires a new york governor t be put out and go to the florida governor and that where law enforcement has to sign off and i was in touch with a la enforcement agency down ther which told me they have no heard from new york la enforcement at this time which would suggest that newark la enforcement is not concerned a this hour but if ron desanti
prosecutors, democrats, this i donald trump who look, his campaign is out of recess, the will not hire anybody who work for desantis, i was talkin with ali said that will try an translate to the trump administration here. because there isn t nobody hea from haley world, desantis worlds, i ve talked to donal trump about firing a massive number of folks on the federal government right this idea across agencies that 90% o them are liberals right this i going to be on the prosecutors it is so deep in which donal trump wants to permeate this with allies and with loyalists and that means when we r talking about district attorneys if i m in the stat of new york is the governor wh can begin the process to remov district attorney s. if we leave zeldin, th republican running for governo of new york last november. a big trump ally. he lost by five percentage points to the democrat kathy
really hit him we ve seen him, he sold the hotel that he owne in washington and lee. people don t usually see all the assets that they just came into the pasta and leave the hotel rooms when he complete before he became president president, and sold becaus made a lot of money, that where he s, at $250 million ca really hurt him. harry, i want to just tal about something that donal trump said, put out a statemen today, which is actually relatively measured by natural standards, it doesn t seem t have been cited anyone to take to the streets tonight, but want to talk about the defense golfers, the thing he says, he says these thugs and radical left monsters have jus indicated the 45th president - i ll be honest with you, don t know how to write a dead most days anyway have and the leading republica candidate by fire for the 25th