the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle starts right now manhattan grand jury voted t indict john j trump on thursda for his role in paying hus money to a porn star today is the first day of the rest of don trump s life this is a monumental, historic importance. before tonight, president in this country were - now you are seeing citize trump being treated the same way that anyone else would regardless of the active o former president he s got to be photographed fingerprinted, he s got to appear before a. judge i believe that donald right now is petrified this is one of his biggest fears. tonight he is calling the indictment, quote, political persecution. the first thing the lawye tells you when you are indicte for somebody or charged with something s shutout. he does not have a good defense, his defense will be a reliance on politics, it wil only get uglier from thi moment on. get ready, stop on your legal seatbelt, we are going forward as a country that is goi
finance violations, or because of tax violations, we do not know the details of exactl what it is i will say, having looked little bit at the point clear about federal campaign violations being a dubious enhancement, i actually thin that is not right. i know that is what the trum folks are all saying, but at the end of the day, it doe seem like this estate charge can be enhanced to ace only if it is about a federal campaign finance violation of the so-called preemption doctrine. i do not think it s going to protect don t trump in the end but, at the end of the, da this is an indictment about misdemeanor, that is still significant. this is the first time a forme president has been held to account, whether it is a smaller criminal offense or larger criminal offense. it is a criminal offense but daniil, isn t it also a important reminder tha republicans are claiming xyz about the charges, we do not know what the charges are for. it is still sealed