hi to everyone. it is 4:00 in new york. happy friday. what began at a celebrity golf tournament in 2006, an affair between a porn star and a business mogul, now has the potential to throw the entire country into unchartered territory with donald trump reportedly on the verge of becoming the first ex-president to be criminally indicted. as we reported on this program yesterday, blockbuster reporting in the new york times reveals that the manhattan d.a. has invited donald trump to testify before a grand jury in the probe examining hush money payments to adult actress stormy daniels. the new york times notes that such offers almost always indicate an indictment is close. it would be unusual for the district attorney alvin bragg to notify a potential department without ultimately seeking charges against him. as for whether donald trump will take bragg up on his offer, the washington post quotes a trump associate saying that everyone will advise him not to go in. here is ter
what they think. chuck rosenberg, what is you take there is a lot in the indictment that did no surprise me, we have bee hearing for a long time it would be related to the hush money payments and therefore false entries on the books and records of the trump organization but there are some reall fascinating detail in th company statement of facts tha prosecutors filed yesterday, which shows, a couple of things one, their theory for elevatin those false records and thos false entries into felonies, violations of election law state and federal, and the hin of a plan to violate state - law. you also see the sensuality of not just michael cohen to this scheme, but also - clear to me from the statement of facts, and the prosecutor can prove everything in that statement of facts tha minister pecker woul essentially publishes th national enquirer wa responsible for the catch an kill stories, is a reall important witness. he had private conversations with trump, and in those convers
and another loss for the trump movement sweeping across the state. thanks to all of you for getting up way too early with us on this wednesday morning a jammed back morning joe starts now. on a basis that every single pundit and legal analyst said there is no case. 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the first degree. he knew there was no case. it was a felony to falsify business records with intent to defraud. everybody said this is not really an indictment, there s nothing here. these are felony crimes in new york city state. my lawyers said there s nothing here. the defendant repeatedly made false statements. they re not not saying what you did. he always caused others to make false statements. charging a former president of the united states for the first time in history. everyone stands equal before the law. donald trump and manhattan district attorney, alvin bragg, held two very different news conferences following yester
undemocratic than putting your political opponent in prison. the american people voted to put trump in power. then they voted to take that power away. and that s how things work in america. now that trump is running again a filthy d.a. rah sass sinating your right to vote. what s the crime? the indictment says under new york state law is a felony to falsify business records. we cannot and will not normalize serious criminal conduct coldcock an asian lady not serious. push into the subway not serious. make a error in a general ledger serious conduct. the thousands of businesses that put things in the wrong ledger don t they have to worry? no, why. because their owners aren t running for president. how is trump going to get a fair trial in new york? how can you going to pick a jury in how many jurors have no opinion on donald trump? who the is jury foreman rachel maddow. bragg doesn t understand this case he can t explain it. he says trump broke election law he did not put the
right now as bill said were waiting for the former president s first appearance of the day. the place is surrounded by barricades as the former president gets ready to finally learning the exact charges in this case, which jonathan turley and others have been highly critical of your legal underpinning for us and we ll see what s happening here. they re performing his every move since he meds mar-a-lago yesterday and they re calling today the date of the dawn as we wait to hear what he has to say. before he heads into the courtroom. bill: full coverage. brett has analysis and join us in a few moments and carl will join us in a moment he is latch at. professor eric shawn is outside tom pollard and med chem. and that s where we begin a brand-new although what s happening there brent? good morning bill. former donald trump now i home in the top two floors of his massive apartment in the grinning skyscraper grass covered tower that bears his name. it is also pretty normal tues