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
falsification of business records charge, which we all believe it to be based on our reporting. that s normally a misdemeanor. were we to elevate it to a felony, which we believe the grand jury has indicted on,you need to have an intent to commit or conceal another crime i think that s a little bit confusing to people because they re trying to get their heads arndsound what is the firt crime. the first crime would be the falsification of saying that the reimbursement payments to michael cohen, trump s former lawyer, were legal expenses when, in fact, they were not legal expenses it was hush money, and it was just disguised as legal defenses that s the falsification to up that to a felony there needs to be something else, and the something else is what we just don t know, and that s the number one thing i will be looking for as soon as this indictment is unsealed. let s look at a few maybe clues that we have, glenn. all along we ve been focused largely on stormy daniels, but nbc news