we re going to move on to more important things. joyce, alvin bragg, he did not list the underlying crimes tha trump allegedly committed. can you explain why that would be sure, this has been the source of a lot of confusion and what this is really abou is whether the charges, 34 counts in the indictment, ar misdemeanors or felonies because if you create or manufacture false business records, that s a misdemeano under new york law but if you do it to concea another crime, that becomes felony bragg is not required in the indictment to list for those other crimes are that comes out later in th proceedings. but we got a pretty good pee at what he has up his sleeve i the statement of facts h released yesterday also, when the transcript from the arraignment hearing wa released and it seems relatively clea that although it s not liste in the indictment itself, whic is a very barebones document
that we saw were demonstrably false. i think, that we saw were demonstrably false. ithink, when that we saw were demonstrably false. i think, when he is the victim, he gets stronger, and, frankly, that is where that is what scares me the most is a republican. i think he is the only republican, the only major candidate, who could lose to joe biden that we have right now in the field or in the projected field. now in the field or in the projected field. pete, does that scare projected field. pete, does that scare you projected field. pete, does that scare you as projected field. pete, does that scare you as well- projected field. pete, does that scare you as well as l projected field. pete, does that scare you as well as a | that scare you as well as a republican? i that scare you as well as a republican? that scare you as well as a republican? i have to agree with rodney. republican? i have to agree with rodney. as republican? i have to agree with rodney. as a republican
re-election and we saw it in the midterms p people are fed up. those independents came out and they delivered a significant, i think, win in many respects for the democrats in the midterm elections. they have been think people areo this i want to ask you about those midterms and what it means for down ballot races in 2024, but just remind the viewers, 10 minutes from 1:00, still waiting, still watching 56th street in new york city, down there on your screen, underneath that maroon awning, 45 awning, where donald trump should be walking out. we have seen a larger gathering of men in navy blue suits in that doorway we expect it to happen pretty soon the indictment itself, the hearing is expected for 2:15 this afternoon donald trump will have to enter, get down to the courtroom first, enter the courtroom, be processed before he heads up to
plugged into the city than he is when you talk about his reporting, you know he s talking to serious folks can we read into anything, though the idea that they would be preparing when they knew something was not coming are there lines of communication that we can presume are happening between the manhattan d.a. s office and the jttf, the secret service, et cetera? yeah, they work with these agencies all the time. they obviously have a good relationship they depend on them in order to do their jobs. it s a two-way street. we re not privy to all those conversations. i wish that we were. i wish we could report on exactly what that looks like but i think it is fair to say that these are people in a position to know these are top level law enforcement officials. they don t make moves for nothing. an indictment itself, would we i don t know anything, i m just going to say this now but if there were an indictment, would we know about it immediately? when do we find out that the presiden
stronger squeeze. it s a more attractive option to cooperate because the likely consequences and likelihood of winding up in federal prison are greater in federal court for a whole number of reasons. so sure. yeah. i think the prosecutors are always going to say to the defense lawyers here, you know, if he wants to come in obviously we d be interested in hearing what he has to say. now, big question, somebody as close to trump as he is whether a he has information and b if he is willing to give it. on this exact crime by the way traditionally the president would be the victim of an unregistered foreign agent act. did trump know about it? we don t know. there the indictment itself, doesn t say anything about trump knowing about it. ordinarily the president should be outraged there is somebody out there lobbying or acting on behalf of a country without telling that he is doing that. in this case with a president as