tonight on the reidout i was asked by the u.s. attorney s office in the southern district to stand down on our investigation, which had commenced involving the trump organization and i was somewhat surprised after mr. cohen pleaded guilty that the federal government did not proceed on the areas in which it asked me to stand down. former manhattan d.a. cy vance revealed why it has taken so long to get to this point just hours from the fingerprinting of the first criminally indicted former president. and as we have been seeing all day, trump s strategy is to turn this humiliating event in his life into a media spectacle. omarosa, who knows a thing or two about trump and spectacle, joins me tonight to discuss. and that is where we begin tonight, on the eve of a legal reckoning for donald trump in new york city. trump made an ignominious return to his former hometown today ahead of his history making day in court tomorrow. as the first american president ever charged
indictment trump wound out commuting both men s sentences calling blagojevich s sentence unfair. trump knows full well he s not the only elected official who has ever been indicted but he is doing what he s best at, creating a spectacle by turning his looming arraignment into his newest reality show this morning, we watched trump s car head to the airport in florida. alao.j. simpson s slow speed chase, following trackers following his plane s moves to escorts to the trump tower trump heads to the courthouse tomorrow when his arraignment is over, he ll fly back to florida. i m not making this up, and deliver an address to the nation on his, quote, political persecution. joining me now is omarosa manigualt newman, and tim o brien, senior executive editor atbloomberg opinion and an msnbc political analyst.