. former president donald j. trump has beenrand jury investig hush money payments to adult film star stormy daniels. it is the first time in american history that a current or former president is facing criminal charges, and cnn is now learning that trump is expected to be arraigned. early next week. now the grand jury has been hearing evidence and witness testimony related to $130,000 that trump s former fixer, michael cohen, paid stormy daniels before the 2016 election. that money was paid in exchange for her silence about an alleged affair she had with trump now source telling cnn and this is really important information. we re just getting that trump was completely caught off guard that right now he s in florida at a mar-a-lago that he had been caught off guard and that he thought that this was sort of. maybe maybe over. maybe bragg had gotten cold feet, so he suddenly released a statement after this news broke, saying, quote. this is this is in part. it s a longer statem
new york grand jury has voted to indict the former president of the united states. donald trump. this is the first time in us history the first time in us history that criminal charges have been filed against anyone who has served as president of the united states. the charges coming after the investigation of hush money paid to former adult film star stormy daniels to cover up her alleged affair with trump. this has huge implications not only for trump but also for the nation as the former president makes another run for the white house right now, our correspondents, analysts and contributors are all standing by as we cover this breaking story and what comes next paris canal is on the scene for us. let s go to your first year there in new york. you re watching all of this unfold. tell our viewers what else you re learning. well, that s right. we learned that in manhattan grand jury has returned an indictment against former president donald trump. as you said, the first time
i want each and every one of those police officers to be able to look me in the face. they haven t done that yet. and now the district attorney is reviewing dozens of other cases connected to those officers. plus, in the middle of the january 6th insurrection then-president donald trump did not call the secretary of defense, the attorney general or the head of homeland security. wait until you hear who he did call. then the proposal in a mostly black city to put unelected white officials in charge of handpicking some of the city s judges and prosecutors. will it create a separate justice system for blacks and whites in mississippi s capital? welcome to the lead. i m briana keeler in for jake tapper. we are starting in the national lead. five former memphis police officers charged with murder in the death of tyre nichols in court today where they all pleaded not guilty. tadarrius bean, hailey, justice smith, emmitt martin iii and desmond mills junior face up to 60 ye
former federal prosecutor paul krieger is here. former senate candidate joe pinyon, former secret service agent jonathan wackrow, and joining us is cnn s joanie o sullivan. who as we far as we know, is not form or anything, um okay, guys, great to have you all here. jonathan tell us about secret service and what? how they re preparing tonight and how they can possibly be everywhere and cover this unprecedented event. tomorrow we ll listen to secret service tomorrow plays an interesting role. it s not what we typically see them playing. they re not playing the lead role. the nypd is the lead organizing entity for the security operation tomorrow. the secret service is keenly focused only on donald trump getting him safely from trump tower down to the courthouse and then whether it s back to trump tower or to the airport safely and efficiently, but they re not taking that coordinating role. and there s a reason why here alison because the secret service has to show that they are
in trump tower tonight in the midst of a massive security presence in new york city. here with me on our panel. we have vanity fair s molly jong fast. former federal prosecutor paul krieger is here. former senate candidate joe pinyon, former secret service agent jonathan wackrow, and joining us is cnn s donie o sullivan, who as we far as we know is not form or anything, um okay, guys. great to have you all here. jonathan tell us about secret service and what? how they re preparing tonight and how they can possibly be everywhere and cover this unprecedented event. tomorrow we ll listen to secret service tomorrow plays an interesting role. it s not what we typically see them playing. they re not playing the lead role. the nypd is the lead organizing entity for the security operation. tomorrow the secret service is keenly focused only on donald trump getting him safely from trump tower down to the courthouse and then whether it s back to trump tower or to the airport safely and