From august 2015 to December 2017 the defendant, im quoting that, obviously, is donald trump orchestrated a scheme with others. The defense the indictment reads to influence the 2016 president ial election by identifying and purchasing negative information about him to suppress its publication and to benefit the defendants electoral prospects. Now according to the statement of facts, which accompanies this actual indictment, which they go through through here, 130,000 were paid to Adult Film Star Stormy Daniels 30,000 to a doorman and 150,000 to another woman, which it is clear from the statement of facts is Karen Macdougal. It is an unprecedented chapter in American History. And good afternoon to all. Im erin burnett here in new york, and im wolf blitzer here in washington. The lead up to trumps arrest was truly a remarkable sight to see the former president of the United States, leaving trump tower early this afternoon. His 11 car motorcade arriving at the Manhattan Criminal Court bu
think this is even weaker than i feared it would be. a motion to dismiss is coming on several grounds. this case won t see a jury. in my opinion, no one is above the law, and that includes donald j. trump. morning good morning. reaction to yesterday has really been something. yeah how do you really put this into context? i m not sure if we know at this point, i think there s a lot more that s going to play out, but certainly historic, unprecedented, stunning. i think one of the problems for the american people for everyone right now is the fact that they there is a lot that they don t know. keep being what s the underlying crime that makes this makes 34 counts of felony? that s not in here, right? and so transport currency is of the utmost importance in this moment, and we don t we don t know one of the big things, but we should also not downplaying. i think we are, but i think we should point out that the images coming out of 100 center street were there, but the picture is
new york as a criminal defendant facing 34 felony charges in connection with an alleged scheme to cover up extra marital encounters, one with a porn star , one with a former playboy playmate of the year. we ran the comments from district attorney alvin bragg earlier, so too, will we bring trump to you and jake, whichever donald trump shows up whether he s angry to find defensive, mocking or all of the above, it will be a far different donald trump. from the one earlier today on the 15th floor, the manhattan criminal court building with no one holding the door for him on the way into his arraignment, or the donald trump, who sat stone faced at the defense table for the first what could be many such appearances to come. we don t yet know what the former president makes of this. we could learn shortly, and as we wait for him to speak, we have, as only cnn can a team of correspondents. legal and political analysts help make sense of what happened today and what happens next. let
a weather emergency right now. millions are under threat. multiple tornadoes touching down in the last few hours, carving huge paths of destruction. police in missouri are now reporting multiple injuries and multiple fatalities. preview of how nasty the legal battle could get. the former president unleashes on the judge the charges democrats even republicans against him. as he now faces 34 felony counts for falsifying business records. there s a new mayor in chi-town promises chicago s progressive 46 year old merrill it is making for america s third largest city . those major stories and more coming in right here to cnn news, central. so did he just create new legal problems for himself? donald trump pleads not guilty in court out of court. he lashes out at the prosecution and the judge hours after he was warned not to trump s next court appearance for allegedly falsifying business records is december 4th . which of course, is the cost of the 2024 primary season. prosecutors
meeting moments ago, symbolically at the reagan library is beijing warns the chinese government will quote resolutely fight back plus one day after donald trump s arrest and arraignment in new york. two major developments in the federal case investigating him one a cnn exclusive the grand jury testimony. revealing the trump was warned he could not legally sees voting machines, plus the decision from his vice president, mike pence that could set up his own historic testimony before the special counsel. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper, and we start with the world s superpowers on edge and potentially provocative show of solidarity between democracies. moments ago, taiwan s president, sighing when wrapped up a news conference with us house speaker kevin mccarthy on the republicans home turf in california in the chinese government is not happy about it. the top official in beijing warning that size visit could lead to a quote serious unquote confrontation with the united sta