Donald trump. The Breaking News this hour we are following a defiant former president of the United States on the way to his new Jersey Golf Club right now after being arrested and arraigned on four serious, very serious criminal charges, stemming from his alleged efforts to subvert the 2020 president ial election in the United States. Trump proclaiming his innocence and accusing the Special Counsel of leading a political persecution. Wolf, of course, this is trumps third indictment in the past four months. It is the most serious set of charges he ever faced. As he did in new york and miami, the former president pleaded not guilty to all four counts today, Conspiracy To T Defraud the u. S. , conspiracy to obstruct proceed, obstruction of a proceeding and conspiracy against rights. I want to go our senior justice Correspondent Evan Perez from outside the federal courthouse here in washington where the former president made his initial appearance this afternoon. Evan, walk us through wha
writing, alvin bragg is trying to turn this into a federal felony, the stormy daniels case is to convince that it is biassed and politicized. ashley: we start with brooke singman, here to walk us through the next steps in the case. brooke: a manhattan grand jury has indicted former president donald trump. he could surrender by tuesday. investigating trump for hush money payments made. one was to stormy daniels and one to former model karen mcdougle. we contacted mr. trump to coordinate arraignment on supreme court indictment, which remains under seal. guidance will be provided when selected. the former president says this is political persecution and election interference at the highest level in history. manhattan da alvin bragg is a disgrace, doing joe biden s dirty work and america realizes what democrats are doing here. people in florida are rallying around the former president protesting in front of his home at mar-a-lago as ron desantis says he will not assist alvin
money case. you are uch waing fox and friends first on friday morning. i m todd piro. ashley: i m ashley strohmier. at the center of national debate with critics accusing alvin bragg of doing democrats bidding. todd: new york post writing alvin bragg is trying to turn a misdemeanor into a felony. this shows that the legal system is biassed and politicized. ashley: we start with brooke singman to walk us through the next steps in the case. brooke: a manhattan grand jury has indicted former president trump donald trump. alvin bragg has been investigating trump for hush money payments made leading up to the 2016 presidential election, including a $130,000 payment made to stormy daniels and another $150,000 payment made to former model karen mcdougle. alvin bragg s office says we contacted trump s attorney for a supreme court indictment which remains under seal. guidance will be provided when arraignment date is selected. the former president saying this is political
Liz going for them and going for a great show. Welcome to the evening edit. Im Elizabeth Macdonald. House oversight chairman james comer. Congressman, okay, this story, its good to have you on and see you again. President biden blocking weapons shipment to israel and Associated Press report the president wanted to delay letting voters know about this till after biden gave a speech on Holocaust Remembrance Day and this is all about politics for biden is have you heard of any president doing anything like this with the u. S. Ally. Hamas is Holding Americans hostage. Joe biden doing everything with respect to israel is now political. Hes basing the whole israel policy and trying to please a few voters in detroit, michigan, to carry that by the swing state and all the history we have with israel and the israel is the closest ally and hamas still has five american hostages and the pact that congress appropriated in a bipartisan manner the weaponry that he has withheld and everything joe bid
Now, before the brd to sell mcd to the National Enquirer for a million dollars. At one point, prosecutors revealed the Text Exchange between davidson and the tabloids editor where davidson joked, throw in an ambassadorship for me. Im thinking aisle of man. When asked whoi he made the joke, he said it was a reference to trumps candidacy, that if the tabloid bought the story, it would help trump. I want to bring back in vaughn hillyard. Kimberly is a boston globe columnist and msnbc political analyst and jeremy is still with me. Criminal Defense Attorney and former prosecutor with the manhattan d. A. s office. If you were Donald Trumps Defense Attorney, what about this mornings testimony worries you most . Well, i think its established that not everyone had an agenda. You have farro whos connecting the dots. You have the sense of urgency. Establishing intent or basis. That court of texting you just referenced, im saving the future of potential president s backside. Everything is really s