. 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
the pace of the fuller evolution . there may be attempts to, um, take matters up on appeal during the course of the case that could slow things down. i don t think anybody can be sure. until we see what legal theory is. um how quickly the case can proceed . but but definitely of the three kids of the poor cases. i can t the federal cases, one case because it s all under control of the special counsel. but you know, between new york, georgia and the special counsel s case, new york case is the one likely to move quickest . alright tie. thank you very much, and i want to go to keira scouts canal. now she s got some more reporting here from trump s legal team. and as bus from trump s team care. what have you learned? and we have another statement from another one of donald trump s attorneys, chris kaeser, has been representing the former president in a new york civil investigation, as well as some of the document
mr trump s benefit, but i still want to remind everyone mr trump deserves his day in court. he can demonize the opposition. but i am saying let s wait for the evidence and give him the presumption of innocence that the constitution provides. right, right. and, of course, to remind our viewers hush money payments themselves are not what would be illegal here. it would be how they were accounted for and how they were handled. so while the sex part may seem salacious, it s not. it s not at the center. it is about motivation, and the jury will have to decide that mr trump had no political motivation about the harm that might occur to political chances at the stormy daniels alleged affair came out and that is the issue before the jury and i trust the jury system. thank you very much. i appreciate your time tonight. and i want to go back to caress canal now outfront outside the courthouse in new york and keira, i know that you re breaking some more details here and you ve got something from