continues. cnn primetime special inside the trump investigation starts now. a surreal moment. history made former president trump arrested and arraign cannot and will not normalized serious criminal conduct. 34 felony counts tied to alleged hush money payments felony crimes in new york state no matter who you are tonight, fact checking the former president s grievances. only crime that i have committed is to fearlessly defend our nation from those who seek to destroy it, comparing his charges to another infamous campaign finance case and answer the biggest questions. what s next for the manhattan case? this case is going to fall on its merits. well, before we get to a jury. what role does politics play in this prosecution as a nominee? would be much more difficult for a prosecutor to then go to trial and convict him and which of the other probes could imperil the former president? next this is the least of the legal troubles. we re seeing the special counsel making real strid
inside the trump investigation starts now. a surreal moment. history made former president trump arrested and arraign cannot and will not normalized serious criminal conduct. 34 felony counts tied to alleged hush money payments felony crimes in new york state no matter who you are tonight, fact checking the former president s grievances. only crime that i have committed is to fearlessly defend our nation from those who seek to destroy it, comparing his charges to another infamous campaign finance case and answer the biggest questions. what s next for the manhattan case? this case is going to fall on its merits. well, before we get to a jury. what role does politics play in this prosecution as a nominee? would be much more difficult for prosecutors to then go to trial and convict him and which of the other probes could imperil the former president? next this is the least of the legal troubles. we re seeing the special counsel making real strides. this is cnn prime time inside
block pads. he keeps losing every time he tries to block someone s testimony. all right, caleb poland s thanks for the latest, their and trump s arrest, and arraignment, is just the first step in a long legal road ahead from manhattan, d a alvin bragg. it s one thing to bring an indictment, but winning and conviction will be much more difficult. so let s bring in cnn s paula reed. what are the biggest hurdles brag, will face paula. well pamela at a high level. this case is about buying and then trying to suppress potentially scandalous stories ahead of the 2016 election, but the way it s charged is 34 counts of falsifying business records, and they were charged as a felony and in order for these crimes to be a felony. you have to allege that this was part of a larger criminal scheme . and right now it s not clear what that other crime was. it doesn t have to be specified in the indictment. it was not specified in the statement. the facts. yesterday the district attorney had a press con
someone s testimony. alright katelyn polantz thanks for the latest. their and trump s arrest and arraignment is just the first step in a long legal road ahead from manhattan, d. a alvin bragg. it s one thing to bring an indictment. but winning and conviction will be much more difficult. so let s bring in cnn s paula reed. what are the biggest hurdles brag, will face paula. well, pamela at a high level. this case is about buying and then trying to suppress potentially scandalous stories ahead of the 2016 election, but the way it s charged is 34 counts of falsifying business records, and they are charged as a felony and in order for these crimes to be a felony. you have to allege that this was part of a larger criminal scheme. and right now it s not clear what that other crime was. it doesn t have to be specified in the indictment. it was not specified in the statement. the facts. yesterday the district attorney had a press conference. he suggested that that other crime could be either a