about the expected arraignment of former president donald trump after last week s indictment by a manhattan grand jury. he will be spending tonight at his mar-a-lago state of florida before heading off from home big airport for his tuesday court appearance. jonathan serrie is live in palm beach, with the latest. quest good evening, john prue the new york arrangement approaching from the president trump spent much of the weekend golfing here in south florida. supporters spotted him traveling between international golf club at west palm beach and has our lotto estate here in palm beach on a social platform should trump the rights i want to thank everybody for the tremendous support you have given me against this assault on our nation. although the newark indictment remains under seal it is believed to center an alleged hush money payments made during election campaign the former president s lawyers are expressing optimism going into tuesday s court hearing. looks this case it s
about the expected arraignment of former president donald trump after last week s indictment by a manhattan grand jury. he will be spending tonight at his mar-a-lago state of florida before heading off from home big airport for his tuesday court appearance. jonathan serrie is live in palm beach, with the latest. quest good evening, john prue the new york arrangement approaching from the president trump spent much of the weekend golfing here in south florida. supporters spotted him traveling between international golf club at west palm beach and has our lotto estate here in palm beach on a social platform should trump the rights i want to thank everybody for the tremendous support you have given me against this assault on our nation. although the newark indictment remains under seal it is believed to center an alleged hush money payments made during election campaign the former president s lawyers are expressing optimism going into tuesday s court hearing.
both sides of the political gamut who have supported the legal proceedings. and still there are others who are calling for everyone to just wait and watch. here s former new jersey republican governor chris christie. all of this bravado from the trump cap is baloney. he is going to be charged officially on tuesday. he s going to be mug shot in, fingerprinted, he is going to face a criminal trial in manhattan varies not going to be able to avoid it. lexi trump campaign announced friday night that since the indictment it has raised more than $4 million the former president hasn t denied any wrongdoing. but has to acknowledge the payments. house gop leadership once the manhattan d.a. to testify about this hush money case investigation. but the manhattan das office calls that request unlawful, political interference but however you feel about this the entire world is set to be watching come tuesday.
looks this case it seems like what we are guessing the indictment will look like as it will have legal frailties that will be subjected to a very legitimate motion to dismiss early on. quick speaking at a conservative form on long island for the governor desantis did not mention mr. trump by name but said if the allegations against him are true, they are no more than misdemeanors. criticize manhattan district attorney alvin bragg for prosecuting a former president while showing leniency for common criminals. they are trying to do all these legal gymnastics to try to act like it is a felony when almost every other time he is trying to take the felonies and downgrade them to misdemeanors. this guy is doing politics. he has an agenda. that is not the rule of law. look so looking at mr. trump s schedule moving forward into the week, he is expected to travel tomorrow to newark in advance of the tuesday hearing. and after the arraignment wraps
including adult film star stormy daniels in 2016. prosecutors are expected to argue the payments were improper donations to the trump campaign which helped his candidacy and the 2016 election but president trump is called this a witchhunt and has received support from many republicans including potential rivals in the 2024 republican primary. on fox news sunday former attorney general bill barr said he is not sure whether the indictment has any criminality. ace based again on what is being reported, the case lacks any legal basis for its pursuing somebody make there s nothing inherently wrong or illegal about making a hush payment. they re saying he falsified the corporate record. but for that to even be a misdemeanor you have to be trying to defraud somebody is unclear exactly who s defrauded. cook some democrats have said they feared the indictment could heighten trump standing in the republican party. and then there are some from