to start this hour, let s brea down all of the news and how i view the trump indictment. sources familiar with th matter tell nbc news that trum faces around 30 charges of documented fraud connected to hush mone payments that he allegedly mad to cover up fast affairs in th run up to the 2016 election. two sources tell the associate press that it includes at leas one felony offense, and th exact charges at this moment against the ex president are still unknown. because the indictment remains sealed nbc news has now joined coalition of news organization urging that the indictment t be unsealed, citin overwhelming public interest ahead of trump s scheduled arraignment next tuesday that group is also requestin that cameras be allowed inside the courtroom during tuesday s proceedings. according to the new york times, trump and his aides were caugh off guard by the timing of the grand jury indictment which wa made public thursday afternoon thinking that any action was perhaps still
tonight, we are going to giv you the context and th perspective you need t understand how these next fe weeks and months will unfold you are going to hear about th strength of alvin bragg s case against donald trump, an congressman ted lieu wil respond to republican attack on the da. and later, the other massive illegal news from the, week th fox defamation lawsuit lap and guess which programs are o the hit list i m ayman, let s get started to start this hour, let s brea down all of the news and how i view the trump indictment. sources familiar with th matter tell nbc news that trum faces around 30 charges of document fraud connected t hush money payments that h allegedly made it to cover u past affairs in the run up t the 2016 election. two sources tell the associate press that includes at least one felony offense, and th exact charges at this moment against the ex president are still unknown because th indictment remains sealed. nbc news has now joined coalition of a new or
all-star panel for the evening this is a lawyer and forme special agent for the counte intelligence division of the fbi. she is now a senior lecturer assistant dean at the lila jackson school of global affairs. michael isikoff is the chief investigative correspondent fo yahoo news suzanne craig is a investigative reporter for the new york times and an msnbc contributor and jennifer reuben is a opinion writer for the washington post and an msnbc political analyst. it is great to have all of you with us. asha, i would love to star with you, as i mentioned, that indictment is sealed and maybe, you know, it migh be unsealed for tuesday. but for now it is sealed we don t know yet what the charges that are being loved against the ex president are but based on what we do know about alvin bragg investigation that has bee reported in the public, what are you expecting when tha indictment is unsealed o tuesday? well, ayman, i don t thin it is any secret that this i centering on the hush mon
republicans try to intimidat the district attorney. stormy daniels said this week, trump is no longer untouchable and that nda alvin bragg jus shattered a 50 year old myth about donald trump tough on - teflon don estefan more. he like the rest of us has t answer for his actions with that let s bring in m all-star panel for the evening this is a lawyer and forme special agent for the counte intelligence division of the fbi. she is now a senior lecturer assistant dean at the lila jackson school of global affairs. michael isikoff is the chief investigative correspondent fo yahoo news suzanne craig is a investigative reporter for the new york times and an msnbc contributor and jennifer reuben is a opinion writer for the washington post and an msnbc political analyst. it is great to have all of you with us. i would love to start with you as i mentioned, that indictmen is sealed. and maybe, you know, it migh be unsealed for tuesday. but for now it is sealed we don t know yet what the charg