davis, michael cohen s attorney, we will speak to in just a few moments, confirmed to axio that his client provided manhattan prosecutors with documentation about a trum hush money payments made to second woman who claims to hav had a affair with them that suggests the case b district attorney alvin brag could actually be broader than the stormy daniels payment also breaking pressed about why trump was in not charged earlier, he told msnbc today that he was aske to stand down by his the bosses we are looking at these so-called hush money payment and then we learned from the southern district of new yor that they asked us to stan down and i stand down i mean they were communicating that they had this ongoing investigation in the west that we put ou efforts on hold while they completed their investigation. and i felt that it was appropriate for me to press th pause button so for the course of more than a year and a half now, that is what we did. i was surprised, after micha
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
courthouse, as well as tuesday for former president trump s arraignment from 10 am to noon you can also always catch me right here, saturdays on sundays, two to 4 pm eastern simone starts right now. greetings everyone, you are watching symone. on tuesday, we will find out the criminal charges against former president donald trump. today he walks into a manhatta courthouse to be fingerprinted and booked with the former district attorney of manhattan says t its from the prosecution and his advice for trump s attorneys say it is expanding. former arkansas governor h auctions in reveals he wil jump into the republican primary and who knows what senator joe manchin is up to you will dig into why he is no ruling out a run for president in 2024. and we ll be go beyond the ballot in idaho. it is taking its stric abortion ban a step further. it could become the first stat in the country to wait, fo this, criminalize helping across state lines without parental consent we are ta
manhattan da alvin bragg, wh spoke with reverend sharpton here on msnbc. at the center of bragg investigation, over 100,00 dollar payment to adult them star stormy daniels. nbc news learned that trump former lawyer michael cohe testified for a new york grand jury in the case on monday a the noon cohen pleaded guilty to making an illegal payment to daniel at the keeper quite about an alleged affair to trump. meantime, they tell nbc news that trump has no plans to mee with the manhattan distric attorneys who office the prosecutors invited him to testify before the grand jury. mr. bragg s limit to what he can say publicly, but they say it s a stop to stick to th facts. we have an active investigation. media observed last year the trial of the trump organization. in some ways, i would say it s the same team, working with th same type of professionalism and rigor, the same type o team for our activ investigation. strength from saying anythin from that because i don t want to ru