law in the united states or trying to conceal bribery in london or anywhere else, if you falsify a financial record in new york, in order to commit a crime to conceal a crime somewhere else, that is a felony in new york and new york has the right and the obligation to protect integrity of its financial system by prosecuting crimes like this, whether they are committed by the banks or by former presidents of the united states. so this is a serious crime, it was committed a while back, in 2016, but alvin bragg, the da, is right to pursue this and to file this indictment. i would emphasise this is by far not as most serious crime but donald trump probably committed. he has expulsion of sedition and insurrection, crimes underfederal sedition and insurrection, crimes under federal law, but he could be indicted by the united states department of justice when the special counseljack smith wraps up his investigation and those crimes would disqualify him from public office, ever havin
violent, we have to remember violence only takes. and that s why we have to over prepare because we can t allow something like this to happen again. but i don t think we ll be seeing violence and massive protests. calvin, thank you and massive protests. calvin, thank you so and massive protests. calvin, thank you so much and massive protests. calvin, thank you so much for- and massive protests. calvin, thank you so much forjoiningi thank you so much forjoining us on the programme. a reminder for our top story donald trump has become the first us president in history to be charged with a crime. be indicted in new york over alleged hush money giving to a pawn star porn star. he s run again for president in 2024, has repeated he is innocent. we had statements coming in from the trump team with mr trump calling the entire process persecution and electoral interference. we can cross live back to my colleague nada tawfik in new york. we were speaking just moments ago, an
Too small. Reporter now that sense of ownership is gone. The Trump Organization which no longer runs the building says it had no hand in vetting the people who financed, sold or bought it. Now that President Trump is in the white house. Uhhuh. Reporter do you think the Trump Organization and the trump family are trying to distance themselves from you . I wouldnt say that theyre trying, because i dont think that i can harm them. Reporter it took months to track Alexander Ventura down and persuade limb to shim to sit wi interview. He asked we disguise his appearance, hes on the run in panama wanted for fraud saying he sold hundreds of United Nations in the trump club to hide their identities. Banks werent asking questions where the money was coming from . No. Never. Reporter sounds like nobody was asking questions. Not you, not the Trump Organization, not the banks, not the developers . Nobody. Nobody. Reporte nobody checked anybody out. People were buying, Spending Millions 5, 10, 20 un
we have been last few minutes, we have been getting reports on the new york times that donald trump is likely to appear in turn himself in next tuesday. we have been reporting on the bbc with my colleagues in washington that that was likely to happen sometime next week. at new information coming in from the new york times. when we get more details i will bring them to you. earlier, i spoke to richard painter, he talked through the legal implications of the case for us. it s actually quite serious. new york city is one of the world s financial capital than it will not remain so if it becomes a money laundromat or places where people can falsify financial records to conceal crimes elsewhere, whether it is a violation of federal election