counts of falsifying business records. we are expecting to hear from president trump later tonight. bryan llenas is outside the courthouse in lower manhattan to break down the charges. bryan? jesse, good evening. former president trump charger 34 felony counts of falsifying business records here in the state of new york. just moments ago, but a couple hours ago, the district attorney of manhattan alvin bragg laid out his case. listen. donald trump was arraigned on a new york supreme court indictment, returned by a manhattan grand jury, on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the first degree. under new york state law, it is a felony to falsify business records with intent to defraud and intent to conceal another crime. that is exactly what this case is about. so, d.a. bragg is charging former president trump with 34 felony counts, that is a felony count for every single falsified business record that they have in evidence, apparently. now, as he mentioned,
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focus about the reality of american cities today and the question will be, why don t you put your attention on that? jeanine: because what you ve got is a woke democrat prosecutor, and a lot of these democrat cities that are not interested in the victim of crime. i have spent 32 years of my life fighting for that crime victim, and they are now being ignored, and when you get to the point where you bring an indictment against a former president of the united states, running for president again, talk about a third world country, i mean, it better be serious. this is not serious. harris said michael cohen isn t that indictment. this guy come every time he opens his mouth, he is lying. whether it is congress, whether it is on television, he is a perjurer. and they want to rest the indictment on his testimony? and i ve got one better. when they asked him, why did you
epidemic will be important. you ve been a tremendous leader in making sure we fight to repair the voting rights act that was damaged unnecessarily by the supreme court decision a few years ago. these are things that fwgive li to our democracy and bring life to the notion of liberty and justice for all, equal protection under the law. these are american values, yes, if we get some of these things accomplished it will benefit the african-american community and benefit our democracy as well. one of the things you touched on which lead me into your efforts around criminal justice and criminal justice legislation is something that i ve committed a lot of most of my life fighting, the imbalance in how people are treated in the criminal justice system, whether it s mass incarceration, whether sentencing or probation and bail or police community relations, you had a bill and you re pushing it forward and you ve