and former legal adviser to michael cohen is expected to testify that cohen is not the guy you want to rely on. a source familiar with jonathan dienst says costello is prepared to say that cohen is a liar, a convicted perjure, an embellisher who s out for revenge, that he s furious with donald trump and blames him for all of his troubles, that the hush money payments were made because cohen felt it was important to keep the stormy daniels matter a secret from melania trump in order to protect their marriage. we are keeping an eye on that courtroom in case costello comes out to speak with reporters, he could. we re also watching for michael cohen who says he s been asked to rebut costello to the grand jury if need be. here s some of what cohen would likely say from his own attorney who just spoke with wnbc. donald trump must be treated like any other citizen, and there aren t two systems of justice. no person is above the law. that s what we re facing now. we have indisputab
we re also going to have expert analysis on just how historic this indictment really is. the political fallout that s unfolding how it could potentially benefit trump. i ll tell you what s happening right now. moments ago here in new york city, alvin bragg, the manhattan district attorney, arrived at his office just hours after former president donald trump was indicted. we ve learned this morning that trump had been asked by braggs office to turn himself in today to face those criminal charges here in new york, but his defense lawyers say that trump and the secret service needed more time to coordinate his surrender. after yesterday s historic indictment, sources tell cnn the former president is facing more than 30 counts. they re related to business fraud. and he is expected to turn himself in. on tuesday. the manhattan district attorney s case is centered around those hush money payments. surrounding stormy daniels caitlin s reporting that number of members of trump s camp
busy news day. hi everyone. i m jessica dean and this morning new details surrounding the indictment of former president donald trump, the first former u. s president to face an indictment on criminal charges cnn has learned. trump is expected to appear in a manhattan court tuesday. sources say. that s when he said to be arraigned. this is quite a day. quite a moment in u. s political history. donald trump, former president and current candidate for president in 2024. is facing. we re told more than 30 counts related specifically to business fraud. if convicted, trump could be sentenced to a maximum of four years in prison, though no legal experts believe that s likely all of this connected to his alleged role in a hush money payments scheme and cover up involving the adult film star stormy daniels overnight, his attorney, joe tacopina, says the former president is quote ready to fight. we re on this notable day our reporters, correspondents and guests all standing by to b
trump. the jury did this at the urging of a man called alvin bragg, the district attorney who have been famous by making the city much more dangerous by refusing to enforce laws against crimes like robbery or rape. we don t know what the indictment says or what the charges are, but previous news reports suggest they ll imminent from an alleged payment seven years ago, alvin bragg apparently believes it is a crime. the net results is donald trump is the first former president trump of the united states ever to be indicted. so, no matter what happens next we can be certain there is no coming back from this moment. there could be retaliations from red states. desantis issued a statement saying he ll not participate in any extradition of donald trump to new york, that s apparently scheduled by next week. we are not certain of the full outlines of this story but we know this moment is a historic one. we want to set tonight in fact, those that we have so far, we ll do that as we al
a man who leads by 30 points in polls. donald trump and the jury did this at the urging of a man called alvin bragg. he s the manhattan district attorney who has been famous so far by making the city much more dangerous by refusing to enforce laws against crimes like robbery and . now, we don t know at this hour what the indictment says. we don t know specifically what the charges are. but previous news reports suggest they will emanate from an alleged payment. seven years ago, a payment that federal regulators said violated no law, but that alvin bragg apparently believes is a crime, either way, the net result is donald trump is the first former president of the united states ever to be indicted. so what happens next? we can be certain there is no coming back from this moment. there could be retaliation from red states. the governor of florida has already said ron desantis already issued a statement saying that he will not participate in any extradition of donald trump to