new york grand jury has voted to indict the former president of the united states. donald trump. this is the first time in us history the first time in us history that criminal charges have been filed against anyone who has served as president of the united states. the charges coming after the investigation of hush money paid to former adult film star stormy daniels to cover up her alleged affair with trump. this has huge implications not only for trump but also for the nation as the former president makes another run for the white house right now, our correspondents, analysts and contributors are all standing by as we cover this breaking story and what comes next paris canal is on the scene for us. let s go to your first year there in new york. you re watching all of this unfold. tell our viewers what else you re learning. well, that s right. we learned that in manhattan grand jury has returned an indictment against former president donald trump. as you said, the first time
manhattan as early as next week. this is according to five senior officials familiar with the preparations and in the worlds of unprecedented, this would be the absolute definition of it. a former president has never been criminally indicted before, never. so local law enforcement agencies are running the possible scenarios, going through potential security plans, gaming out the variables, according to the same officials, who also stress that this is a just in case no charges have been filed and nbc news cannot report that any decision has yet been made that we know of more on what this means in a moment because it could get pretty complicated we also have new reporting from the washington post that could have a significant bearing on the special counsel investigation into january 6th the post has reviewed a copy of a report called project 2020. a study trump s team paid for but never released to investigate the election results in six key states that he lost according
, the venue for an american 1st 100 Center Street in Downtown Manhattan, playing host to a new chapter in u. S history. Today the arrest and arraignment of donald trump. Former President Trump is back in the city that made him famous. But this time to face a new reality, the first ever former president to Face Criminal Charges. Good afternoon to our viewers around the world. Im Anderson Cooper, new york and im jake tapper in washington, d c. Were just hours away from the opening gavel. Of the people of the state of new york versus donald j. Trump this is the scene, the Manhattan Criminal Courts complex for mr trump. Will surrender. Were told and then where prosecutors will drop and indictment spelling out multiple charges against him at this very moment, we still do not know exactly what those charges are and how many there are connected to mr trumps alleged scheme to buy the silence of adult film actress and director stormy, daniels said a pivotal 2016 campaign moment. As we come on a
charges like this often have cascading effects and as you mentioned, the president s facing at least three other potential criminal investigations into his conduct right now. whichever way these charges go and hopefully we ll be privy to all of them in the next 15 minutes or so, how might this strengthen or weaken the former president s hand in those other key cases? i think that s a great question on the politics side of things. not on the legal side of things. you know, i don t think any of these district attorneys or the special counsel are interacting saying you go first, no, you go first, or i m ready to go. that s not how it works behind the scenes. but it is the case that this went first and it may be the thinnest gruel of them all in the end. by going first does it paint others with this, you know, an aura of it s all political and the answer is yes from the former president, he s going to use it to say it fits with the entire narrative of russia russia russia, and
that s 184494200. wellcare medicare. done well, this is cnn. the world s news network. mm hmm. we are watching history in the making soon. donald trump leaves florida for new york, where he will become the first ever former president to be booked on criminal charges. we have all the unprecedented details. a suspect is in custody , accused in the bombing that killed a well known pro war military brogger at a cafe in st petersburg, russia. what police are now revealing about the woman they say handed him the bomb scenes of utter devastation and now the threat for more tornadoes today, the new forecast just in with the areas under the greatest risk. those stories and more here. that s cnn news, central. tomorrow for the first time in our nation s 247 year history. a former u. s president will be arraigned in court two hours from now former president trump he s going to leave mar-a-lago and fly to new york as he gets ready to face. a judge can show you right now. a live look at t