the west coast, 3 am in the, east i m ali velshi you re watching msnbc s indictment of donald trump, in just a few, hours americans will be waking up to this front page for th new york times, the head lin reads quote, the first e president to face criminal charges. trump indictment going acros the top manner on thursday, an unprecedente move and grand jury in new york voted to indict the former president donald trump, part o manhattan district attorne alvin bragg s investigatio into a hush money payment, mad to the adult film star storm daniels back in 2016 as of right, now we do not kno what specific crime or crime the vice president s bee charged with, but we shoul know more on tuesday, when i going to one of trump s lawyers, he s expected to be arraigned. and we do know that alvin bragg, i ve been focusing on a felony charge of falsifying busines records which carries a maximu prison sentence of four year we will forget the possibl prison sentence, here s what w can come e
often some version of, now m story is gonna get out, i m no my day in court, i ll be gla to clear my name, i m gonna be victorious, strangely this i all about grievance, it s no actually about that, donal trump is innocent until proven guilty in that system that you described, that is a prett high bar i would think that would be more relevant in some of the commentary, than what i hearing. it s not just relevant, tha is the whole story, a defendan has no obligation to testify on his or her own behalf, he has the right to remain silent but if you wishes, he ca either get on the stand intel story himself, or he can put o witnesses to tell the story fo him, or he can cross examine governments witnesses, that is his absolute right, and that i the right that the judge wil enforce, at the criminal trial so again a big differenc between america s criminal justice system and