the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle starts right now manhattan grand jury voted t indict john j trump on thursda for his role in paying hus money to a porn star today is the first day of the rest of don trump s life this is a monumental, historic importance. before tonight, president in this country were - now you are seeing citize trump being treated the same way that anyone else would regardless of the active o former president he s got to be photographed fingerprinted, he s got to appear before a. judge i believe that donald right now is petrified this is one of his biggest fears. tonight he is calling the indictment, quote, political persecution. the first thing the lawye tells you when you are indicte for somebody or charged with something s shutout. he does not have a good defense, his defense will be a reliance on politics, it wil only get uglier from thi moment on. get ready, stop on your legal seatbelt, we are going forward as a country that is goi
coverage of the indictment o former president donald trump. trump s former attorney an fixer michael cohen for many years has, of course been, a key witness in this case he met repeatedly with prosecutors and testifie before the grand jury earlie this month with me now is lonnie davis, attorney for michael cohen we have been watching this fro the sidelines for the past seven years. you have been intricatel involved in all of this as michael cohen s attorney what is your reaction? the most important reaction is let the process work an talking heads and, pungently graduates of the sovereign district of new york who are former prosecutors doing gig on cable television, instead o re-judging a jury trial, and talking about michael cohen credibility and whether he should be doing television o