mississippi, where he ll visit rolling fork. that s 1,200 miles from the courtroom where president trump is expected to be arraigned early next week. according to district attorney alvin bragg s office, we contacted mr. trump s attorney to coordinate his is your repbder to the manhattan da s house on supreme court indictment which remains under seal. details will be provided when the arraignment date is selected. since it is under seal, we do not know the exact charges. bragg has been investigating for alleged payments being made leading up to the 2016 election including $130,000 for stormy daniels. the president has denied any wrongdoing and has responded with outrage writing within a lengthy response, quote, this is political persecution and election interference at the highest level in history. he also called da alvin bragg a disgrace writing he s doing joe biden s dirty work and the american people realize what the radical left democrats are doing here. trump s attorney s
surrender to the manhattan s d.a. office on arraignment from a supreme court indictment which remains under seal guidance will then be provided when the arraignment date is selected. since it is under seal we don t know the exact charges. what we do know is bragg has been trump for alleged payments made leading up to the 2016 election including $130,000 to adult film actress stormy daniels. bragg questioned witnesses about an alleged payment made to model karen macdougall. the former president has denied any wrongdoing and has denied the affairs. and he has also responded to the indictment with outrage writing a lengthy response including this is a political persecution and election interference at the highest level in history. he also called d.a. bragg a disgrace writing, quote: he is doing joe biden s dirty work and that the american people realize exactly what the radical left democrats are doing here. trump s attorney said last night that there s no crime. he didn t hav
this is america s newsroom. a years long investigation. a grand jury brought an indictment to president trump. the charges are under seal for now. the counts number in the dozens. bill: that s sparking a firestorm of criticism for the manhattan d.a. alvin bragg. known as a soft on crime prosecutor. since he took office in january, he has downgraded more than 50% of felonies in new york to misdemeanors. he appears to be taking the opposite take against the former president. republicans calling it political persecution. manhattan d.a. s office is in contact with the former president s legal team. they re working to coordinate his surrender. a logistic call nightmare. one of the president s attorneys said the d.a. wanted when im to surrender today. the president pushed back on that and expected to happen on tuesday. bill: let s begin now. chad pergram on the hill. andy mccarthy with analysis. bryan llenas joins us outside the courthouse in lower manhattan, new york city.
is potentially admissible in court. swift reaction every angle, every politician it appears. a manhattan prosecutor filing criminal charges against the former president, donald trump. the manhattan d.a. s office working to coordinate a surrender next week. new hour begins right now. welcome. it has been a week. i m bill hemmer friday. dana has the week off today. our friend is back with us to help us out. how was the first hour? shannon: reunited and it feels so good. okay. let s move on. i m shannon bream. this indictment will go down in history the first ever criminal case against a u.s. president. the front page of the new york post alerting readers to the gathering stormy as trump reportedly faces charges stemming from a hush money payment to porn actress stormy daniels. new york city police now on high alert for possible protests. bill: full coverage continues now. jonathan turley has reaction along with trey gowdy. first david spunt from washington and more on t
remains under seal. trump says it is all political persecution. republican lawmakers say it is simple and wrong. the manhattan district attorney alvin bragg has had it out for trump all along. i said from day one this is a political stunt. what s behind all this? hatred. this is absolutely a political witch hunt through and through. this is the kind of witch hunt that can only serve to tell people in the future if it works, you should try to indict people to keep them from winning elections. you are talking about a misdemeanor that gets bootstrapped onto election law in a way i ve never seen. democrats know it has nothing to do with the laws. they are sending a message. harris: kevin mccarthy is vowing the house will hold alvin bragg and his unprecedented abuse of power accountable. and we have live pictures outside mar-a-lago, florida, where former president trump s sporters are gathering. that s his home in that town. national correspondent bryan llenas, how a