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
indictment of donald trump on thursday donald trump became the first former commander in chief in history to face a criminal indictment. that s after a grand jury in new york voted to indict the former president as part of manhattan district attorney s alvin bragg s investigation into a hush money payment made into adult film star stormy daniels back in 2016 now that indictment is currently sealed, and that means we and a whole lot of people do not know the specific charges or charge that have been levied against donald trump we do know bragg has been focused on a felony charge of falsifying business records which carries a maximum prison sentence of four years donald trump denies any wrongdoing, denies having an affair with stormy daniels, and he is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty in a court of law that trial has not yet occurred. bragg s investigation is one of many against the ex-president. back in 2018 cohen, trump s former lawyer and fixer, was ntenced t
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undemocratic than putting your political opponent in prison. the american people voted to put trump in power. then they voted to take that power away. and that s how things work in america. now that trump is running again a filthy d.a. rah sass sinating your right to vote. what s the crime? the indictment says under new york state law is a felony to falsify business records. we cannot and will not normalize serious criminal conduct coldcock an asian lady not serious. push into the subway not serious. make a error in a general ledger serious conduct. the thousands of businesses that put things in the wrong ledger don t they have to worry? no, why. because their owners aren t running for president. how is trump going to get a fair trial in new york? how can you going to pick a jury in how many jurors have no opinion on donald trump? who the is jury foreman rachel maddow. bragg doesn t understand this case he can t explain it. he says trump broke election law he did not put the
form of white supremacy. as a result, car burglaries have risen. the attendant is not white but he s sick of watching people get robbed. so he told the people to leave. in response, the man pulled out a han gund and fired four times. it was a nightmare. somehow he had the presence of mind to wrestle the gun from the man and fire back before the man could shoot him or anyone else. by the time police arrived, both men were lying on the sidewalk bleeding. what do you think happened next? in a scene self-respecting society, he would have received a medal if not a ticker-tape parade. in new york, he was arrested and charged with with possession of a gun, the same gun that was used to shoot him. he woke up in belleview hospital shackled to his bed. the new york post ran this picture. it s of him sobbing. i got bullets in me and i m chained to a hospital bed but i didn t do anything wrong. you can imagine his confusion. this was not the country he expected. in fact, he is exactly