stranglehold on republican politics when a public official is indicted, the office is more important than the person, the should step aside. when all in it starts right now good evening from new york, i chris hayes. donald trump, the now indicted ex president, is reportedl facing about 30 counts related to document fraud. now, that is all we know a this point, of course. because manhattan district attorney alvin bragg has kep the indictment unsealed. we will learn the full scope o what trump is charged with whe he is arraigned in tha indictment becomes public. da bragg wanted that to happen today, but the arraignment was delayed. trump s lawyer says the secret service asked for the delay, but sources tell nbc new that s not true, that agents are ready to brink bring trump to new york at a moments notice right now the plan is for trum to fly to new york city on monday night he will spend the night at the trump tower apartmen accompanied by dozens of agent before surrend
it already does it every day citizens can the nation actually hold t account, in a fair and reasonable manner, with du process, the highest ranking former official? that is really what it comes down to. the whole idea behind this country need i remind you is what? that we threw off the tyrann of the king and what is a king i king he s a special kind o person who sits above the la and above the subjects and i immune from the law in key way because he is the law. that is it it s the distilled essence o the core principle of monarchy the law in the manner the same nearly 250 years ago w rejected that. in favor of a nation of laws t which everyone is subject there is no greater test o that principle than this momen we find ourselves in right now and people are freaked out about it again, i get that. but it is deeply weird to me and american, to be a patrioti