counts of falsifying business records. we are expecting to hear from president trump later tonight. bryan llenas is outside the courthouse in lower manhattan to break down the charges. bryan? jesse, good evening. former president trump charger 34 felony counts of falsifying business records here in the state of new york. just moments ago, but a couple hours ago, the district attorney of manhattan alvin bragg laid out his case. listen. donald trump was arraigned on a new york supreme court indictment, returned by a manhattan grand jury, on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the first degree. under new york state law, it is a felony to falsify business records with intent to defraud and intent to conceal another crime. that is exactly what this case is about. so, d.a. bragg is charging former president trump with 34 felony counts, that is a felony count for every single falsified business record that they have in evidence, apparently. now, as he mentioned,
A recap of the days news. Did you see the article, there was an article in the Washington Post or in vox about it. Its unbelievable because none of it is true. None of it is true. Look, there are problems there. Well have to see which way they take their constitution. The president of the United States is cosigning something from a White Nationalist group. Its just beyond fathomable now. And that he would hear something on tv and not use a power that you and i pray to whatever we believe in every night, which is to pick up the phone and say, hey, is this true in south africa . Hes got the best intelligence in the world. They would have told him the truth. Instead he enlists his Secretary Of State to chase down a bogus report that he heard on tv. And the reason he did it is what really shakes me in my bones. He cant care about this as an issue, theres too much racism at home to worry about. I believe that hes reaching out to a group hes been told he needs. And he doesnt need them. There
A recap of the days news. Worthwhile listening to. I appreciate it, chris. This is cnn tonight. Im don lemon. A big show ahead. Not only is one of the president s long time friends flipping on him. He had a secret safe full of evidence. Donald trumps friends name is david pecker. David pecker is a publisher of the National Inquirer, granted immunity by the feds. He knew about Donald Trumps Hush Money Payments to silence women who said they had sexual encounters with trump. A friend of the president is telling vanity fair, and i quote, holy sh and you can guess the rest. This is more bad news for this white house. The bare knuckle tabloid
reportedly kept a safe pull of documents on Hush Money Payments and stories it killed, thats according to the associated press. So just days after trumps former fixer and keeper of secrets Michael Cohen flipped on him, were learning that david pecker has flipped too. Can you imagine whats going through the president s mind right now . Is it any wonder
president donald j. trump. so-called progressive prosecutors have brought chaos to local jurisdictions. across our nation. but now bragg has proven that sorrow site and back prosecutors can attempt to destroy the nation as a whole. this is embarrassing, bare-bones, a stain of our nation which will only be washed away by returning president donald j. trump to the white house. where he belongs. and then it is a little bit on background. the one thing about truth social, there is enough room, you could write something longer maybe than this indictment. harold: you have an opinion on this pecker thing? bill: i m used to asking questions, not answering them. listening to the lawyers talk, i think bragg said legally he doesn t have to bring the other case now, he does not have to show jeanine: he doesn t bill: would suggest he doesn t have to show his hand. we have said repeatedly there is nothing new that has appeared in seven years. they requested to move it to
is building up here, corroborators. and, you know, you started out asking about the safe. mr. pecker did not get immunity and retain possession of the contents of this safe. exactly. okay? he s offering something. if he s getting immunity, he s probably offering a lot. the contents of the safe are downtown, at foley square. you think so? that s what i was going to ask laura, if he s cooperating and apparently this information has somehow been moved, i m wondering if investigators already have the information that s in the safe. and by the way, i don t know if people are making a big enough deal of this pecker thing, because if the mcdougal and the daniels thing came out of that, who knows what else is there. go on. first of all, the idea that someone would think the documents they have in the safe would not be able to be viewed