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,
there. the things the president is going to have to answer for, his lawyers will do that. seems like he has a top-notch legal team. we will see what happens. now, i think you raised a larger problem about d.a.s. we shouldn t elect this woman here was elected ga and she may have run on a platform fighting crime and making community safer and he did, too, he made it an element, one of the elements going after donald trump. and voters here in new york voted for him. i happen to believe that we shouldn t elect judges or d.a.s, but that is just me. i don t think that should be should it be out campaigning harris: so how do they get there? harold: appoint them like we do judges. jeanine: politics. harold: either way, we can have that conversation you can t say he ran on a platform that he delivered on harris: you can. harold: let me finish harris: i ll wait for you to finish. harold: you can t be critical of the fact he did that when that is what our process