indictment. no one has made that allegation. at the end of the day, you have to weigh the damage of the indictment versus the damage of the allegations. it s just not even a fair way. senator marco rubio s evolution on donald trump s access to and handling of classified documents. yeah, i agree, it s not even a close call. you weigh whether you believe as the 11th circuit said that the foundational principle of this country, that no man is above the law, and you balance that against whatever marco was saying we should balance it against. and, you know, willie, i just you will notice you will notice of all of the noise out there, of all of the ground noise, nobody is saying he s innocent. nobody is saying he did not commit the crimes that will put him in jail for over a hundred years, if convicted on all things. i can t think of one person who has said this man did not do it. so what they say is what about hillary? i mean but they had a long time to do that.
to be charged with a criminal offence. tonight, mr trump is meeting with his advisors in trump tower, no doubt discussing the charges he is set to face connected to hush money paid to porn actor stormy daniels in the lead up to his campaign for the presidency in 2016. the exact charges he faces will be disclosed in full in court tomorrow. mr trump denies any wrongdoing, calling it a witch hunt. and in the city, police are on high alert with barricades erected around trump tower and the manhattan criminal court where mr trump will appear tomorrow. bbc news is covering this story from all angles tonight. joining me live to discuss all this, sarah krissoff, former assistant us attorney for the southern district of new york doug jones, former democrat senator for the state of alabama, and pete king, former republican congressman for the state of new york. but first, let s talk to our correspondent michelle fluery, who s in new york. where all the action is happening right now. yo
the process. which of these facts is he going to dispute, and the answer is he can t dispute any of them. that s correct. and the problem is, they ve got him on tape. they ve got them talking to his aides, everything, they have him. so that s why i say he really needs to plea if he wants to stay out of jail for the rest of his life. and you a country lawyer, and non-country lawyer can check my logic on this. but i think he would have the prosecutor here, a plea guilty would be trump pleading guilty and he could no longer be president of the united states. that would be a political compromise, except for the far left. many people want to see trump in an orange jump suit. accountability is important. many people in the country would accept a plea deal that involved trump pleading guilty to some felony charges. it would keep him out of prison
trump. for that, it s useful to look at how us criminal cases usually unfold. after an indictment, defendants will either voluntarily surrender, as donald trump has, or face arrest. then the defendant is processed, which means they are finger printed and photographed. after that is the arraignment, which means a court appearance, where the defendant is formally presented with the charges and enters a plea guilty, or not guilty. thejudge may also set bail then. we re told by donald trump s lawyers he will plead not guilty, and so, its expected this case will go to trial. at the end of that trial, donald trump will either be found guilty, and be sentenced orfound not guilty, and be cleared of the charges. we wa nt we want to show you some pictures of trump tower wet michelle was just reporting from where the former president is spending the night. michelle was mentioning it seems like some of the activity around trump tower has quietened down a bit, but we mentioned the president and h