good evening, everyone. i m alison camerata, and this is cnn tonight an unprecedented moment in u. s history. former president donald trump indicted by a grand jury in new york. it s the first time that a current or former u. s president has faced criminal charges. the indictment is under seal tonight , but more information will be announced in the coming days. sources tell cnn that the former president is facing more than 30 counts related to business fraud , defiant donald trump, issuing an angry statement tonight calling this political persecution. let s turn right away to cnn correspondent kara scannell and cnn s senior crime and justice reporter katelyn polantz keira. what happens next? well alison next. we expect that on tuesday, the former president is expected to come here to new york to go into the courthouse behind me and be arraigned on these charges. now that day, we will also expect to have the indictment unsealed. then we will learn the specifics . what are the
continuing live coverage, all the latest in today s history making indictment more than 30 counts counts criminal charges against donald trump, according to sources. no former or sitting president has ever faced even one nor have any ever incited a violent mob stormed the capital in this our cnn exclusive. the man who was targeted by the mob that day, former vice president mike pence will get his take wolf. well his take on today s historic and in some quarters, controversial criminal indictments in new york and jake first take a look at some of the headlines right now. the three big national papers miami west palm beach were news, often like politics is local tonight. cnn has learned that a court date is set for tuesday. there is some more late information coming in this evening. cnn s evan perez starts us off evan. well jake. the secret service is preparing to bring the former president to his court appearance on tuesday in manhattan. this is something that they ve been tal
that focus on the fact that george soros is jewish. there s a lot of nasty stuff began to swirl here against this d a against its prosecutor, and he needs to be defended and protected. want to thank my job. we find out what s actually going on. he needs to be defended the project. i think of my panel. our coverage continues right now. just about 10 p.m. here in manhattan, where the by this time next tuesday night if the schedule holds donald john trump child and product of new york will officially be defendant in a new york criminal matter. in our exclusive interview last hour with former vice president pence here s somebody told cnn s wolf blitzer about today s historic indictment. when you have an attorney general in new york manhattan, d a. that targeted one particular american in their campaigns. i think that offends the notion of the overwhelming majority of the american people who believe in fairness, who believe in equal treatment before the law, and this appears to be
some very important truth as they see it. one of the important proves is the end of civilization as we know it. is that correct? get right up on the mine. we feel very strongly that this is the end times that was prophecies in the bible. that is not in fact, one of the messages and that you bring that this is part of our message. yes let me ask you this. how do you know you re not hypnotized? or do you see you are brainwashed ties? do i look brainwashed? yeah. ah but then again, so do i know i think you do you have a particular look on your face of a person who is in a hypnotic trance when you when you mentioned being brainwashed, i think we ve thought about that term. over you know, over some time, and we feel that in a lot of ways we hope we are. endo gave us the tools to brainwash ourselves. literally washed out our humanness from our brands. and that s the same thing that was meant by baptism. it was washing your humanness out. do you and starting fresh with a new creatur
says the judge overseeing his indictment hates him. see where this one is going to lead starts right now tuesday 2 15 trump s arraignment s set, according to cnn sources, the unprecedented security that now needs to happen for this unprecedented court appearance, plus 30 news organizations come to the defense of an american journalist detained in russia. their demands to putin and a friend of that reporter will also join me this hour. and from the midwest to the south confirmed tornadoes on the ground with the governor of kentucky, saying tonight s forecast is the worst he has ever seen. welcome to the lead on this busy friday. i m pamela brown in for jake tapper, and we start in our politics lead with new developments surrounding the historic indictment against former president donald trump tuesday around 2:15 p.m. trump is expected to appear before manhattan judged to be arraigned, according to sources . the former president is facing more than 30 counts related to business