the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle starts right now manhattan grand jury voted t indict john j trump on thursda for his role in paying hus money to a porn star today is the first day of the rest of don trump s life this is a monumental, historic importance. before tonight, president in this country were - now you are seeing citize trump being treated the same way that anyone else would regardless of the active o former president he s got to be photographed fingerprinted, he s got to appear before a. judge i believe that donald right now is petrified this is one of his biggest fears. tonight he is calling the indictment, quote, political persecution. the first thing the lawye tells you when you are indicte for somebody or charged with something s shutout. he does not have a good defense, his defense will be a reliance on politics, it wil only get uglier from thi moment on. get ready, stop on your legal seatbelt, we are going forward as a country that is goi
reliance on politics, it wil only get uglier from thi moment on. get ready, stop on your legal seatbelt, we are going forward as a country that is going to deal with this and pu a president on trial good evening once again, am stephanie ruhle live from washington d.c.. and it is a serious an historic night in america. there is a lot that we do no know right now, but here are the facts and here s what we d know donald trump, now the firs former u.s. president in history to face criminal charges. today, a manhattan grand jur voted to indict trump in a cas related to hush money payments made to adult film star stormy daniels in the 201 presidential campaign. alvin bragg started presenting evidence and witnesses to th grand jury back in january we do not know what trump is being charged with because the indictment is still under seal trump s attorneys tell nbc new