money case. you are uch waing fox and friends first on friday morning. i m todd piro. ashley: i m ashley strohmier. at the center of national debate with critics accusing alvin bragg of doing democrats bidding. todd: new york post writing alvin bragg is trying to turn a misdemeanor into a felony. this shows that the legal system is biassed and politicized. ashley: we start with brooke singman to walk us through the next steps in the case. brooke: a manhattan grand jury has indicted former president trump donald trump. alvin bragg has been investigating trump for hush money payments made leading up to the 2016 presidential election, including a $130,000 payment made to stormy daniels and another $150,000 payment made to former model karen mcdougle. alvin bragg s office says we contacted trump s attorney for a supreme court indictment which remains under seal. guidance will be provided when arraignment date is selected. the former president saying this is political
turn himself in as early as next tuesday after being indicted by a new york grand jury, in a case led by new york da alvin bragg. alvin bragg s investigation into payments made to stormy daniels and karen mcdougle. ron desantis saying florida will not participate in the request there are issues with this soros-backed manhattan political agenda. ashley: the case could backfire on alvin bragg and hurt the democratic party. this is a totally bizarre, convoluted theory that alvin bragg has simply dreamed up. you re a democratic elected prosecutor who ran on the campaign pledge of getting trump, you better have the strongest case imaginable, not a case that depends on stitch
know, discussions, witnesses, yes. that s the way they can. and i think from a perspective of saying we re not going to let this go. you have done something that is marginally? perspective unprecedented going after a former president. you have been chasing this car for a long time and caught it. now on alvin bragg to prove it. as far as coming from congress itself it will be more of a publicity and news media keeping the pressure on alvin bragg. you did. this you re going to be held responsible for it. you talk about alvin bragg having to prove it. do you think he has enough to prove it. it s up to him. he better. you bring a case like this. and, again, the prosecutor through the grand jury process the grand jury indicted but alvin bragg it s all his many radio. it s not a defendant s room. it s a prosecutor s room. so if he didn t get a true indictment and brought this before it s more on him. he has got his indictment now. it s now on him to prove it in court. if he doesn t bri
todd: a fox news alert. president trump is likely to turn himself over to authorities as early as tuesday after being indicted by the grand jury. abuse of power including kevin mccarthy. quote, the american people will not tolerate this injustice. the house of representatives will hold alvin bragg and his unprecedented abuse of power to account. former georgia congressman who served on the house judiciary committee doug collins joins us now. thank you so much for being here. look, we have covered almost every single angle of this trump indictment this morning except for the following one. explain to us how congress will hold alvin bragg accountable. the procedural steps by which they will do so. in fairness it s going to be very hard. they have already sent the letters wanting information. he is involved in a case, an an investigation look i m not going to talk about it. investigation not going to talk about ongoing case. the reality is two parts of it. will they actually get h
institution. we can no longer have moral authority against dictators and despates, who compete in free and fair elections. this is about power, demonstration of raw power, they are sending a message that they will use any power they have to interfere in the next presidential election. house speaker kevin mccarthy wrote this, the american people will not tolerate injustice and the house of representatives will hold alvin bragg and unprecedented abuse of power to account. there are committees looking into da alvin bragg s investigation, those are taking a brief pause to see what happens next in the former president s arraignment. jim jordan is chair of the house judiciary committee. he tweeted one word, outrageous. you have democrats celebrating and others highlighting the legal challenges that alvin bragg faces in this case.