a former president donald trump. mr trump landed at laguardia airport, just a short while ago. the former president expected derives soon at trump tower. he is expected to spend the night there ahead of his arraignment tomorrow afternoon at the manhattan criminal courthouse, where mr trump is expected to voluntarily surrender sources tell cnn that the former president faces more than 30 counts related to business fraud that we should note the indictment. remains under seal. these charges come after a years long probe. into a hush money payment made to adult film star and director stormy daniels in the days before the 2016 presidential election, and let s let s uh we re looking. let s let s start with cnn s katelyn polantz right now she s outside trump tower and caitlin . it s odd watching this kind of for want of a better term like o j. bronco coverage of donald trump coming into manhattan for this criminal matter, and i know that media critics are taking issue with the way t
tacopina. as of yesterday. he was the one on television. but there has been some infighting in the legal team and even another trump attorney because he does have several of them right now, given the number of investigations facing him, tim parla tory was on cnn with you on friday when i asked pretty straightforward question whether tacopina was the right attorney to take this case to trial. he hedged a bit and noted, of course, susan necklace the other attorney who is on this case, but now they ve added time, blanche. to that legal team. we are told joe tacopina does still remain on the team, and we ll be there tomorrow. um but i do think it does give you an indication, jake that they are taking this case seriously, at least from a legal perspective, often the legal strategy and the political strategy are conflated here. so those are the people that are already here on the ground that trump will be meeting with when he gets here, they re going to be preparing him for that very quick a
would imagine that all sorts of precautions have been taken to keep the former president safe. so he is not expected to leave trump tower between now his arrival there today, um, until tomorrow when he leaves to go to court. so what you re going to see is 56th street will remain blocked off while he is in his multi story penthouse apartment. meeting with lawyers, including likely his new lawyer, todd blanche, who s going to take on a significant role in this criminal case. you ll also see a police detail present on fifth avenue and on madison with secret service, um, standing by in case there is some spontaneous protest either a pro trump or anti trump that will all just be in place along with , you know, the bomb detection, canines and the other things that that come with that. in
of the former president. the 45th president. walking into trump tower. in any case, caitlin, you re out of state for any duration. it s almost as if a pause button is hit on the statute of limitations running out and since donald trump spent four years in washington and has lived his post presidential life in florida, according to new york law. it has not given out. but that is the argument that trump s attorneys will try to make in court when they moved to have the charges just dismissed outright, caitlin yeah. and i also want to know one thing is you noticed for president trump walking into trump tower there. you did not see first lady melania trump with him. she was with him on thursday night at mar-a-lago. they had dinner after you know, mirror hours after word of the indictment came down on thursday night that historic news that is notable
closed. we re going to see a lot more officers a lot more people a lot more of trump supporters. of course, some folks who are against the former president, so it s going to be a lot of activity. this street that where i m standing on is going to be entirely closed with secret service. agents and officers and the nypd who are really are concerned with what s going to be going on out here inside is going to be the court officers and the secret service that are gonna be providing security for the former president, jake all right, shimon brokenness outside the manhattan manhattan criminal court. thank you so much again this hour. we re watching donald trump s arrival in new york. arriving at trump tower just moments ago after landing at laguardia airport. the grand jury witness list help show the direction of this investigation . but of course, we do not know how strong the cases plus the public perception of the charges trump is facing. cnn is asking the american people how much do they