to start this hour, let s brea down all of the news and how i view the trump indictment. sources familiar with th matter tell nbc news that trum faces around 30 charges of documented fraud connected to hush mone payments that he allegedly mad to cover up fast affairs in th run up to the 2016 election. two sources tell the associate press that it includes at leas one felony offense, and th exact charges at this moment against the ex president are still unknown. because the indictment remains sealed nbc news has now joined coalition of news organization urging that the indictment t be unsealed, citin overwhelming public interest ahead of trump s scheduled arraignment next tuesday that group is also requestin that cameras be allowed inside the courtroom during tuesday s proceedings. according to the new york times, trump and his aides were caugh off guard by the timing of the grand jury indictment which wa made public thursday afternoon thinking that any action was perhaps still
tonight, we are going to giv you the context and th perspective you need t understand how these next fe weeks and months will unfold you are going to hear about th strength of alvin bragg s case against donald trump, an congressman ted lieu wil respond to republican attack on the da. and later, the other massive illegal news from the, week th fox defamation lawsuit lap and guess which programs are o the hit list i m ayman, let s get started to start this hour, let s brea down all of the news and how i view the trump indictment. sources familiar with th matter tell nbc news that trum faces around 30 charges of document fraud connected t hush money payments that h allegedly made it to cover u past affairs in the run up t the 2016 election. two sources tell the associate press that includes at least one felony offense, and th exact charges at this moment against the ex president are still unknown because th indictment remains sealed. nbc news has now joined coalition of a new or
under either state law o federal law, depending on whic legal theory that bragg is going down but i think what suzanne was talking about is this othe adventure that bragg could g down, legally speaking which is to argue that the repayment were intended to commit a tax rod violation that by disguising them as income to michael cohen, these would be deductible expenses t the trump organization this is my speculation and therefore what to save the trump organization money and taxes. and that s because the reported as income to michae cohen, that is why they had to compensate him extra to make u for the taxes that he was goin to be obligated to pay because of how they structured tha repayment. suzanne, the judg overseeing two state
reported as income to michae cohen, that is why they had to compensate him extra to make u for the taxes that he was goin to be obligated to pay because of how they structured tha repayment. suzanne, the judg overseeing two state arrangement as one merchant, who also presided over the trump organization trial which resulted in guilty verdicts fo it s 15 your tax fraud scheme. talk to me about this judge an how you think he will approach this case. yeah i sat through, as yo know, a lot of that trial. i i think we will see that again here i just found him ver professionally in the court. and, you know, often had what think he could ve stepped in t save something when there wa pickering going on between the lawyers, even lawyer syste that - he kept his cool i think you are going to see i close to the, best just like alvin bragg. as i just think they don t wan to put any foot out of place o this and alvin bragg is stretched