good morning, it saturday apri 1st. i am ali velshi, this week marked another inflection poin from the state of th democracy. donald, trump the rookie politician who somehow made it into the white house with zero political experience, only t be disgraced as the firs president to be impeached twic while in office. it is now the first current or former president to be criminally indicted in u.s history. nbc news has learned that hi indictment includes about 30 charges related to documen fraud, that s classified a misdemeanors and the associated press i reporting that according to it sources, trump is also facin at least one felony charge stemming from the manhatta district attorney, alvin bragg s investigation of the former presidents role in th hush money payments made to th former adult film actress, stormy daniels with whom he allegedly had a affair, donald trump denie that there wasn t a fair and any interview with the london-based times radio tha aired yesterday, daniel sa
this is unprecedented and it is historic. the first time a former president has ever been criminally charged and therefor we don t have any real roadmap for how it will now play out. we do know former president donald trump will be arraigned next week in manhattan courtroo surrounded by extraordinary security fear also surrounded b security tonight the manhattan da alvin bragg leaving his office after grand jury decided he had to demonstrate probable cause in the case he has pursue against trump, alleging campaign-finance laws were broken but was so-called hush payments to stormy daniels she claims she had an affair with trump before he ran for president for the immediate question is how exactly the former president will be processed and charged to move surrendering to authorities. it is a process, and arraignment, just like anyone else. and then you go from there. trump himself responded with fury tonight saying in part, quote, the democrats have lied and cheated and s
also recently met with prosecutors in manhattan and just yesterday, source told nbc news that local state and federal law enforcemen agencies have already starte preparing security measures in new york in case charges are filed against trump. this is, of course, happenin against the backdrop of th start of the 2024 presidential race trump s campaign confirmed tha he will hold his first officia rally next saturday in waco, texas. joining me now by phone is m colleague, lawrence o donnell, the host of msnbc s the last word lawrence, thanks so much for kicking us off at the 10:0 hour what do you make of trump latest post? he s made a lot of claims an called for his supporters to protest other things in th past we run the, we ve heard them is there something different about this particular post thi morning? well, it actually, when w think about it, it s consisten with the way donald trump ha dealt with development involving criminal investigations beginning with the fbi searc
who are you really talkin about? is there someone else that w know like that i m just asking. maybe if he had a restaurant, he would put up classified folders in his restaurant or show them where the nuclear ma is maybe there s nuclear maps, man. nobody gets to be promptin like a nuclear map chris, thank you thank you as always, my friend and thanks to at-home fo joining us this evening. donald trump s questionable fundraising tactics are no exactly a new thing. and i made it that it broke. after all, he s turned his manhattan indictment into moneymaking juggernaut to the tune of $12 million plus looks like he turned his las days in office into a cash bonanza while at the same time trying to subvert democracy. it was pretty ambitious. i mean, some people might just try to steal an election and leave it there but not donald trump the second of january 6t hearing in congress back i june representative low zo lofgren she called it the president trump used the lie he
otherwise? yeah. it s made us a lot closer. every time i signed to him, see a smile on his face. after high school, surely i planning on becoming an as interpreter. for example, i m going to the store. so, how would you sign that i go to store and she s already getting started. i just feel there should be a lot more - out there for people like my brother. it s a sign of what to come rehema ellis, nbc news, ne york thank you to the grea rehema ellis and on that note, i wish you a very good night. from all of our colleagues across the network networks of nbc news, anthks for staying u late i will see you at the end of tomorrow donald trump s questionable fundraising tactics are no exactly a new thing. and i mean if it ain t broke - after all, he s turned his manhattan indictment into moneymaking juggernaut to the tune of $12 million plus just like he turned his last days in office into a cash bonanza while at the same time trying to subvert democracy. it was