politicsnation tonight s lead, and territory. right now, america is bracin for what could be historically unprecedented event. the possible crimina indictment of a former president. earlier today, former presiden donald trump put out a serie post on his truth social media platform, referencing report that he could soon fac criminal indictment in new yor as early as next week. trump claims that leak indicate he will be arrested o tuesday. but he did not say whether h has actually been informed o any charges or what thos charges would be a spokesman for the manhatta da s office has declined t comment. trump also called for protest, and d.c. news reported frida line forsman agencies includin the nypd, fbi and the secret service. they are already this costin security plans, should charges come down. we will be talking about all o it ahead with our guest, including former trump attorney, michael cohen who testifie before the grand jury this ver week and later, the attorney genera
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
what do you make of thei silence? is silence in this case, i don t know what the right word is i want to say complicity. but his silence accepted so to speak? it is probably wise because as everybody has pointed out we haven t seen the charge yet. if as a, speculated there is gonna be that bragg will b able to tie the falsificatio of business records into a tas rhyme then that becomes a much more serious matter. but i think, look, we know tha mcconnell and many republicans senators have had it wit donald trump he wants nothing more to d with him so they are not going to say anything to feed his grievance over this. but i should point out that as weak as i think this case is it is worth pointing out tha there are far more serious investigations going on fo donald trump, he isn t muc
da s council also blaste republicans for collaboratin with the ex president. nbc news has learned that trum has been reaching out to his allies on the hill and consulting about the next step in their public defense of him trump has been speaking with senator lindsey graham and congressman matt gates i particular joining me now is democratic congressman ted lieu o california he served as a manager for trump s second impeachment trial. congressman, it is great to se you. thank you for joining. as we really appreciate your time let me start it was somethin that you tweeted or statemen that he released after thi indictment came out. you write that this is a sombe moment for america and noting that, you know, whe you look at the reaction tha we have seen from republicans, and reflecting on the moment that we are in, i want to just to talk about where we are as country at this moment thank you, ayman, for you question it is a solemn time fo america. it sets a terrible precedent t indict a