this is msnbc s continuing coverage of the indictment o former president donald j trump, time elevation you york, after becoming the first president i u.s. history to be impeached twice, donald trump has made history yet again, becoming th only ex president to face criminal indictment. on thursday, a grand jury vote to indict the former president as part of manhattan distric attorney alvin weiss investigation into a hush mone payment made to and at fil star stormy daniels, in 2016 that indictment is currently sealed that means we don t know the specific charges being levie against donald trump but we do know that bag ha been focusing on a felon charge, of falsifying business records, which carries a maximum sentence of four years it means that he s formerl charged with a crime but there are still severa steps in the coming days, the ex president is expected to surrender himself to authorities, after which h will be taken into custody like any other person charge with the, c
sources familiar with the matter tell nbc news donald trump faces about 30 counts of document fraud-related charges in the indictment of course we ll know more when the indictment is nsealed, and of course next week will be a big week as it s expected he will surrender to authorities early next week. that does it for us this morning, josé diaz-balart picks up the coverage right now. and good morning, it is 10:00 a.m., 7:00 a.m. pacific. i m josé diaz-balart, and we begin this friday in uncharted territory, a former u.s. president indicted moments ago we learned from two sources familiar with the matter that there are about 30 counts of document fraud-related charges in the indictment. the case, of course, involves a hush money payment made to adult film actress stormy daniels who said she had an affair with trump, when he denied. we expect donald trump to surrender to the manhattan d.a. s office to be arraigned next week. he ll have his fingerprints taken and will be ph
i want to go straight to nbc s garrett haake outside the d.a. s office what s the latest? reporter: 50 some-odd charges, we know they deal with document fraud and we probably won t see them until they re unsealed on tuesday. we expect the former president to be arraigned in the courthouse over my shoulder. he ll go through a process like any defendant in new york city he ll be finger printed, he ll have his mug shot and a dna sample taken the difference, he ll do all of it under the protection of his secret service detail. we just had a chance to walk through the courthouse a little while ago, the courtroom on the 15th floor where mr. trump is expected to be arraigned, closed off from the public, will be until next week. that s part of the security precautions being put in place downtown theorhere and across t city in advance of the possibility of protests. as of now, there s nothing that s been specifically organized, no specific threats on the city s radar. i think pivoti
speaker kevin mccarthy has yet to issue a budget for the next fiscal year. but did manage to cobble together one frankenstein monster of a debt ceilin proposal this week mccarthy presented a sweeping 320-page bill tha would pair 4.5 trillion dollar in spending cuts with a 1. trillion-dollar increase in th federal dilemma that would kee the bill collectors at bay until march 24th, just in time for the campaign season to hea up the white house says thi spending cuts wish list tied t the debt ceiling is nonstarter meanwhile, golden sach economists are saying that the united states could crash th limit on borrowing for thing already purchase as early as the first week and june. mccarthy has a more immediat problem. the speaker doesn t have the votes just yet to pass his plan that snot good for a perso who only holds a four seat majority but took 15 ballots t win the gavel. still, he insists that congres won t allow the u.s. t default. sure, jan. joining me now, director shalan
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