the question is what happens then? because i think he s really souring his position with the rest of the electorate. um and david ehrenberg in terms of trump s legal defense. his attorney jim trustee, said this to cnn this morning. i would think. in very short order, you ll see a motion to dismiss or several motions to dismiss talking about this kind of impossible theory of stacking a federal crime into a state misdemeanor statute of limitations issues and very importantly, the intent to defraud. that s an element of these false recordkeeping charges. that s just not present here. okay so what we re hearing is that the intent is to file motions to dismiss this indictment. do you think there s any merit to that that that would even be successful? unlikely the statue of limitations argument doesn t play here because trump left the state so that pauses the statue of limitations. he moved down
there 22 times, so there s things that i that i know things that i believe corroborate and at the end of the day we have an indictment today. so clearly, that means that the information provided was more than enough for the grand jury to come back with the determination for an indictment. oh by the way for donald, since we re talking about convicted felons c on tuesday, pal. prosecutors will likely not be pleased without appearance as cohen is a key witness in this case. another key witness, attorney robert costello, who was called in really just for the sole purpose of attacking michael cohen s credibility he was personally requested by trump s attorneys. he declined to comment last night, saying, look, i m likely to be a witness in this trial. but speaking of witnesses, amara there was we ve learned at least one other witness who went before the grand jury before they voted on this indictment yesterday, and we don t know who that person is. so that s a big mystery sitting out there.
of that historic indictment of former president trump now. biden declined to comment this morning on his way to mississippi, and that is really in line with the strategy that he has taken over the course of his presidency, which is not to weigh in on ongoing legal cases and also to focus on the issues that have a tangible effect on americans. while he is expected to continue to get questions on that throughout the day. his focus and the focus of the white house is going to be on the damage here in rolling fork, mississippi and getting the resources here and quickly and i m sure that s something that people there want to hear, because entire neighborhoods were leveled during the storm, and we don t want to forget that priscilla alvarez, thank you very much there on the ground, and we will continue our coverage of donald trump s indictment by a new york grand jury up next, what security measures are being taken ahead of his unprecedented hearing next week in new york. dry skinn
stormy daniels. according to multiple sources, trump will turn himself in next tuesday, appearing in a new york courtroom for his arraignment. ahead of that the nypd is making major security preps. all officers are being told to report to work in uniform prepared for deployment. today we want to show you live pictures now of supporters who have gathered in mar-a-lago. let s get straight to paula reid now live in new york for the latest on the indictment. paula walk us through what s going to happen next. at this point. even former president trump s lawyers don t know exactly what he has been charged with. now that is standard operating procedure in a state court charges remain under seal until the arraignment , which as of right now is expected to happen on tuesday. and i m also told that trump s lawyers do not intend to try to push or even ask for the unsealing of that indictment any sooner. but on tuesday, they said he will fully cooperate. he will go through the standard process, wh
moving forward, though, because now a new precedent has been set , right? are you concerned about the long term consequences to our democracy and future presidents? their vulnerability? well i think if we would just saw this indictment, then perhaps it s possible people could make an argument about the politicization of these charges , or is it state versus federal officials? but we should keep in mind that this is probably the first of several, and i actually think that while it is a very serious moment, and we shouldn t make light of it i think it s actually a positive thing for the state of our institutions. the president is not supposed to be above the law. former presidents are supposed to return to the same status as the rest of us. they are supposed to be held to account for their actions. and as we have seen public trust in those institutions really crater over the last several years, the last several decades. i think it s a really positive message to say