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
history of new york city, ha ever been prosecuted under thi theory, except for donald trump, this case will fold lik a cheap suit under, lega scrutiny the chief witness, michael cohen s own lawyer calls an unreliable their bag now, amid the outrage, ther is at least one republican, wh held back from attacking the i that actual indictment or th prosecutor, and that was don bacon of nebraska. who wrote, i trust the system, we have a judge, we have jurors, there are appeals, so i thin in the end justice will be done, if he s guilty will show up, but if it if not, i ll be show to how mark we know it s, i m joined by vaughn hillyard is been keeping me company al night and senior nationa politics reporter, jonatha jonathan allen, good to see yo saw on, there s an emails sent out moments after the news broke, about the manhattan grand jury s decision to indic the former president, it reads