america s most famou presidential statements. today, wow they are going to arrest me. can t believe this i happening. president trump, will you come speak to us the ex president surrenders he is arrested but. fingerprinted. criminally charged with 34 felonies in a manhattan courthouse. these are felony crimes i new york state no matter who you are. prosecutors say he ran a criminal scheme to conceal damaging information, unlawful activity from american voter before the 2016 election former president trump plead not guilty he is frustrated. he is upset. tonight the substance of the case. the people versus donald trump joy reid, already melbourne, alex wagner stephanie bowl all here for msnbc special coverage of the first ever criminal indictment of a forme president of the united states good evening and thank you for being with us here tonight i am rachel maddow here at msnbc headquarters in new york along with lawrence o donnel and joy reid, and nicole wallace
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ask not what your country ca do for you mr. gorbachev teared down this wall states criminal indictment of former president of the united states good evening and thank you for being with us here tonight i am rachel maddow here at msnbc headquarters in new york along with lawrence o donnel and joy reid, and nicole wallace, and chris hayes we are going to be joined by more of our closest colleagues over the course of this evenin tonight, as part of the specia coverage we know that you have ever choice in the world tonight as to where to get your news abou this historic event. that makes us all the more grateful that you are here together with us tonight. so, here is how it works just got the transcripts we know exactly how it went. the clerk. calendar number one, indictmen 71543 of 2023, people of the state of new york versus donal j trump. appearances. prosecutor, christophe conwright for the people, your honor. and judge, with me are kathryn mccaw, matthew cullen julio, steve
To watch the coverage of the presidents arraignment and arrest today as it unfolded, a a real spectacle, you ar forgiven if you didn t watch i as it unfolded, tonight, in th special coverage, we are her to cover what happened, bu prosecutors are charging him with and how we think this i going to work from here on out so, first, let s start with th charges. here is new york distric attorney alvin bragg earlier this afternoon, donald trump was arraigned on new york supreme court indictment returned by manhattan gran jury on 34 felony counts falsifying business records in the firs degree under new york state law, it i a felony to falsified business record with intended fraud and intent to conceal another crime that is exactly what this case is about 34 false statements made t cover up other crimes.
Investigation. the hearings live, we brough you primetime recaps each nigh they aired well, now, tonight, we are back for special coverage again, as history of the heaviest kind i made again this time, it is the arrest an indictment of the former president, the first time an president or former presiden has been subjected to th criminal legal process in this country. we know that coverage today, frankly, the coverage sinc last week, when we first learned this indictment wa coming we know that in a time, this has felt a bit like a circus it has at times felt a bit lik 100 per speculation that repor substance. but today, we got the substanc of the legal case against that former president, and it i interesting, it was surprising in some ways, it is legall both intricate and very blunt. and whether or not you are abl to watch the coverage of the presidents arraignment and arrest today as it unfolded, a a real spectacle, you ar forgiven if you didn t watch i as it unfolded, tonight, in th