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good evening, everyone. i m alison camerata, and this is cnn tonight an unprecedented moment in u. s history. former president donald trump indicted by a grand jury in new york. it s the first time that a current or former u. s president has faced criminal charges. the indictment is under seal tonight , but more information will be announced in the coming days. sources tell cnn that the former president is facing more than 30 counts related to business fraud , defiant donald trump, issuing an angry statement tonight calling this political persecution. let s turn right away to cnn correspondent kara scannell and cnn s senior crime and justice reporter katelyn polantz keira. what happens next? well alison next. we expect that on tuesday, the former president is expected to come here to new york to go into the courthouse behind me and be arraigned on these charges. now that day, we will also expect to have the indictment unsealed. then we will learn the specifics . what ar ....
but he will have to appear in court will be fingerprinted and such and there are going to be pain there will be they will make painstakingly make sure that he is treated like any other type of defended. he will be photographed. he will be provided a room to talk to people in he will be brought before the judge will be read his charges. his lawyers will then be able to enter a plea for him, which by all indicate haitian, it appears he ll say he is not guilty and that he is going to fight these charges. and then of course, though, there is always the political side of this and the scene, it is manhattan and there s always a question of what donald trump and his supporters will be doing in there and to keep the focus on that proceeding in the courthouse, atlanta do we have reporting on what the mood is inside trump world? we do alison . i mean trump s team is scrambling day had been expecting potentially an indictment at some point, but i spoke with some of his advisers to ....
Max original heaven s gate sunday at 10 on cnn. republicans reacting tonight to donald trump s indictment, former vice president mike pence, calls the decision a political move. i think the unprecedented indictment former president of the united states on a campaign finance issue. is an outrage. and it appears. for millions of americans. to be nothing more than a political prosecution that s driven by a prosecutor who literally ran for office on a pledge. to indict the former president when you have an attorney general in new york and manhattan, d a. that targeted one particular american in their campaigns. i think that offends the notion of the overwhelming majority of the american people who believe in fairness, who believe in equal treatment ....
We re not every but many republicans fell in line. he got the exact response he wanted got the congress mobilized to investigate the district attorney and cast the whole thing as a political prosecution . at the end of the day, there will be a case. he ll have to defend himself. we ll see what the jury has to say. but as a political matter in the short run, i think this this this could give him a boost. it certainly will energize his base. do you feel differently? scott? no but i m also looking at the long term implications. this may be one of the first times in his whole political life that he s actually been on the right side of public opinion that quinnipiac did a big survey just this week and 62% of all americans thought this case was motivated by politics only 32% motivated by the law that included 95% of republicans, 70% of independents and even 30% of democrats thought it was motivated by politics, so the way you see him playing it here in the short run, actually, the ....
Grand jury sources say he s facing more than 30 counts related to business fraud. he is expected to turn himself in on tuesday and appear in court for an arraignment. i want to bring in cnn senior crime and justice reporter katelyn polantz and cnn reporter atlanta train ladies. thank you very much for being here. so caitlin americans expect on tuesday when donald trump is scheduled to turn himself in. this will be a highly coordinated and historic moment, obviously with donald trump in the first president, former president to ever face criminal charges like this and he will be going to new york city. we know that already. we also know from the district attorney in manhattan that they they have been in touch with donald trump s team to coordinate this to make sure that he is going to be surrendering. so what s going to happen is he does have to travel to new york and he is going to be facing his charges arrested like anyone else. he will be able to voluntarily self bring voluntarily bri ....