Newsnight state of the race. Laura coates live starts right now been arrested cnn is learning he was taken into custody by federal agents at a manhattan hotel tonight. Now its unclear what the specific charges are against them or what they might be, but he has been the subject of a federal investigation into Sex Trafficking for months. Which of Course Led to a Highprofile Search of his homes in l. A. And also in Miami Hes also facing multiple civil lawsuits, nine directly accusing him of sexual assault. One was from his ex girlfriend, Cassie Ventura, who we sell with the november and back in may, federal investigators are preparing to bring some of his accusers before a federal Grand Jury for testimony did his lawyers say the rapper moved to New York last week in anticipation of being charged and said in a statement, quote, we are disappointed with the decision to pursue what we believe is an unjust Prosecution Shouldnt Mr. Combs, by the u. S attorneys office. I want to bring in john m