Racketeering indictment. The Clock Ticking before they turn themselves in to the Fulton County jail next friday, with Pressure Mounting for some or all of trumps 18 codefendants to cooperate, you might think trump would be bending over backwards to ingratiate himself with them, keeping them from freaking out and flipping. Doesnt look like it. Not so much. Take Rudy Giuliani, facing 13 charges in Fulton County. Cnn today reports that giuliani made a hail mary pilgrimage to maralago in april in what is described as a mission to make a personal and desperate appeal to former President Donald Trump to pay his legal bills. By going inperson a source familiar with the matter told cnn giuliani and his lawyer believed they could explain facetoface why trump needed to assist his former attorney with his ballooning legal bills. According to reporting trump verbally agreed to help with some of giulianis legal bills without committing to any specific amount or timeline. Nbc news has not independen
Person to be charged in connection with the insurrection according to one count is a former president and a current front runner for the nomination of a Major Political party who is already facing 74 criminal counts. Who stands accused of trying to defraud the government that he led at that time. Trying to obstruct the proceedings of a branch of government and trying to overturn the will of millions of voters in the swing states that determined the outcome of the Electoral College. The big question now that trump has been booked and fingerprinted, whats next in this case . Which is really unlike any other in American History. Here is what team trump has planned according to the New York Times. His lawyers used the arraignment to hint at one of his central defense strategies, a request to delay a second pending federal trial for months if not years. Delaying the proceedings as much as possible is widely expected to be part of mr. Trumps legal strategy given that he could effectively cal
his campaign year with a full throated accusation saying the former president is quote willing to sacrifice democracy to put himself in power. and the latest batch of unlocked documents of jeffrey epstein. we begin with breaking news. the supreme court agreeing to review the colorado supreme court decision which labels the former president an insurrectionist and bars him from the ballot. it comes on the eve of the anniversary. trump won t do what an american president must do. he refuses to denounce political violence. so hear me clearly. i ll say what donald trump won t. political violence is never ever acceptable in the united states. political violence. never, never, never. it has no place in a democracy. none. the former president for his part is campaigning in iowa where he said in so many words i know you are but what am i. joe biden is a threat to democracy. he is weaponnizing law enforcement for a high level election interference. that is why crooked joe is st
Its 8 00 a. M. On the east coast, this is Fox And Friends first Fox And Friends. Fox news alert, President Biden to sign 95 billion to aid ukraine and israel. Ukrainian president zelenskyy spoke with fox on the deal, that is next. Ainsley live look at Columbia University, protests have resumed. Ats 8 00 this morning. They are committed. [chanting] ainsley columbia said, get out at midnight, then gave them another two days as the school says progress is be ing made. House speaker johnson is going to speak to jewish students there. Brian and battleground state of wisconsin, lawrence is live talking to voters. Final hour of Fox And Friends starts now. Your mornings are better with friends, roll the amination. Ainsley President Biden set to sign the foreign aid bill into law. The package includes aid for israel and ukraine. Brian lets go to kyiv, greg palkot is live. President zelenskyy has to be ha happy, right . Greg he is very, very happy, the folks in ukraine are Breathing A Sigh Of Re
Headquarters in New York City. We start with that breaking news. We are awaiting a News Conference here in New York City on Sex Trafficking charges against billionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein, a man politically connected to two president s and a host ever other wealthy and powerful people. You can see folks assembling there for that News Conference set to start any moment now. We will bring it to you when it starts. Officials telling nbc news that epstein was arrested saturday after a joint investigation by the fbi and new york police stemming from incidents spanning from 2002 to 2005. Epstein is charged with two counts of Sex Trafficking for allegedly sexually abusing three minors. Im joined now by nbc news investigations correspondent tom winter, msnbc legal analyst former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner also with me. Wendy murphy is in massachusetts and here with me in the studio former federal prosecutor ann
marie mca voi and msnbc legal analyst danny cevallos. Tom, let me sta