politician, who somehow made i into the white house was zer political experience only to b disgraced as the first president to be impeached twic while in office, he s now th first current or forme president of the united states to be criminally indicted in history. nbc news has learned that hi indictment includes about 30 charges related to documen fraud. those are classified a misdemeanors the associated press i reporting that according to it sources, trump is also facin at least one felony charge seven from the manhattan district attorney alvin bragg investigation of the forme presidents role in the hus money payment made to th former adult film star storm daniels, with whom he allegedl had an affair. donald trump denies a resume affair and her new interview with the london-based times radio tha aired yesterday. daniel said she s not afraid she even hopes to be called to testify against trump. trump s indictment is expected to remain sealed unti tuesday afternoon when h
tornadoes. we will have a live report ahead. in the next 48 hours, donald trump is expected to travel to new york walk into a manhattan courtroo and be officially charged in about 30 criminal counts the former president announced plans for a big post arraignment speech those connected to the cas were sharing their thought ahead of the big day tuesday alvin bragg - 2000-pound anvil accountabilit right onto his lap since the first time in hi life that he s going to be hel accountable for his own dirt deeds. anything at the arraignment that would be showmanship an nothing more we have not seen the indictmen yet. i would be mindful of not committing some other criminal events, like instruction o governmental interference whic is interfering with by threa or otherwise the operation o government new york city police ar tightening security around the manhattan courthouse for the - it is not clear if trump wil get the massive protests h craves we are here in front of trum
Under oath in some proceedings donald is very aware that he i at risk. he simply doesn t know how t process that he is scared you are seeing his fear and hi growing fear in the things he posting to truth social and th comments he s making in public i want to point out, david, if i can, many allegations hav been made against the former president, many of which he ha not been charged for important to - he has not been charged wit any until now. these are civil matters he s been involved in if we can take a step back, we are talking about the manhattan da and what happening there with the hus money case we are waiting, of course, for these indictments to b unsealed on tuesday. you look at that, you look a what s happening in fulton county, georgia, you look at jack smith and the special counsel investigation as wel into his role in january 6th
Out. his folks drive by here. we are just outsid mar-a-lago s property. you can hear about every other car that gives a honk on the way. this is the pathway anticipate the former president takin remarks at the airport to ge to new york city the return to mar-a-lago and the anticipation is we may not see him until that verdict could get him to new york city tomorrow vaughn hillyard for us, holding down the fort in florida. thank you, van good to talk to you. it has been quite the week for the former president, to say the least. as we recycled through a rain since the indictment came down both keeping and a commo didn t - play his rounds of golf at mar-a-lago while also boosting dozens of rambling - on truth social attacking thos as threats we want to bring in david ca johnston, professor an distinguished visiting lecture at syracuse, author of the big chief. david, as always, great to tal to you about stuff like this let s first talk about what we
A continuing attack on our onc free and fair elections. part of a larger pattern o trump predicting his persona was as a collective attack against his base now, according to the new york times trump and his team wer blindsided by the indictment which they were not expectin to come down until late april. and, while trump s lawyer said that the former president wa shocked he also said trump is, quote, ready to fight. joining me now is david ca johnston, a pulitzer prize-winning investigativ journalist and cofounder o d.c. reports at work dave it has been coverin donald trump for some 35 years he has written multiple book about trump. including the big cheat, how don trump least america an enrich himself david, good to see you again thank, you you an hour togethe the night this all happened. has anything to develop that night or since surprise yo given how much you know abou how donald trump reacts to these things now, if donald is following his standard playbook, the onl unusual develo