hatred and selective prosecution on steroids. this is necessary, but obviously it s a momentous and tragedy. good morning, everyone and here we are unprecedented moment in american history. donald trump, now the first ex president in the history of this country to be indicted and face criminal charges, charges, sources are telling cnn he is facing more than 30 counts related to business fraud here in new york . he is expected to turn himself in. on tuesday. the manhattan district attorney s case is centered around the accounting of hush money payments to stormy daniels. we ve learned about the grand jury s historic decision. we learned about that last night katelyn polantz some members of trump s camp or caught off guard because his legal team was speculating that maybe this case by the manhattan d a was falling apart. so later this hour. one of trump s current attorneys is going to join us live. also this morning. i want to show you just what everyone is waking up to and rea
family and the trump business, the trump org of engaging in systemic bank, tax, and insurance fraud for decades. of manipulating the worth of their properties to deceive lenders, insurance companies, and government authorities, though reap billions of dollars of financial gain. here s some what she said. the pattern of fraud and deception that was used for their own financial benefit is astounding. inflating the values of assets by whatever means necessary. to increase mr. trump s purported net worth. and then that net worth was used to further enhance his financial standing, intentionally misstating his financials to obtain incredible economic benefit. it was a scheme that by its very nature became more profitable over time. it is all in stark violation of the law. the lawsuit, which seeks to bar the trumps from doing business in new york, as well as to fine them to the tune of $250 million reads, in part, quote, the number of grossly inflated asset values is staggering.
Thank you, jomana. We salute this very courageous woman. Erin Burnett Outfront starts right now. Out front next, trump returns the favor backing jim jordan in the race to be the next speaker of the house. Someone whos leading the way on trying to impeach biden and one of the biggest backers of trumps rigged election claims. Plus, breaking news. An appeals judge denying trumps appeal to halt the fraud case. Michael cohen will be out front tonight. Putins latest strike killing a young boy. Tonight there is a threat of more to come. Lets go out front. Good evening, im erin burnett. Out front tonight, Trump Playing King Maker Backing congressman jim jordan and his bid to become the next house speaker. Jim jordan has a long history of doing trumps work for him. In fact, jordan is now one of the heads of the biden Impeachment Inquiry, something that trump, of course, made clear absolutely had to happen. They should investigate the bidens. I call them corrupt joe. Crooked joe biden. I believe
Pattern for one donald j. Trump. His incredibly reckless and cavaer handling of the ys most sensitive natiecurity secrets. Abc news was they first to report this, quote, former President Trump allegedly discussed potentially Sensitive Information about u. S. Nuclear submarines with a member of his maralago club. An Australian Bilonaire who allegedly sre the information with scores ofothers, including more tozen foreign officials. Several of his own employe a handful of journalists. That is according to sources familiar with the matter. The billionaire is named anthony pratt. You can see him right here in this 2018 photo from the sydney morning herald. Hes at maralago in the photo. He reportedly spoke to prosecutors and fbi agents about his conversation with the expresident. Heres what he told them, according to abc news. Quot pratt described how looking to make conversation with trump at a meeting at rlago in april 2021 he brought up the american submine fleet, which the two had dcued
Im martha maccallum. On this friday, ill be joined by bret baier and Ari Fleischer about the battle for speaker of the house. Brand new developments in this. We will talk about it coming up shortly. Also, the big announcement that is coming from r. F. K. Jr. Joe rogan speaks out on the trump trial. Well get to all of that. First, chicagos democrat mayor also throwing his hat in the ring. He will head to the border as well to see whats going on. His citys parks and Ohare Airport turn in to shelters with the city holding the Democratic National Convention Next year. His people are starting to fight back. Watch. The reality is, we have to say no. Thats the simple solution. No. Coming in to the community of black people where we get the low scraps. You want to take the resources that we have and put us at the bottom of the barrel . [chanting]. Martha you work for us is the chant there. Very significant meeting this week. Lets go to Garrett Tenney reporting from Ohare Airport. High, garrett