promising them they will get the help they need and that rolling fork he said rolling stone. he meant rolling fork. good to be with you. i m katy tur we ll go to our big story today. donald trump is expected to surrender to the manhattan d.a. on tuesday he s already been calling for protest and now marjorie taylor greene is promising to show up who else is coming we have details on what new york city is doing to make sure it s not january 6th. what kind of case will this be two sources familiar with the indictment tell nbc donald trump is facing about 30 counts related to document fraud. the indictment is under seal lawyers are wondering whether d.a. alvin bragg is on solid ground we explore the tricky legal theory there are also questions about whether a hush money payment from seven years ago to a porn store might set a bad prez cedet we ll ask that to our experts. after tuesday everything changes, not least of which the 2024 race. what happens if a criminal trial goes he
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history unfolding right now. judge juan merchan has finished giving the jury instructions. when that happens, former president trump s fate in his new york criminal trial will be in the hands of the jury. 22 days from opening statements, 22 witnesses took the stand and a marathon length closing argument yesterday particularly from the prosecution. both the defense and the prosecution taking all day long to do that. we ve been following it all together minute-by-minute. reminder on the right-hand side of your screen is the box that gives you some color from the courtroom and play-by-play. we also will wait together to see what the jury decides on the 34 felony counts brought against the former president and current presumptive republican presidential nominee. history making indeed. i m harris faulkner. closing arguments didn t wrap up until almost 8:00. i was on the air as that was happening at 7:55 last night. in total, the jury was listening to nearly eight hours of summatio
to dig deep to pull this out, this case that had fallen by the wayside. the doj hasn t pursued it. the fec didn t pursue it was this case worth it prosecutors aren t supposed to consider politics or political party or justice is supposed to be blind you follow the facts wherever they go and if it leads to a crime, by not bringing it, you would be treating him differently. they do have discretion. that s true you know, the people who say this isn t a worthwhile case, again, i guess you could also view it as it was the first donald trump looked to interfere with an election the second time being january 6th. that s number one. number two, all those 11 payments he made, those were made while he was a sitting
certainly, that s another piece of the puzzle for mueller to put together. while i have you, i don t want to waste your expertise. here is the new argument from the president s counsel. john edwards, my friends, we have already seen this situation play out in court. john edwards, same situation as the president and he was acquitted. as we see, there is no crime. your take? well, one of the things probably the most important takeaway from the edwards prosecution is maybe not necessarily the verdict and non-verdict. remember, it was an acquittal as well as a hung jury on the majority of the fec didn t bring the case. they used that also. you had to bring the case. doj prosecutors, not the fec. they didn t think anything was wrong. that s right. the reality is the fec is independent and operates separately from the justice department. that s how it should be. the fec has civil authority, not