tonight rips into the judge who we now know will oversee his case plus stormy daniels speaking out tonight for the first time since trump s indictment the woman at the center of all of this the center of those hush money payments, breaking her silence. and you will hear what she is saying tonight caught red handed. that is what the kremlin says about that american reporter who has been arrested on espionage charges. red handed. a lawyer with detailed knowledge of the case warns us that there s virtually no chance of him prevailing in court. let s go, outfront. good evening. i m erin burnett outfront tonight. trump plotting his next move. the former president we understand weighing legal options tonight after becoming the first former president to be indicted, we know that trump will return to new york on monday night and time to formally surrender. that s the term on tuesday. his attorneys say they will challenge the indictment over hush money payments to adult film star stor
makes history charging donald trump with more than 30 counts connected to a hush money coverup of his alleged affair with adult film actress stormy daniels. all those details are still under seal. but republicans aren t waiting on the facts and are rushing to defend the former president. this is legal voodoo. you got a misdemeanor that s been made of felony. this case will follow, like a cheap suit under legal scrutiny. plus team. trump plans to mount a loud defense in the court of public opinion and to keep a list of who is defending him. and who isn t. but first the people of the state of new york versus donald j. trump manhattan grand jury, returning a 30 plus count indictment against the former president of the united states. sources are telling cnn and the arrangement and the charges are expected to be on tuesday in a hold your breath moment for the entire country. but today, trump s attorney says that his client plans to plead not guilty, and he puts the odds of a plea
charges will be unsealed. now, at the same time, trump is now starting to read. back to these charges. he s lashing out at the judge who has been handed this case. this judge has overseen tax fraud trial of the trump organization. trump saying that he railroaded his former chief financial officer in pleading guilty and, of course, that chief financial officer alan weisberg did testify at the trial and did help secure that conviction for prosecutors. the judge did not railroad westward to doing that. he voluntarily pleaded guilty to 15 felony counts and is currently serving a brief sentence at rikers island. now as far as what else is happening here today we did see alvin bragg attend an unrelated sentencing for a hate crime case, giving the appearance that he wants to keep this business as usual. i asked him about the significance of yesterday s indictment, he declined to answer any questions. alright caress canal in new york city. thank you for all of that and here to talk about this
jury of 12. new yorkers, and the judge sentenced that company to the maximum sentence of $1.6 million. fine now. the same time that all this is going on kind of publicly, and we have all these concerns as evan was just describing about security. the d a. is putting out this image that this is business as usual. we saw him today inside the courtroom. he went to attend the sentencing completely unrelated hate crime case he spent the entire time during the sentencing inside the courtroom when he left. i asked him if he could explain the significance and the importance of yesterday s indictment, but he was surrounded by increased security and just walked off without answering any questions , but he certainly is projecting the image that he is here doing his job day in and day out like you would if there was not this historic moment that was made yesterday, aaron all right, sara. thank you very much. and joining me now, our team karin agness, follow ryan goodman, john miller, basil smikle a
killed ahmaud arbery, two of the men have made plea deals according to federal prosecutors, but the details of those deals have not been released just yet. we are watching this morning s hearing very closely for more information but i m joined now by joyce vance, a former u.s. attorney and professor and is also an msnbc legal analyst. joyce, we ve already had the murder trial, the state level for the three men involved. now we re talking about the federal hate crime case. we should note the first man convicted of murder was not mentioned in this plea deal filing from sunday. what are you watching and listening for from the prosecution today? so as a prosecutor, you d like to see this sort of a plea deal come into play because it means that even if there s a problem, there s no reason to believe at that there would be one, but if there s a problem on appeal with the georgia state convictions, that means that