good morning, it saturday apri 1st. i am ali velshi, this week marked another inflection poin from the state of th democracy. donald, trump the rookie politician who somehow made it into the white house with zero political experience, only t be disgraced as the firs president to be impeached twic while in office. it is now the first current or former president to be criminally indicted in u.s history. nbc news has learned that hi indictment includes about 30 charges related to documen fraud, that s classified a misdemeanors and the associated press i reporting that according to it sources, trump is also facin at least one felony charge stemming from the manhatta district attorney, alvin bragg s investigation of the former presidents role in th hush money payments made to th former adult film actress, stormy daniels with whom he allegedly had a affair, donald trump denie that there wasn t a fair and any interview with the london-based times radio tha aired yesterday, daniel sa
new york, he will be the first former president to appear i court as a criminaldefendant nbc news has learned that he s facing about 30 counts related to document fraud. they stem from manhattan da, alvin bragg, s investigation into the hush money paymen made to adult film actress stormy daniels now, trump s indictment is expected to remain sealed unti tuesday afternoon. that s when he s scheduled t turn himself in for an arraignment. today, we are getting ne details on how the dramati moment will unfold the former president wil arrive in new york city monday night on tuesday around 1 pm he will be driven from trump tower to the courthouse. as of now, the former presiden will not be handcuffed photographed for a mugshot, no placed in a holding cell however, he will b fingerprinted. trump s lawyer, making clear h intends to fight the charges - hold up in mar-a-lago, so we will fix this and we will be successful, i m sure president trump will not take plea deal in this case,
also recently met with prosecutors in manhattan and just yesterday, source told nbc news that local state and federal law enforcemen agencies have already starte preparing security measures in new york in case charges are filed against trump. this is, of course, happenin against the backdrop of th start of the 2024 presidential race trump s campaign confirmed tha he will hold his first officia rally next saturday in waco, texas. joining me now by phone is m colleague, lawrence o donnell, the host of msnbc s the last word lawrence, thanks so much for kicking us off at the 10:0 hour what do you make of trump latest post? he s made a lot of claims an called for his supporters to protest other things in th past we run the, we ve heard them is there something different about this particular post thi morning? well, it actually, when w think about it, it s consisten with the way donald trump ha dealt with development involving criminal investigations beginning with the fbi searc
Political interference so when the republicans in congress are asking, what they are asking brag to do actually violates the constitution. the principle of separation of powers, they would break the law in new york for the eighth brag to reveal confidential, grandeur information he actually did what the republicans wanted him to do he would be committing a crime paul butler, good to see yo as always, paul butler s a former federal prosecutor an msnbc legal analyst. joining me now is olivia troye former senior aide to mike pence during his tenure as mike s president olivia, good to see you. just the other day your ol boss said no one is above th law including former presidents, yet here he is on fox news jus yesterday. the unprecedented indictmen of a former president of the united states on a campaig finance issue is outrageous. the details that will follow will not change that fact. i think millions of american looking on see this for what i
Same well alex, this white house this biden administration is being very careful in no commenting on the lega problems in the indictment o former president trump president biden has been asked about this repeatedly, and s far, he s continuing to say he has no comment take a listen to him on th white house blog jus yesterday. what s your reaction to the president trump indictment i m not going to talk about trump s indictment so, you see that th president really - we know that his administratio saying that they wanted to mak sure the justice department an the legal department, and loca da, is that they were all goin to be able to act independentl and without politica influence. so, you really have the bide administration sticking to that i think privately, when i talking to sources, they r also sticking to that. in some ways, on the political and it reminds me of 2020 an the election, where presiden biden, then candidate biden, was really sinking back an watching is former pr