they saw something they never have. before today, the house judiciary committee traveled up from washington to hold what they call the field hearing in manhattan. it was supposedly focused on crime in manhattan, which is interesting because the murder rate in manhattan is below the murder rate in washington, d. c. where the house judiciary committee is based. and it s lower than a number of big cities in republican controlled states like tampa or jacksonville or dallas or nashville or tulsa, oklahoma. so why did the judiciary committee headed by republican jim jordan come here because manhattan is where district attorney alvin bragg works and he brought charges against donald trump and jim jordan s doing all he can to protect the former president and ensure he becomes the next president of the united states. at the hearing today. jordan attacked district attorney brag , calling him soft on crime in response, bragged called today s hearing a political stunt and last week brag,
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inside the trump investigation starts now. a surreal moment. history made former president trump arrested and arraign cannot and will not normalized serious criminal conduct. 34 felony counts tied to alleged hush money payments felony crimes in new york state no matter who you are tonight, fact checking the former president s grievances. only crime that i have committed is to fearlessly defend our nation from those who seek to destroy it, comparing his charges to another infamous campaign finance case and answer the biggest questions. what s next for the manhattan case? this case is going to fall on its merits. well, before we get to a jury. what role does politics play in this prosecution as a nominee? would be much more difficult for prosecutors to then go to trial and convict him and which of the other probes could imperil the former president? next this is the least of the legal troubles. we re seeing the special counsel making real strides. this is cnn prime time inside
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good evening, everyone. i m alison camerata. welcome to cnn tonight. we continue our live coverage of the historical day of a former president being arrested and arraigned this afternoon, donald trump faced 34 felony counts for falsifying business records in connection with the hush money payments to adult film star stormy daniels. hours later, and aggrieved donald trump appeared in front of a very friendly mega outfitted proud at mar-a-lago. i never thought anything like this. could happen in america never thought it could happen. the only crime that i have committed is to fearlessly defend our nation from those who seek to destroy it. from there, he went on to spout his usual litany of lies and grievances. but that was the only part of today that was familiar. everything else we ve never before seen a former u. s president under arrest and walking into a courtroom sitting , with his defense team, having to answer to charges just as any other criminal defendants would so now