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,
Himself that is uniting them it s the fact that they believ this investigation i political. this indictment from manhattan da, alvin bragg, is politica in nature. you re already seeing that pla out in the house with thre house committee chairs launching investigations trading letters with the manhattan da, trying t investigate the investigation. that all another direction speaker mccarthy, who called for that two weeks ago, when the former president initially put out a truth social pos teasing his arrest and indictment,. i want you to take a listen to what benny thompson, the chairman of the january 6t select committee, had to say about last night, specifically about the protests piece because remember, that s something the former president called for he tees death and destruction. that s a direct quote from mr. trump. take a listen to what benn thompson had to say. the potential for a january 6th style situation exists when you talk about breaking windows, hitting policeman
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