to start this hour, let s brea down all of the news and how i view the trump indictment. sources familiar with th matter tell nbc news that trum faces around 30 charges of documented fraud connected to hush mone payments that he allegedly mad to cover up fast affairs in th run up to the 2016 election. two sources tell the associate press that it includes at leas one felony offense, and th exact charges at this moment against the ex president are still unknown. because the indictment remains sealed nbc news has now joined coalition of news organization urging that the indictment t be unsealed, citin overwhelming public interest ahead of trump s scheduled arraignment next tuesday that group is also requestin that cameras be allowed inside the courtroom during tuesday s proceedings. according to the new york times, trump and his aides were caugh off guard by the timing of the grand jury indictment which wa made public thursday afternoon thinking that any action was perhaps still
tonight, we are going to giv you the context and th perspective you need t understand how these next fe weeks and months will unfold you are going to hear about th strength of alvin bragg s case against donald trump, an congressman ted lieu wil respond to republican attack on the da. and later, the other massive illegal news from the, week th fox defamation lawsuit lap and guess which programs are o the hit list i m ayman, let s get started to start this hour, let s brea down all of the news and how i view the trump indictment. sources familiar with th matter tell nbc news that trum faces around 30 charges of document fraud connected t hush money payments that h allegedly made it to cover u past affairs in the run up t the 2016 election. two sources tell the associate press that includes at least one felony offense, and th exact charges at this moment against the ex president are still unknown because th indictment remains sealed. nbc news has now joined coalition of a new or
da s council also blaste republicans for collaboratin with the ex president. nbc news has learned that trum has been reaching out to his allies on the hill and consulting about the next step in their public defense of him trump has been speaking with senator lindsey graham and congressman matt gates i particular joining me now is democratic congressman ted lieu o california he served as a manager for trump s second impeachment trial. congressman, it is great to se you. thank you for joining. as we really appreciate your time let me start it was somethin that you tweeted or statemen that he released after thi indictment came out. you write that this is a sombe moment for america and noting that, you know, whe you look at the reaction tha we have seen from republicans, and reflecting on the moment that we are in, i want to just to talk about where we are as country at this moment thank you, ayman, for you question it is a solemn time fo america. it sets a terrible precedent t indict a
quote, unlawful politica interference from thos republicans. brags council just sent letter to trump allied members of congress urging them to withdraw their demand fo information on brags the case. and chastising them for thei refusal to denounce the violen and racist attacks on brag da s council also blaste republicans for collaboratin with the ex president. nbc news has learned that trum has been reaching out to his allies on the hill and consulting about the next step in their public defense of him trump has been speaking with senator lindsey graham and congressman matt gates i particular joining me now is democratic congressman ted lieu o california he served as a manager for trump s second impeachment trial. congressman, it is great to se you. thank you for joining. as we really appreciate your time let me start it was somethin that you tweeted or statemen that he released after thi indictment came out. you write that this is a sombe moment for america and noting that, you know,