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,
Kevin mccarthy saying that he going to hold the da brad rack accountable what that actually, means we will see we are have three republican led committees in the hous investigating that the investigation that he s doin here you have also democrats ar saying that it s dangerous territory for congress to be seen as politicizing and meddling in a prosecution, a possible prosecution indictmen of the former president. so it is really i think it s always going to be a tough topic for congress but i am not sure how an lawmaker, and all of this goin on in new york, how an lawmaker is not gonna be questioned about this daily. because if you know, just an covering former president trump, knowing who he is. he s gonna be out there talking, he s gonna be releasin statements, he s gonna b fundraising. and every single time you have that happen, you have reporter like, me like vaughan, so many of our colleagues asking republicans in particular, whe you make about this latest think when you make o
The camera reveals so much. and so to pull them off camera but make them off or on the record but off camera it just sort of removes a level of accountability there for those officials and when you re the white house it s one of those, you know, it sort of feels to this reporter like, you know, come on, you re the white house, you can do this on camera. but i think it just goes to show you, fredricka, they are very uncomfortable, they are very nervous, about these russia investigation questions that are awaiting them back home. keep in mind the president was going to go to iowa later on next week and hold a political rally. that has been postponed and so, you know, you can say that the president is departing this foreign trip and heading back to the bunker, not necessarily the white house. right. all right. jim acosta, great points. thank you so much. so how will these mounting questions on russia contacts impact jared kushner and the administration overall as as we move forward.