it s march 31, 2023. we are reporting on the first filing in the prosecution of former president donald trump. you may not have seen this yet it s new it s formalized by a court document that lists this case for the first time, the people of the state of new york versus donald j. trump, defendant what you see on your screen we have highlighted the key word there is actually a first for all of mr. trump s legal scuffles and civil cases, which end in payments, not prison, even if you lose this is the first time he has been on the other side of the government the people of the state of new york versus this criminal defendant. we have this new order from a judge. it marks the formal opening of this case file it notes the indictment which is called a true bill you see that there it was returned by the grand jury think of the words true bill as equivalent legally to indictment or charges under that piece of legal terminology or jargon, we learn there is a true bill, there are
Coming out in two weeks, everyone should be dubious if thats actually is that seems to be a verbal sign for a verbal indication of know comment at the very least, mike, its great to see you. Its been a minute and makari, i dont know if thanks, i guess sometimes love you. Thank you a new our john there you go. New roc and a new central stars. Now a new phase. And Donald Trumps classified, done humans case begins this morning as never before seen images, surface of an aide, moving boxes, cars, and flying through the air as tornadoes sweep through the midwest in the storm now threatened cities from texas to vermont, and new allegations us warning against p. Diddy, a woman files a complaint saying he drugged sexually assaulted her. Im john berman with kate bolduan, sara sidner is taking care of business. This is cnn new set okay so were following developments in two of Donald Trumps legal battles today, the defense has rested in his criminal trial in new york and walk Closing Arguments won
P.m. to ari who will lay it out clearly for you. i mean that seriously. thank you i think a lot of people have come to trust the way you present these stories, because they are in a sense stories that are tied into a lot of other features about our constitution and our country. thank you appreciate that. it gets people to slow it down a bit people get excited tap the brakes the process is going to be the process. i appreciate you saying that. thank you. you are a real veteran i appreciate that. we will follow these facts if you show me a substantive critique of the case, of course, it s interesting show me allegations of bias. a judge and jury, if it gets to a jury, would be interested. as for the general election, now i get to the simple question for you. i m old enough to remember when everyone thought it would be bad for hillary clinton to be under investigation, let alone indicted i m old number to remember when