i want to go straight to nbc s garrett haake outside the d.a. s office what s the latest? reporter: 50 some-odd charges, we know they deal with document fraud and we probably won t see them until they re unsealed on tuesday. we expect the former president to be arraigned in the courthouse over my shoulder. he ll go through a process like any defendant in new york city he ll be finger printed, he ll have his mug shot and a dna sample taken the difference, he ll do all of it under the protection of his secret service detail. we just had a chance to walk through the courthouse a little while ago, the courtroom on the 15th floor where mr. trump is expected to be arraigned, closed off from the public, will be until next week. that s part of the security precautions being put in place downtown theorhere and across t city in advance of the possibility of protests. as of now, there s nothing that s been specifically organized, no specific threats on the city s radar. i think pivoti
The latest Political Developments of the day and interviews with top newsmakers are featured. Can i ask you, how could he feel as though he has nothing to do with Paul Manafort . A man hes known for 30 years, has been in business with 30 years, political consultant chairman of his campaign, lived in trump tower, how can he feel that way . He feels the charges under review right now in this case have nothing to do with the Trump Campaign of 2016, with the element of collusion. He believes he is innocent, trump does. And he thinks that this is that mueller is going after manafort so aggressively, specifically to try to embarrass the president , to try to take him down, to try to harm his presidency and that the media is complicit, that were going along with it and it bothers him. It has him really angry and hes been telling that to his confidants, theyve been of course telling that to us reporters. I know there is a danger in focusing too much on logic when it comes to donald trump. But
The latest Political Developments of the day and interviews with top newsmakers are featured. Has been in business with 30 years, political consultant chairman of his campaign, lived in trump tower, how can he feel that way . He feels the charges under review right now in this case have nothing to do with the Trump Campaign of 2016, with the element of collusion. He believes he is innocent, trump does. And he thinks that this is that mueller is going after manafort so aggressively, specifically to try to embarrass the president , to try to take him down, to try to harm his presidency and that the media is complicit, that were going along with it and it bothers him. It has him really angry and hes been telling that to his confidants, theyve been of course telling that to us reporters. I know there is a danger in focusing too much on logic when it comes to donald trump. But if Paul Manaforts crimes have nothing do with donald trump, why would he be bothered about the fact Paul Manafort i
jean carroll won against donald trump. the judgments that the judges made in those cases, as well as what the findings were from the judge especially in that civil fraud case where the judge said trump violated a gag order and that he had testified under oath untruthfully. they re talking about bringing up the criminal tax fraud prosecution against the trump organization, a lawsuit from years ago that trump had filed against hillary clinton and others that ultimately resulted in sanctions against trump because it was deemed too frivolous and a bathe lawsuit. does all that a bad faith lawsuit. does all that sound like fair game? what they re bringing up in the priority acts is to get surgical on it, focusing on the untruthfulness that s contained in those acts. it may not be so much the fact that there was a lawsuit with e. jean carroll, it may be the fraudulent or false statements that he made. it isn t so much the fraud trial brought by the new york attorney general, it s that he
jury selection to cameras in the court. now, he is familiar with donald trump, recently presiding over the successful tax fraud prosecution of the trump organization and its former cfo, allen weisselberg. joining me now, former manhattan district attorney, daniel horowitz, and criminal defense attorney and msnbc legal analyst danny cevallos in studio with me daniel, you know this judge personally, what are your expectations for how he will handle the case? he s a very very experienced judge. he s been on the bench for a long time. he sat in manhattan and in manhattan, you encounter defendants of every stripe he s very experienced, and he had a bit of a preview about what he might be in store for during the weisselberg, the trump organization trial last year so he s there, he s even handed. he is generally mild tempered, but he s somebody who is going to rule the courtroom with an