Newsnight state of the race. Laura coates live starts right now been arrested cnn is learning he was taken into custody by federal agents at a manhattan hotel tonight. Now its unclear what the specific charges are against them or what they might be, but he has been the subject of a federal investigation into Sex Trafficking for months. Which of Course Led to a Highprofile Search of his homes in l. A. And also in Miami Hes also facing multiple civil lawsuits, nine directly accusing him of sexual assault. One was from his ex girlfriend, Cassie Ventura, who we sell with the november and back in may, federal investigators are preparing to bring some of his accusers before a federal Grand Jury for testimony did his lawyers say the rapper moved to New York last week in anticipation of being charged and said in a statement, quote, we are disappointed with the decision to pursue what we believe is an unjust Prosecution Shouldnt Mr. Combs, by the u. S attorneys office. I want to bring in john m
Racketeering indictment. The Clock Ticking before they turn themselves in to the Fulton County jail next friday, with Pressure Mounting for some or all of trumps 18 codefendants to cooperate, you might think trump would be bending over backwards to ingratiate himself with them, keeping them from freaking out and flipping. Doesnt look like it. Not so much. Take Rudy Giuliani, facing 13 charges in Fulton County. Cnn today reports that giuliani made a hail mary pilgrimage to maralago in april in what is described as a mission to make a personal and desperate appeal to former President Donald Trump to pay his legal bills. By going inperson a source familiar with the matter told cnn giuliani and his lawyer believed they could explain facetoface why trump needed to assist his former attorney with his ballooning legal bills. According to reporting trump verbally agreed to help with some of giulianis legal bills without committing to any specific amount or timeline. Nbc news has not independen
Guessed it, james comey. Plus the Debt Ceiling Hostage Situation was not a lesson brought about a partnership as many have suggested. Ill tell you what my takeaway was. Also today, the supposedly Pro Business Anti Cancel Culture Right Wing is acting pretty anti business and pro cancel culture lately. Ill explain that in just a few minutes. And later a trip to pennsylvania for an afternoon with one of the countrys most. High profile political spaces, Gisele Fetterman. We talk about her childhood as an undocumented immigrant, her husbands battle with depression, in the spaces who created help families in her community. Watch donald trump at the campaign trail this week was to watch somebody doing his best to make it all seem like he was just a typical front runner for the nomination. Nothing to see here traveling through iowa and shaking hands and giving speeches. On the one hand he is still leading the field by a very wide margin but on the other hand he is already a criminal defendant
of the first federal arraignment of a former u.s. president in the history of this nation. security is tight as donald trump is about to respond to the most serious criminal charges, twice impeached and twice indicted former commander in chief has faced. trump is at his golf club outside miami, expected to heed to the courthouse soon. this is cnn s special coverage of the arrest and arraignment of donald trump. i m anderson cooper. i m jake tapper. the former president will be placed under arrest. he will likely be fingerprinted electronically and then he is expected to plead not guilty to the unprecedented 37-count indictment. trump is accused of willfully mishandling highly classified documents brought to his mar-a-lago resort after he left office and accused of allegedly conspiring to try to hide these documents, stashing boxes in unsecured locations, including a ballroom and a bathroom. trum aide walt nauta is also charged in the indictment and expected to appear alongs
guessed it, james comey. plus the debt ceiling hostage situation was not a lesson brought about a partnership as many have suggested. i ll tell you what my takeaway was. also today, the supposedly pro business anti cancel culture right wing is acting pretty anti business and pro cancel culture lately. i ll explain that in just a few minutes. and later a trip to pennsylvania for an afternoon with one of the country s most. high profile political spaces, gisele fetterman. we talk about her childhood as an undocumented immigrant, her husband s battle with depression, in the spaces who created help families in her community. watch donald trump at the campaign trail this week was to watch somebody doing his best to make it all seem like he was just a typical front runner for the nomination. nothing to see here traveling through iowa and shaking hands and giving speeches. on the one hand he is still leading the field by a very wide margin but on the other hand he is already a crimi