BREAKING DEVELOPMENTS IN THE HISTORIC INDICTMENT OF A FORMER PRESIDENT. WE’RE GETTING LOCAL
REACTION TONIGHT AND LEARNING
MORE ABOUT WHAT COMES NEXT AFTER
A MANHATTAN GRAND JURY VOTES TO
INDICT DONALD TRUMP IN A HUSH
MONEY INVESTIGATION. WE’VE GOT
TEAM COVERAGE COMING UP. GOOD TO
HAVE YOU WITH US HERE AT 11. I’M
DEVIN SCILLIAN KIMBERLY GILL NEW
DETAILS AND REACTION HAVE BEEN
POURING IN TONIGHT AND WE’LL
START WITH THE LATEST. THE
INDICTMENT HAS NOT BEEN UNSEALED
, BUT SOURCES TELL CNN THE
FORMER PRESIDENT FACES MORE THAN
30 COUNTS RELATED TO BUSINESS
FRAUD. TRUMP’S ATTORNEY SAYS
HE’S EXPECTED TO BE ARRAIGNED
TUESDAY. THAT’S WHEN HE’S
EXPECTED TO BE FINGERPRINTED,
PHOTOGRAPHED AND GO BEFORE A
JUDGE DONALD TRUMP IS CALLING IT
A POLITICAL ATTACK. HE, OF
COURSE LIVES IN FLORIDA. TONIGHT
A SMALL GROUP OF PROTESTERS
GATHERED OUTSIDE HIS MARA LAGO
ESTATE BACK UP IN NEW YORK
POLICE ARE INCREASING SECURITY.
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS
ORDERING ALL OFFICERS TO BE ON
DUTY TOMORROW MORNING STARTING
AT SEVEN AM BAR STARTS OFF HER
COVERAGE FROM WASHINGTON
TONIGHT. TONIGHT POLITICAL
SHOCKWAVES SAYS FORMER PRESIDENT
DONALD TRUMP HAS BEEN INDICTED
BY A MANHATTAN GRAND JURY, THE
HISTORIC FIRST CRIMINAL CASE
AGAINST A FORMER PRESIDENT,
PROMPTING A HOST OF NEW
QUESTIONS. THE INDICTMENT IS
STILL UNDER SEAL, SO WE DON’T
KNOW WHAT CHARGES HE WILL FACE,
BUT IT STEMS FROM MANHATTAN
DISTRICT ATTORNEY ALVIN BRAGS
INVESTIGATION INTO A HUSH MONEY
PAYMENTS TO ADULT FILM STAR
STORMY DANIELS DURING THE 2016
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN AND HOW
THEY THAT PAYMENT WAS
DOCUMENTED. MR TRUMP DENIES
DANIELS CLAIMS OF A 2006 AFFAIR
TONIGHT. THE FORMER PRESIDENT,
CALLING THE INDICTMENT QUOTE,
POLITICAL PERSECUTION AND
ELECTION INTERFERENCE AT THE
HIGHEST LEVEL IN HISTORY.
REPUBLICAN LEADERS ATTACKING THE
MANHATTAN DISTRICT ATTORNEY AND
COMING TO MR TRUMP’S DEFENSE,
INCLUDING HIS FORMER VICE
PRESIDENT, MIKE PENCE, NOW A
POTENTIAL 2024 RIVAL, TELLING
CNN TONIGHT UNPRECEDENTED
INDICTMENT. FORMER PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES ON A CAMPAIGN
FINANCE ISSUE. IS AN OUTRAGE.
FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS
DECLARED HE’S RUNNING FOR THE
WHITE HOUSE AGAIN IN 2024. POLLS
SHOW HE IS THE REPUBLICAN FRONT
RUNNER. HE HAS MADE CLEAR ANY
CRIMINAL INDICTMENT WILL NOT
STOP HIS CAMPAIGN, THOUGH IT
WILL LOOM OVER THE MONTHS AHEAD.
TWO SOURCES FAMILIAR WITH THE
MATTER. TELL NBC NEWS. FORMER
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS TENTATIVELY
SET TO APPEAR BEFORE A JUDGE
NEXT TUESDAY AFTERNOON IN
WASHINGTON. ALICE BARR NBC NEWS
THANK YOU. THE FORMER PRESIDENT
NOW FACES A LEGAL AND POLITICAL
BATTLE. NOTHING ABOUT THIS
INDICTMENT MEANS THAT HE CAN’T
RUN FOR PRESIDENT EVEN IF HE IS
TO BE CONVICTED. IN THE END MARK
MACDONALD LIVE DOWNTOWN TONIGHT,
AND SOME ACTUALLY BELIEVE THIS
INDICTMENT COULD HELP HIS
CAMPAIGN. MARA WELL, DE’VEON.
SURE NG HIM THE GOP NOMINATION
FOR PRESIDENT. LET ME SHOW YOU.
TODAY’S INDICTMENT FEELS NOTHING
LIKE RICHARD NIXON’S RESIGNATION
FROM OFFICE, WHICH THE ENTIRE
COUNTRY WATCHED. GRAVELY WE HAVE
BEEN INSURED TWO THINGS THAT WE
THAT WASN’T THE CASE IN WHEN
NIXON WAS PRESIDENT, I MEAN, IT
WAS SHOCKING THAT HE HAD TAPED
PEOPLE IN THE WHITE HOUSE, AND
IT WAS SHOCKING TO SEE MONEY
SPENT TO BREAK IN AND TO PAY
HUSH MONEY, SO I THINK WE HAVE
BECOME A NERD IN MANY WAYS. THE
INDICTMENT YET TO BE UNSEALED
LIKELY HOLDS NO SURPRISES. SO
DOES IT DERAIL? THE TRUMP TRAIN
FROM COMPETING IN AN ELECTION
YEAR. BECAUSE ALL THIS STUFF
SPEAK THEN I MEAN, WHAT? DON’T
WE KNOW? I GUESS WE’LL HAVE TO
WAIT AND SEE WHEN THE INDICTMENT
IS UNSEALED, BUT I MEAN, THIS IS
SOMETHING THAT WE KNEW ABOUT IN
2016. THIS IS STUFF THAT WE’VE
HEARD ABOUT, MAINTAINS TRUMP
WILL BE THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE
IN THIS INDICTMENT IN
POTENTIALLY ANOTHER OUT OF
GEORGIA DO NOTHING BUT ENSURE
THAT TRUMP CONSUMES ALL THE
OXYGEN IN THE ROOM WITH HIS GOP
COMPETITORS. ALREADY REPUBLICANS
ACROSS THE SPECTRUM WHETHER THEY
BELIEVE HE IS GUILTY OR NOT CALL
THIS THE WEAPONIZATION OF THE
LEGAL SYSTEM FOR POLITICAL
PURPOSES. WHETHER THE PUBLIC AT
LARGE BUYS THIS IN THE END
REMAINS TO BE SEEN IS TODAY
UNPRECEDENTED. SURE NO OTHER
PRESIDENT HAS BEEN CHARGED
CRIMINALLY, BUT HISTORIANS LIKE
CORN BLUE BELIEVE IT IS
UNPRECEDENTED FOR ANOTHER
REASON. WE HAVEN’T HAD AN EX
PRESIDENT TRIED TO OKAY, PLAY A
DOMINANT ROLE IN OUR POLITICS
FOR A LONG, LONG TIME. LIVE SO
IF DONALD TRUMP IS INDEED THE
GOP NOMINEE IN 2024, WHAT DOES
THAT DO DOWN BALLOT? WELL IF
LAST YEAR IS ANY INDICATION, NOT
MUCH, YOU’LL REMEMBER THAT ALL
OF TRUMP’S PREFERRED CANDIDATES
DID EXTREMELY POORLY IN MICHIGAN
. WE’RE LIVE DOWNTOWN TONIGHT.
I’M MARA MACDONALD, LOCAL 4
MARA. WE’RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO
MONITOR ANY NEW DEVELOPMENTS
COMING IN OVERNIGHT WILL BRING
YOU THE LATEST WHEN YOU WAKE UP