remains under seal. trump says it is all political persecution. republican lawmakers say it is simple and wrong. the manhattan district attorney alvin bragg has had it out for trump all along. i said from day one this is a political stunt. what s behind all this? hatred. this is absolutely a political witch hunt through and through. this is the kind of witch hunt that can only serve to tell people in the future if it works, you should try to indict people to keep them from winning elections. you are talking about a misdemeanor that gets bootstrapped onto election law in a way i ve never seen. democrats know it has nothing to do with the laws. they are sending a message. harris: kevin mccarthy is vowing the house will hold alvin bragg and his unprecedented abuse of power accountable. and we have live pictures outside mar-a-lago, florida, where former president trump s sporters are gathering. that s his home in that town. national correspondent bryan llenas, how a
joining us now, nbc news correspondent garrett haake, ryan reilly, standing by outside that d.c. courthouse, jill winebanks, former watergate assistant special prosecute herb and michael zeldin, former federal prosecutor. do we know what time the grand jury will meet today and what s on their agenda? reporter: you know, typically they met on tuesdays and thursdays and start sometime around now in the morning. we re on a watch right here. this courthouse has a lot of entrances to it and as we heard from andrew weizman, there is a lot of ways they can sort of go about bringing in a grand jury a different way. they have done that with witnesses. we have seen witnesses brought in through the garage. you re talking about multiple entrances here. a third floor that is sequestered. there are ways for them to bring in grand jurors through back entrances and elevators. i think they re going to be working pretty hard to keep the large group of media that is now at the courthouse from finding
cuffs. i don t know if they ll do a perp walk. there are various secret back entrances in the courthouse and bring him into court to by pass the cameras. the indictment is sealed. trump and lawyers will not know the charges he faces until he is inside of that courtroom at his arraignment. reportedly he is facing dozens of charges related to business fraud. this morning d.a. alvin bragg s office sent a letter declining republican house judiciary chairman jim jordan s request again to testify and provide documents related to trump s indictment writing we urge you to refrain from these inflammatory accusations, withdraw your demand for information, and let the criminal justice process proceed without unlawful political interfere unless. republicans, as we know, are accusing bragg of orchestrating
these back entrances leak like sieves for people who don t have imagines. miles, i m going to go offline there. you have to also have a system that s going to work for the size and scale of the industry. of course you could have 100% security richard, if you re going to admit that, let me keep my shoes on and keep my bottle of water. i m with you! well, you can t tsa precheck they re not secure when they get on the plane, okay? i agree i have to say. knowing this has happened 20 times with loaded guns and assault rifles, i don t feel the least bit good about flying. i m the one who s flying today to atlanta hartsfield airport. oh, dear lord. been nice knowing you. happy holidays. miles, i think someone was trying to get ahold of you