Welcome to Msnbc Specia Coverage of the indictment o former president , donald trump im Jonathan Capehart live fro Msnbc Headquarters in new york and i am katie phang. And we begin today with a history that will unfold befor our eyes, and just under 7 hours. Former president donald trum is set to turn himself in at 2 15 pm eastern time thi tuesday. We are learning much more about exactly how that dramati moment will take place the former president wil arrive in new york city monday evening, and on tuesday, the will be driven from trump towe to the courthouse around 1 p eastern time as of now, there are no plans to handcuff him, and n plans to place him in a holdin cell but there will b fingerprinted. Trump will then leave new york that same night, and head back to florida. So, katie, this i incredible what we are about to see and we have never seen anythin like this in all of ou history. A former president of Th United States indicted by an manhattan grand jury and we use the adag unpr
a former president and current presidential candidate puts ou democracy in uncharted territory. trump is already lashing out attacking the investigators, them integrating our justice system, and calling on his supporters to protest. that s all without making an of the pleas for peace w normally expect from someone seeking to lead our nation and republicans, for the mos part, have rallied around him, echoing his claims that th legal system has bee weaponized for those of us with lon memories, no trump has littl regard for the rule of law he did not care about du process when he was calling fo the central park five to b executed before the had thei day in court he did not care about politica witch hunts when he campaigned on lock up, locking up his opponent hillary clinton, with chance of lock her up. and now it appears as if trump s refusal to live by the same rules as the rest of us may finally be catching up wit him. and if it does, the paybac will be richly deserved. it s a
a former president and current presidential candidate puts ou democracy in uncharted territory. trump is already lashing out attacking the investigators, them integrating our justice system, and calling on his supporters to protest. that s all without making an of the pleas for peace w normally expect from someone seeking to lead our nation and republicans, for the mos part, have rallied around him, echoing his claims that th legal system has bee weaponized for those of us with lon memories, no trump has littl regard for the rule of law he did not care about du process when he was calling fo the central park five to b executed before the had thei day in court he did not care about politica witch hunts when he campaigned on lock up, locking up his opponent hillary clinton, with
and they ultimately unsealed a the point of arraignment where he will have a opportunity, along with th rest of the world. to learn what these charge actually are so trump is claiming that the justice department has bee weaponized and is politicall motivated. putting aside the hypocrisy, because we all saw what the do was like under attorney genera barr we already said that - are not recognized legal defenses but could selective prosecutio be an argument for donald trum as grounds to dismiss an indictment in the state of new york actually, they can t hear because alvin bragg s office has a history of prosecuting people far falsified but keeping. they have 100 cases on record, where they have tried people for the same very thing that h is expected to be tried on or expected to be prosecuted o in this case so alvin bragg is sticking t the rulebook, in terms of ho he is going on prosecuting cases of this nature in the past, this is not a new
and, republicans for the mos part, have rallied around hi echoing his claims that th legal system has bee weaponized for those of us with lon memory no trump has a little regard for the rule of law he didn t care about the process when he was calling fo the central park five to b executed before they had their day in court he didn t care about political witch hunts when he campaigned on lock and locking up his opponent, hillary clinton with a chance of lock her up. and now it appears as if trump s refusal to live by the same rules as the rest of us may finally be catching up wit him. and, if it does, the payback will be richly deserved. a very busy hour ahead, and we start with the perfect guest joining me now is former attorney for donald trump, michael cohen.