with 34 felonies. the president spoke before a pretty raucous crowd at his florida home mar-a-lago as you mentioned he vowed to fight these charges. he left of center says he has no plans to drop out of the 2024 republican presidential race. these radical left lunatics want to interfere with our elections by using law enforcement. we can t be let that happen. i never thought anything like this could happen in america. never thought it could happen. this is 5% cushion, not an investigation. the 34-count indictment released late yesterday accuses trump of essentially trying to cover up different payments, to cover up alleged affairs during the 2016 presidential campaign. for example, it s alleged from august of 2015 to 2017, trump orchestrated a catch and kill scheme through payments that he through months of false business entries and even covering up the case of alleged door man at trump tower claiming there was a kid out of wedlock. alvin bragg spoke with the media tel
serious investigation they have a special prosecutor, they have classified documents that they are looking into. january 6th in their mind. they felt like it would cheapen the effort to hold donald trump accountable. and let s face it, it s not just bad apples. when you have a prosecutor that is willing to abuse their discretion, it s what the supreme court warned 90 years ago that a prosecutor willing to manipulate the law is no longer the servant of the law. that s going to scare every single one of us if they are willing to do that to donald trump. brian: after this happens last night around 8:15. lisa boothe, the president gave a very crisp speech. there wasn t a lot of ad-libbing looking that the audience. he was very direct and clear about this. your sense about how he is taking all of this. it s got to be hard, right? it s not just this investigation either. he is also facing incoming fire from georgia as well as the federal two federal investigations. that s a lot to take
so where are they now? they are standing in solidarity with the justice system in is what we have been saying as conservatives about our justice system we have a great judicial process the problem comes in when you have a few bad happen pells i do feel like alvin bragg is answering to donors. push things forward unfortunately half of america feels the same way. i saw that fox news poll that showed that over about 52% of americans feel that this is being done cue to political reasons. that is why we are right now. brian: you picked up the phone and talked to the doj officials. they are not happy about what they see so far, are they? no, brian, to them it s a major issue. historically you give deference to the agency that has the most
brian: fox news alert. manhattan d.a. alvin bragg laying out a list of charges against former president trump in historic arraignment as trump pleads not guilty on all counts. but, have we seen something like this before? steve: let s get in the way-back machine. nearly two decades ago a district attorney brought questionable legal charges that knocked former texas come tom delay out of his post as the house majority leader. ainsley: elliott burke was the general counsel at the time and said the prosecution was an absolute travesty of justice. good morning. good morning. thanks for having me. ainsley: elliott, how do these two cases compare. i must admit sitting there yesterday watching the press conference it did feel like deja is view all over again even though it was 18 years ago since tom was indicted. it is a very similar.
ago, how do you sigh this playing out next year in the middle of a presidential election for donald trump? that s just it. they knew what the timing of this would mean. even if he were he could have brought this case earlier, but the fact that the next hearing is going to be within weeks of the iowa caucus, it s going to continue to be a circus. and what it does is i think give a real challenge to our sense of justice when you have got, you know, what looks like a political coup or at least that s how it s being perceived by a local district attorney who typically doesn t bring a case like this with national implications. steve: lots of questions. e.m.t., thelliott, thank you fos historical pepper. my pleasure. steve: tiny town in florida, shot dead in less than 48 hours. cops are ruling out a serial killer. we will tell you what we know coming up. brian: all right. nancy grace on the murder mysteries next severe plaque psoriasis.to