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ali velshi we re following our top stor this morning in a new post for truth social former president donald trum is claiming that leaves from the manhattan district attorney s office indicate tha he will be arrested on tuesday he is calling for hi supporters to protest and quote, take our nation back to be clear, right now, this i just a claim being made by the former president the manhattan da s office ha declined to comment, and there has been no other indication w know of at this hour tha charges have been filed. in a statement following up on trump s post, a spokesman also confirmed that they have not received a notification that trump will be arrested o indicted trump s super pac that out a press release slamming manhattan s district attorney, alvin bragg. this comes after a week of major developments in the da s investigation into trump s rol in the hush money payment made to adult film star, stormy daniels. daniels met remotely wit manhattan prosecutors on wednesday. t
good evening, everyone. i m alison camerata. welcome to cnn tonight. we continue our live coverage of the historical day of a former president being arrested and arraigned this afternoon, donald trump faced 34 felony counts for falsifying business records in connection with the hush money payments to adult film star stormy daniels. hours later, and aggrieved donald trump appeared in front of a very friendly mega outfitted proud at mar-a-lago. i never thought anything like this. could happen in america never thought it could happen. the only crime that i have committed is to fearlessly defend our nation from those who seek to destroy it. from there, he went on to spout his usual litany of lies and grievances. but that was the only part of today that was familiar. everything else we ve never before seen a former u. s president under arrest and walking into a courtroom sitting , with his defense team, having to answer to charges just as any other criminal defendants would so now