sources familiar with the matter tell nbc news donald trump faces about 30 counts of document fraud-related charges in the indictment of course we ll know more when the indictment is nsealed, and of course next week will be a big week as it s expected he will surrender to authorities early next week. that does it for us this morning, josé diaz-balart picks up the coverage right now. and good morning, it is 10:00 a.m., 7:00 a.m. pacific. i m josé diaz-balart, and we begin this friday in uncharted territory, a former u.s. president indicted moments ago we learned from two sources familiar with the matter that there are about 30 counts of document fraud-related charges in the indictment. the case, of course, involves a hush money payment made to adult film actress stormy daniels who said she had an affair with trump, when he denied. we expect donald trump to surrender to the manhattan d.a. s office to be arraigned next week. he ll have his fingerprints taken and will be ph
would do that because we know that the president doesn t want to engage in the politics of this to give you a sense of how we interacted with the president, was one of those who put a question to him about the rule of law and what this means with the trump indictment here s a bit of the exchange th president had with me and other reporters. in the wake of the indictment no, i m not going to talk about something the rule of law i have no comment at all. the charges against trump are politically motivated? i have no comment on trump. and the vice president in zambia, part of her three country tour to africa was also asked about this she said she would not comment on an ongoing criminal matter, and that is the position the white house is taking. they will not engage on this the democratic national committee will talk about this from a political point of view of course the president is the head of the democratic party, and so that is what we will
be all kuinds of activities wit all the proper legal constraints to see if violent extremists are planning anything at all we may even see preemptive actions, knock and talks is what the fed calls them, they think someone s up to something, they knock on the door and say don t even hi think about coming to n york city, we re on to you my sources tell me they re planning for all potentialties they have to think worst-case scenario one of those i m told is the possibility, though remote, because ron desantis said he will not cooperate with an extradition request out of florida, that it s possible that this new york judge could tell trump he has to stay in new york if he shows up on tuesday for fear that he ll hunker back down in florida if he doesn t like how things are going that would be significant from a security challenge it would make new york city the central place, make trump tower the central locus of protests.
take trump from mar-a-lago so everything on the table here. frank figliuzzi, and carmen best, i thank you both very much. next, reaction to this indictment from the former top executive of the trump organization plus, what former vice president mike pence who could potentially run against his old boss in 2024 is saying about the indictment as republicans and top allies rally around the former president this is literally legal voodoo this is the most irresponsible and dangerous decision by a prosecutor in the history of the country. we ll build freelance teams with more agility. the old way of working is deader than me. we ll scale up, and we ll scale down before you re six feet underground. yes, this is how, this is how we work now.
supporters to really rally and come together around him this momentment he has said before he thinks it s possible and his allies have said this indictment could help him in this primary the question is, though, it might help in the primary, but what will happen in the general. we did talk to some of his supporters, some of the voters here in florida and elsewhere. there was a gathering here in west palm beach overnight, and just outside of mar-a-lago this morning. take a listen to what one trump supporter told us this morning he said he traveled here from his vacation spot just about 45 minutes ago. he came down to florida for vacation and when he heard that this had happened last night, he decided he to come right out is and protest. take a listen. i m upset about what happened i saw the news last night. it shocked me that a political figure in a campaign would be indicted under these kind of charges. it seems un-american to me