this is unprecedented and it is historic. the first time a former president has ever been criminally charged and therefor we don t have any real roadmap for how it will now play out. we do know former president donald trump will be arraigned next week in manhattan courtroo surrounded by extraordinary security fear also surrounded b security tonight the manhattan da alvin bragg leaving his office after grand jury decided he had to demonstrate probable cause in the case he has pursue against trump, alleging campaign-finance laws were broken but was so-called hush payments to stormy daniels she claims she had an affair with trump before he ran for president for the immediate question is how exactly the former president will be processed and charged to move surrendering to authorities. it is a process, and arraignment, just like anyone else. and then you go from there. trump himself responded with fury tonight saying in part, quote, the democrats have lied and cheated and s
trace: is interesting because it talks about the left the nation with the following chemical commits that 2020 or 2021 and this is not in federal court to rear in the year 2023 and a local da is trying gather up some bits of the jurisdictional authority federa prosecutors left lying on the ground. is not a clean shot. bragg is trying to bank and a half-court heave off the backboard after the shot clock buzzer has already sounded. it is a longshot but the left loves that. we certainly all expected republicans to rally to the former president s defense at this point it is muscle memory. we have just identified here some of the inclinations of the left. it might have an unintended consequence, which is really is essentially ensuring that donal trump is the leader of that party once again. you have everyone from house speaker kevin mccarthy to the most rank-and-file members of congress on the right saying
politicized da and we will see how it shakes out i don t think will end well for bragg s legal gymnastics to come up with this political hack indictment. trace: we shall see. jim trusty, good of you to come on. have a good night. trace: let s bring in attorney general s pc oven john yoo. it is a something that jim points out. you ve got michael cohen who really has not a quick witness pretties got a history of lying and he s a convicted allen and this is not the guy that you bought two ride into town on th bandwagon. this is a seriously flawed prosecution and even if for not cover the first test case were going to break at 230 year tradition in this country to leave ex-president s loan because we want them to make tough decisions. as you pointed out this case is serious factual problems.
possible and not republicans go out there and defend donald trump. among the democrats we ve heard from tonight, trump critic congressman adam schiff who say if a crime was committed and dedicated be proven beyond a reasonable doubt, this step, while unprecedented come is als deeply and fundamentally necessary to preserve the rule of law. chuck schumer seven majority leader urging there should be n outside influence, entered intimidation or interference in the case. however republican and chair of the house judiciary committee james jordan is far more pointe in his criticism of the indictment offering a single port statement this evening. outrageous. and then there is this from the house speaker kevin mccarthy. he pledged over twitter that th american people will not tolerate this injustice and the house of representatives will hold alvin bragg and his unprecedented abuse of power to account. meantime tomorrow and capitol hill, alabama congressman will
thus darwinist is a convicted federal felon who has told conflicting stories and then even if you believed what he wa saying, it s still not clear that this is a violation of law. it is not illegal to have a nondisclosure agreement and pay someone for. in stallard alvin bragg is trying to gin up a misdemeanor and to a felony by using federa law, which is not allowed to prosecute it i think that trump has got a lot of legal and factual issues on his side here. trace: what you think? what are the odds of you going into court and a judge dismissing it out? trace, i called this days ago . i thought this was pure political theater and it would never actually go to an indictment i thought that alvin bragg was basically bluffing. i was wrong about that paradigm i hope i m wrong about the case to much meant that i hope it is fantastic and i hope the theories solid charges with a solid prosecution theory within