writing, alvin bragg is trying to turn this into a federal felony, the stormy daniels case is to convince that it is biassed and politicized. ashley: we start with brooke singman, here to walk us through the next steps in the case. brooke: a manhattan grand jury has indicted former president donald trump. he could surrender by tuesday. investigating trump for hush money payments made. one was to stormy daniels and one to former model karen mcdougle. we contacted mr. trump to coordinate arraignment on supreme court indictment, which remains under seal. guidance will be provided when selected. the former president says this is political persecution and election interference at the highest level in history. manhattan da alvin bragg is a disgrace, doing joe biden s dirty work and america realizes what democrats are doing here. people in florida are rallying around the former president protesting in front of his home at mar-a-lago as ron desantis says he will not assist alvin
get fingerprintd and mug shotted. brooke: trump s attorney says the former president is taking the fall for something he didn t do. he will be charged with something he didn t do, it will be books and record charge and knows alvin bragg, the soros-backed da, i assum try to misdemeanors that a normal misde misdemeanor. trump speaking out on the indictment saying it is targeted attack on his father and the entire trump family. they will do anything to get him out of the race, to imprison the man, to harass his family, to imprison us. they have shown their cards. this is how they treat us every single day. ashley: pointing out
has lapsed. typically something related to campaign finance charge, it would have been five years, that would have expired in 2021. todd: if this campaign donation had any, any possible other purpose like not wanting to have marital strife and the like, the entire campaign charge fails and that is the big issue alvin bragg is facing. ash. ashley: you made a great point there, i don t think a lot of people know or understand, it is the prosecutor alvin bragg, presenting to the grand jury. so what could happen or what do you foresee happening once trump s lawyers get involved? first of all, i think there is the legal aspect and political. this is a fundraising issue. the trump campaign, republicans fundraising off of it. i believe next tuesday, you will see a lot of coverage, the decision if he will be in
every institution. we can no longer have moral authority against dictators and d des operates in free and fair elections. this is about power, raw power, the message, they will use any power to interfere in the next presidential election. house speaker kevin mccarthy wrote the american people will not tolerate and will hold alvin bragg and his unprecedented abuse of power. some are celebrating and others are highlighting the legal challenge alvin bragg faces in this case. chuck schumer says there should be no outside intimidation or interference in this case. todd: thank you. law expert jonathan turley says it is risky for alvin bragg, considering how many agencies have thrown it out.
take any misdemeanor and convert to a felony. in light of the entire new york state system and third circuit here going to be very liberal, how would that theory fly on appeal? in my estimation, in my experience, that is not common thing turning any misdemeanor into a felony. no, you are right, it is not. that is one thing many legal experts point to and say i m not sure how this type of argument is going to work in alvin bragg s favor. you mention previously jonathan turley said his predecessor didn t bring any charges like this, we know the justice department didn t. on appeal, if this is campaign finance violation, it goes in trump s favor in the doj. ashley: i want to talk about the moderates and the true democrats, not talking