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been proven at times to be a lie, proven at times to be consistently false, he s consistently able to make that and get republicans, his rivals to rally around that this is the top of the hour, 2:00 in new york city, and we are going to take a pause, just for all of us to take a breath and remind you of what s happening here donald trump is now inside of the courthouse in lower manhattan. we expecting him to walk down that hallway, where you see that heavy security presence. he is going to go into a courtroom for an arraignment we re told it s likely to be around 30 charges. we do not know what those charges are. we do not know if they re going to be read aloud in court. we do not know how many pages this indictment will be. but we know that donald trump by now, presumably, has been fingerprinted. and he is under arrest as we talk about the implications of this day, politically, neil cottier, let me ask you about the legal argument we make here, in some cases we ve al ....
Dont yet know what the fate of Mark Meadows Motion to remove to Federal Court will be. Its very easy to look at this through a vacuum but remember, theres already a moment now to say can i get some of these cases into Federal Court. This is all considering and assuming thats not going to happen because without mark meadows or others it would be, you know, not 19 people. But this is going to be a very interesting hearing to get the room, the temperature of whats happening there. And also what is the preparation like right now for fani willis. Is she really ready to go . And are those Defense Counsels who asked for an earlier trial date, were they calling a bluff or will their bluff now be called . And we will find out fairly soon. Sara, its interesting because w ....
Looking live at 100 Centre Street here in downtown manhattan, where minute ago, donald trump made that. Now familiar with walk past cameras and into that courtroom where his future and maybe his freedom are on the line. Minutes a possible ruling from a judge on whether or not trump violence related a gag order. Again plus the next witness, the Prosecution Plans to use to convince a jury of mr. Trumps peers that he is a criminal. Im Kaitlan Collins in new york youre watching cnns special live coverage of Donald TrumpsHush Money Trial and i have jim acosta and washington. We begin week three of testimony with the question, who will go on . For oath as the prosecutions tenth witness . Manhattan prosecutors ha ....
are in charge of history, a decision you will make will be taught in schools, written down in history books, and then that decision awaits you today. imagine how heavy it would feel to get out of bed this morning. it s a lot. and yet that is what 12 men and women are doing right now, deciding if they believe the former president of the united states, donald trump, committed a crime, potentially multiple felonies for as the manhattan district attorney s office argues corruptly trying to interfere with an election. engaging in a so-called scheme that prosecutors say could have been what got him elected. the prosecution has told the jury they think this is a simple case, that in the weeks before the 2016 election during the fallout from the access hollywood tape, donald trump caused michael cohen to buy and bury the story of an affair with an adult film star, to hide it from you, the voters. they call that election interference, and say this case has so much evidence, it i ....
important. reporter: never more important. they re going through the counts, and then they re associating each count obviously with the invoices and with the checks as well. and let me remind folks, by the way, i m doing this all day, so i may sound like i m repeating myself, but i do think it is important when it comes to the counts, you have 12 counts when it comes to ledgers, 11 counts, invoices, 11 counts, checks as well. and let me quickly read you this part in which they talk about the count. in order to find defendant guilt on count one, on or about february 14th, 2017, in the count of new york and elsewhere, the defendant personally or by acting in concert with another person or person made or caused the false records of the business records of an enterprise, specifically invoice to michael cohen. number two, the defendant did so with intent to defraud, intent to commit another crime, or aid in commission thereof. and he goes on to say that there are 34 counts ....