jim jordan or alvin bragg? on page 18 of the judges 25-page opinion, she says by bringing this action, bragg is engaging in precisely the type of political theater he claims to fear. this opinion is the work of highly prejudiced trump judge. the proof of judge mary ka viscosities prejudice again in this case is that this 800 word opinion was written befor she heard the lawyers argue th case this afternoon and it's impossible to write these 8000 words in the two hours after she heard the case there's 1000 word opinion came out less than two hours afte the lawyers stopped talking. that means that almost all o the words in this document wer written before the lawyers spoke just a few hundred words in this opinion refer to wha was actually said in court today. just plug that in. after she heard the lawyer speak. this opinion ultimately migh not have any effect at all o the criminal prosecution o donald trump by man cat hat an district attorney alvin bragg. this opinion says that mar pomerantz, who resigned from the

>> do you like alvin bragg. >> i don't even know who he is. >> you don't know who alvin bragg is. >> don't know anything about it. >> it's a big task to indict a former sitting president and this is a court that does their due diligence. >> what about the 52% of felonies downgraded as misdemeanors of violent crime? [inaudible] >> his lawyer has already been proven guilty. he actually was covering up for him. >> you think so? >> yes. >> where's the proof? >> the proof is in the pudding. >> do you know who the victim of this crime is? >> us. >> how are you personally victimized? >> well, we didn't get to -- we didn't -- we have -- >> when there's a crime who is a victim. who's the victim in this case? >> who's the victim? come on, man. >> who is the victim? >> come on, dude. >> do you think he is guilty? >> i do think he is guilty. >> of what crime? >> of lying. >> what did he lie about? >> everything. >> what did he lie about to get him here today? >> the thing that got him here today. >> and that was? >> obviously i don't know. >> jesse: that's pretty obvious. this is such a hit job.

i don't think so because i think the law is probably on alvin bragg's side, but we'll see.aybe he'll lose a trial, but the idea this is frivolous when someone has gone to prison, who's less culpable and gone to prison at the direction of the person we're talking about donald trump, the idea this is frivolous or purely political or stupid or anything else is nonsensical. >> because falsifying business records whether it's a misdemeanor or a felony is still a crime. >> there should be one standard of justice, right? >> mm-hmm. >> if there's a crime that's being brought, that's being charged against people in new york city on a regular basis, and in particular has been charged in this kind of context, then to say that someone because he was the former president of the united states should get away with it doesn't seem right. i understand the concerns, the potential democratic kconcerns. i understand the concerns that if you are going to charge a former president in an unprecedented way, you want to be careful, and you want to have your ts crossed and your is dotted and be seri

alvin bragg refers to payments from 2017. again, this is a pathetically weak case, based on an ex-con and admitted liar, and everyone knows it, maybe except alvin bragg. a grand jury, they can indict a ham sandwich. alvin bragg has one of the lowest conviction rates in the entire country, hovering at an embarrassing 50%. that's for felony cases. 52% of all felonies, they are downgraded to misdemeanors under bragg. president trump gets the distinction of getting accused of a misdemeanor that they are raising to 34 felonies. mysteriously, it went the other way with president trump and the former president's charges were upgraded, multiplied through what is a risky and very complicated legal maneuver. i don't believe they will be successful. however, there's so many legal issues out there, it makes you wonder. does this ever stop? while violent offenders are walking all over the streets of new york. president trump can serve, what, 134 years according to one report in prison for allegedly mislabeling a few documents? according t

declined to prosecute these charges at alvin brags, urging when alvin bragg worked for the attorney general's office, the price that the manhattan us attorney declined to prosecute these charges. the federal election commission declined to prosecute these charges. and alvin bragg himself declined to prosecute these charges until he started taking heat from the left. and so then alvin bragg recruited the one of the top officials from the biden justice department, matthew colangelo, he was in the number three office in the biden justice department to come revive this dead case in and the manhattan d a s office. they brought these bogus political charges against president trump. and then he finds out that this judge actually donated to biden's campaign so that at least raises the appearance of impartiality. the appearance that this judge could be not be impartial against president trump throughout a lot there. let me just go back. in fact, check a few things. first of all i bonds , who was the former day in manhattan. he said that the prosecutors of federal prosecutors asked him to step away fro

what did george soros do for alvin bragg?e was a super pact call color of change and anti-law enforcement and we're going to spend $1 million to get this bragg guy elected and six days later soros cut as check for $1 million and the idea he's been back bid soros and read the fact checker it's contingent it's one big coincidence and read the washington post rebuttal and that's the rebuttal. we e-mail color of change and they said it was a coincidence and we didn't spend all the money. that's pretty much it. it's quite frankly laughable. stuart: you think basically alvin bragg is bought and paid for by soros? >> yeah, bragg and soros said we don't talk or meet. i would say even if you accept that, if soros gives someone a million dollars, that says something about their philosophy and he outsources insanity. he might not be pulling stringses saying do this or that but he knows you're the type of person that will do that for money. stuart: defending soros and his ties to alvin bragg are not accurate. that's the correct expressio

alvin bragg is being manipulated.rals who control the democratic party hate trump and that's the reason why sharpton and bragg are tools. sharpton has no credibility. he's a professional shakedown artist. he taught black lives matter how to rip off americans for $91 million. this man has no credibility and if msnbc really were a news organization, they should run the tape that you just displayed. this man has no credibility and does not speak for a single black person. >> sean: i guarantee you, they will run it on "meet the press." last word, is this spiritual payback, jason? >> what a joke. look, you know what scares them about donald trump, is that the four years that donald trump, everything was better for all americans of every color, race, creed, the economy was better, the country was safer, foreign policy was better, border was secure and they were thriving and that's why they go after donald trump nonstop because they know he's the biggest threat to this scam that they have going on, by suppressing people and

alvin bragg who the nation knows who the d.a. is from manhattan, he's suing the house judiciary committee chairman jim jordan. he's accusing jordan of an unconstitutional attack on the investigation that bragg is doing in to the former president trump. so let's get to david spunt live at the doj. hi, david. what are you learn something. >> it's not every day we see the house judiciary chairman go after a local district attorney. these are two levels of government not something that we see. here we are right now alas. this has been a fight brewing for several weeks since donald trump was indicted, before he was indicted when we knew the grand jury was getting ready to finish up its work in new york. a lot of arguments in public between jim jordan and the house judiciary chairman and alvin bragg. this was filed to stop the judiciary committee from issuing a subpoena to mark pomeranz. he's a former employee of the district attorney's office who has come out, spoken against the office in many ways, clearly alvin bragg not too fond of

a goes beyond alvin bragg's jurisdiction. >> alvin bragg can prosecute under state law.te -- state law says you cannot falsify business records. what takes it to a felony is if the misdemeanor leads to another crime. what crime itld be is what i'm looking for. campaign finance violations? that is where he gets into the gray area where state prosecutors can charge under a federal campaign finance violation, or if there is something else at play. when michael cohen was charged at the federal level, it was not by some liberal democratic prosecutor, it was the trump departnt of justice that named donald trump himself individual number one on unindicted co-conspirator. >> there are no cameras in this courtroom, jusstill cameras taking pictures of the former president would you have liked to see cameras in the courtroom? >> yes, but the spectacle, as well. donald trump is going to adjudicate the case in the courtroom of public opinion just as much as he's going to be in the courtroom he was sitting in today. he has been ry effective since 2015, conviing people of something dif

alvin bragg wouldn't bring the case until two of his guys -- suddenly alvin bragg has a change of heart and decides to bring the case. what we saw yesterday only makes us wonder what is going on here with the star witness being michael cohen. i remember when michael cohen was in front of the oversight committee and lied six times to congress, that is their key witness that they are building this case on? i don't get it. >> steve: i read the indictment and i think david pecker will be their key witness. when you look at donald trump's many cases pending against him, georgia, docu-lago, this is their weakest case. they have to figure out what to do with the indictments and jack smith trying to figure out what to do with that. have you advised the former president about the pending cases? >> jim: we don't know what is going on there, the left never stops, 2016, 2018, mueller investigation and the hunter biden laptop story and raiding his home 91 days before the election and now this in the run-up to the 2024 race. why won't they just let "we the people" decide who they want representing in

alvin bragg wins here either way.e guy who tried to take down trump and gets a gold star for it. if he wins, stock up on the sticker tape in new york. >> ashley: i have to disagree, i feel like trump comes out on top, everyone is talking about him. and in that sense, though, what did you make of todd blanche, him bringing him on the team? >> joe: this guy can get cases dismissed. trump's numbers have gone up. he's raised $5 million. i'm just saying alvin bragg doesn't see a down side from his standpoint. listen to jonathan turley and and mccarthy, they say this case is weak, alvin bragg is doing it because he said he would. >> todd: the thought process has to be we go all out to win in this court. you want the top minds playing that chess game looking ahead in the appellate process. you don't know what is going to happen in this court. this is trial court in a blue districts. when you get into the appeal level, you want your record set to guarantee win at the appellate level if -- wait for it, it goes to supreme court

alvin bragg says jim jordan needs to stay in his lane.mmittee whose job it is to investigate and have supervision over the judicial system to not to investigate the weaponization of the judicial system against a political candidate. i mean, it's just mind boggling that he would take this step but, again, he is the first guy to ever indict a sitting president so it's not surprising. >> bret: yet, democrats are saying listen, it is unique for the judiciary committee to be going down this road. >> democrats are saying and alvin bragg is saying look, the judiciary committee is using political intimidation against alvin bragg. but, you know, we talk about the term unique. i think this is a unique situation all the way around. and just going forward, look, i mean, i think alvin bragg, even critics of donald trump would say he has a weak case. so this probably adds a bit of a more -- another distraction into it. >> bret: josh? >> you bring the most political charges and in at least a generation and you are surprised to see politics played on the

alvin bragg nothing but a hit job.isten to to marco rubio. >> we're talking about a prosecutor before he was elected promised to indict donald trump. basically using testimony of a convicted liar to charge the leading candidate for president against the president of his own party on the basis of a state misdemeanor, okay, that has already passed the two-year statute of limitation. >> reporter: let's not forget low energy, jeb bush, also defending bush, defending donald trump saying it is very political, not based on justice. the arraignment itself expected to last 15 to 30 minutes. then donald trump will head back here to palm beach where he is expected to deliver some messages tomorrow night around 8:15 but exactly what that message will be, what details of the case will be discussed is up in the air because there is a real sense that perhaps the judge in this case could issue a gag order which would put a hold on donald trump, at least legally it would, but if anyone will fight a gag order that would be indeed donald

alvin bragg is more like alvin bag because he's nothing but the bag man for the white house hoping his reward comes when he runs for, let's say, governor as the trump slayer. yet right now he's july the middleman for the dnc and an elicit scheme to interfere in the 2024 election cycle. and his a ston i shallingly thin indictment brag alleges it was trump who may have, now i say may have attempteded to interfere in the 2020 election or may have violated state election laws by allegedly ordering that former mistresses be paid off then concealing the reimbursement of thoseouts. in a few moments we're going to talk with a former chair of the federal election commission who explained why the fec decided against pursuing the case on similar grounds. but as we suspected last week, the question bragg left everyone asking today is, where's the beef? >> here's where we're going to run into legal problems, because the indictment does not say what that second crime is, which is completely inexplicable to me. the entire point of an indictment is to tell the defendant here's what you're charged with

so on the one hand, i know alvin bragg. personally. i worked with him at the southern district of new york for several years. i know him to be nothing but a straightforward, honest ethical prosecutor. on the other hand, if you look at the circumstances here, we have to acknowledge the u. s justice department the same office. alvin and i worked at the southern district of new york passed on charging donald trump in january. 2021 they could have they looked at the case decided not to alvin brags predecessor as d. a cy vance had this case in front of him for over a year and did not charge it. and i think the big question that brag, ultimately has to answer through his evidence through his indictment. maybe through his public statement is why now? why 6.5 years after the fact on charges that will be either misdemeanors or the lowest level felony, and i think that gives rise to legitimate questions like the ones you're raising. anthony. i see you, i think, shaking your head. respond to what you just heard. ellie say. well thank you, michael

reckless alvin bragg was the same alvin bragg a year ago when he too office, that stop th investigationdonald trump. so, clearly there must be some new evidence and some ne factors that made him go forward and go as far as putting this in front of a grand jury who voted to indict donald trump >> so have you spoken to bra since the indictment >> i have talked to him often, i want to go into it he comes to national network sometimes. he is a hollow might and w have rallies every saturda morning. i talk to him but not about the, case we never, ever get into that case. i have no idea what he i coming with. i just know who is coming an he is too methodical and careful in my judgment t proceed with the case unless h felt it was a case that they could win. >> you, know reverend sharpton what struck me about this whole, all of these republicans who are coming to defend donal trump seguin oh this is al politically motivated. it is just some people have, said it just a misdemeanor right you have lived a lon life okay? a community activist for a while, you are an activist whe the exonerated fiber

you proud of that alvin bragg? of course new york city congressman jerry, the taupe that he s. >> the layed a. >> talking hassan is dead forever. dead forever. directly responsible for his murder. two people. is fought justice. >> this is not uncommon under bragg, 52% of all felony cases they are reduced to misdemeanors and predictably violent crime is on the riseny assault 15%, burgly up 7%, car theft up another 5%, the murder rate is still higher than pre-pandemic levels. the democrats at today's hearing they didn't want to talk about any of that. instead, can you gets what they were obsessed with? they wanted to talk about donald trump. high in their ivory tower these democrats treated today's witnesses and these victims like inconvenient deplorables the way these democrats behave was grotesque and unhinged, congressman hank johnson even referring to the victims, people that lost their loved ones as props for jack bud thugs in the republican party. you think i'm making it up? i'm not. take a look. >> like jack b

just to jump in their and put to you what alvin i lot of. .., he has insisted it's been a thorough and liquorice investigation —— vigorous. he's been really upfront and said that the case was brought because it was ready to be brought. they looked like they are getting ready to fight this pretty strongly, katie. iwould hoe pretty strongly, katie. iwould hepe that— pretty strongly, katie. iwould hepe that he _ pretty strongly, katie. iwould hope that he does _ pretty strongly, katie. iwould hope that he does have i pretty strongly, katie. iwould hope that he does have an i hope that he does have an airtight case in this decision because it is a risk in my opinion, and we have to remember there were two federal prosecutors' offices that look at these allegations many years ago and declined to prosecute because of the very issues that exist. i think too many people, it's very surprising that alvin bragg is confident in the charges. the evidence is not anything other than we've expected. it rests primarily on the shoulders of michael cohen, who has

i know alvin bragg said they do this all the time. sure that will be played out over the next several days whether there is a history here but keep in mind that the crime alvin bragg says this was in the furtherance of, which was a campaign finance violation, which is how he says he gets to a felony as opposed to a misdemeanor wasn't even osecuted by the federal authorities when they had a chance to do it. if it was a crime, it didn't rise to a crime to the level fedel government thought they should charge with. it is leaving a lot of people scratching their heads wondering if alvin bragg is following through on a campaign promise. but everybody will have their day inourt. anchor: i want to ask you about what we saw from the former president stop you use to be his chief of staff. what would you advise him to say when he speaks from mar-a-lago andhat do you think he actually is going to say? guest: it is going to be a political speech tonight. what i would advise him to say is to stay away from anything personal about the district atto

wanted to say one thing aboute h inwhat alvin said today. he sai alvin said today. he said that the second crimend that donald trump made committed was trying to pao y hush money to suppress negativec information that could have affected his election chances. i callti b.s. on that completely. there was no person who wass no going to get in our way infocusn 2016. i was focused on one woman one womacused on one woman and her name was hillary clinton. n,i was the campaign manager. donald trump went to eight, nine stops a day. t election he won that election fairly and squarely. she ignored the voters sq ofgnored the voters states like michigan and wisconsin. we both right in therecons and i the case right to them. the biggest crimgg true that dop trump has committecommitted with evidence is winning the presidency. in 2016, alvin bragg2016 and the rest cannot get over that one that we had a betterwe better connective tissue wit candidate, a better message,ople better connective tissue with the people. and ever since the momencet he won, ari and sean, so many people have

that's alvin bragg is up to. meanwhile, is not putting back is behind bars that impacted the committee in such a negative way. >> here we have the indictment of trump he did so and now were understated there's more lawsuits behind this. to come against a former president. is this a two-tiered system of application of law? >> is a political system based on politics and i think the country sees that when you look at what alvin bragg did. alvin bragg has said the house judiciary republicans are interfering in our investigation. his opposite their interfering in a constitutional duty to do oversight, this prosecution in this indictment a presidential presented. in the most election that we have the election for president of the united states. alvin bragg changed his mind, initially he was awkward to bring that.net then he changed his mind, what happened between the flip flop, president trump announced he's ready for president and he is winning and leading and everything opal and alvin bragg decides he could go after

understand how these next fe weeks and months will unfold you are going to hear about th strength of alvin bragg's case against donald trump, an congressman ted lieu wil respond to republican attack on the da. and later, the other massive illegal news from the, week th fox defamation lawsuit lap and guess which programs are o the hit list i'm ayman, let's get started to start this hour, let's brea down all of the news and how i view the trump indictment. sources familiar with th matter tell nbc news that trum faces around 30 charges of document fraud connected t hush money payments that h allegedly made it to cover u past affairs in the run up t the 2016 election. two sources tell the associate press that includes at least one felony offense, and th exact charges at this moment against the ex president are still unknown because th indictment remains sealed. nbc news has now joined coalition of a new organizations urging that th indictment be unsealed, citing overwhelming public interest ahead of trump's scheduled arraignment next tuesday that group is also requestin that cameras be allowed

alvin bragg calling the charges against him a political attack.he manhattan judge who presided over trump's arraignment warned the ex-president not to make any statements that could incite violence. the former president called him a quote trump hating judge. d.a. alvin bragg defended himself by saying he is just following the law. >> we conducted a thorough and rigorous investigation we are going to do at the manhattan district attorney's office. i have been doing this for 24 years. and i'm no stranger to rigorous, complex investigations. every case ready. having now conducted a rigorous, thorough investigation, the case was ready to be brought and it was brought. >> the next hearing in the case is not until december 4th. and the prosecution wants the trial in january 2024 at the height of the g.o.p. presidential primary season, guys. probably not a coincidence. >> brian: chaos in december. december 4th is going to cost us millions of dollars. thanks, lucas. is it necessary for him to come back in december? you saw how -- thanks, lucas. [laughter]

stormy daniels said this week, trump is no longer untouchable and that nda alvin bragg jus shatteredyear old myth about donald trump tough on - teflon don estefan more. he like the rest of us has t answer for his actions with that let's bring in m all-star panel for the evening -- this is a lawyer and forme special agent for the counte intelligence division of the fbi. she is now a senior lecturer assistant dean at the lila jackson school of global affairs. michael isikoff is the chief investigative correspondent fo yahoo news suzanne craig is a investigative reporter for the new york times and an msnbc contributor and jennifer reuben is a opinion writer for the washington post and an msnbc political analyst. it is great to have all of you with us. i would love to start with you as i mentioned, that indictmen is sealed. and maybe, you know, it migh be unsealed for tuesday. but for now it is sealed we don't know yet what the charges that are being loved against the ex president are but based on what we do know about alvin bragg' investigation that has bee reported in the public, what

i know alvin. - to prove that? i have not seen that at all. i know alvin. he i that at all.ut or favour and he has a pledge — he has managed a pledge to do that. i think what is telling here is he declined to bring those charges at an earlier point and now he has decided to do so. so, something in the investigation has changed. his understanding of the law has changed, orsomething understanding of the law has changed, or something has really led him to believe that is the interests ofjustice to bring these charges.- is the interests ofjustice to bring these charges. what about the fact that _ bring these charges. what about the fact that people _ bring these charges. what about the fact that people have - the fact that people have mentioned that alvin bragg campaign to bring donald trump tojustice? was that campaign to bring donald trump to justice? was that a mistake at that point? i to justice? was that a mistake at that point?— at that point? i think those statements _ at that point? i think those statements are _ at that point? i think those statements are certainly i at

i wonder with alvin bragg you were on legal size as well you were intelligent.cops respect this guy? because he only makes their job harder. i mean, can you imagine arresting a perp and then seeing hill right back on the street two hours later? >> yeah every cop i know who works in his jurisdiction in manhattan has that story of going out doing good faith work and seeing it undone an hour later and, of course, that does a lot to your incentive to continue to do your job these cops set a record for felony arrests city wide in new york going back 20 something years. the men and women of the nypd are out there working and it was just remark whbl you consider the environment. and yet they are housed within an entire system it's not just bragg. you know he's the one we're seeing now it is come to the floor. but it is the city council it is albany there's a rafter of measures put in place realistic to undo measures that were written by the defense bar. nobody on the law enforcement side had any inputs and, of course, results speak for themselves what would you expect?

polyou write donald trump is fag 34 counts but what about alvin bragg's felony.ou question where is the leak investigation into the unlawful grand jury disclosure. all of this we see in the indictment we know already, even though the indictment was sealed, i guess somebody the in the manhattan da's office leaked it. >> precisely. it's the same level of crime. i would argue that the charge that donald trump could make a felony complaint on in the fifth precinct, nypd -- that's what you can do, walk into a precinct, has more meat on the bone than what he's charged with. >> i think anybody who is waiting for any result from the -- alvin bragg couldn't get off the podium. that's where he said i've got to go. was he correct in saying the law does not require him to spell out this other crime. >> not from where i sit. if you look again at the new york state criminal procedure law, it's very explicit. it says that each element of the crime charge has to be spelled out with specificity. under that rubric, essentially right now as we sit here, donald trump doesn't really

alvin bragg a and here's my reaction. just anotherer political hit jo under new york state law is a felony to falsify business records with intent to defraudl ,intent to conceal another crime. >> that is exactly what this ab. case is about. >> laura: well a blatantly false a blatantly false statement. here's the onl y thingin ifn lawyers need to know about this case.ft if after the twenterytion twenty election, donald trump had announced that he was retiring from politics,indict alvin would not have indicted him.ed or let's say if after 2020, trump had gradually evolved ind his views and maybe became more like romney or one of the bushes in that case,ve ind alvin bragg would not haveic indicted him. the real reason that donald trump was bookedngerprin and fingerprinted today comes down to one simple fact. wrong he has the wrongs political views. now to the entire class of politicians and media figures who cheered the proceedings today. donaldding trump represents an existential threat, a threat to the regim thee that's ru

the charges were announced by alvin bragg, in his remarks trump referred to alvin bragg specificallyce. . ., , prosecution is election interference. . ., interference. our elections are like those _ interference. our elections are like those of _ interference. our elections are like those of a _ interference. our elections are like those of a third _ interference. our elections are like those of a third world - like those of a third world country and now this massive election interference at a scale never seen before in our country beginning with the radical left george soros backed prosecutor alvin bragg of new york, who campaigned on the fact that he would get president donald trump. i'm going to get him, i'm going to get him. this is a guy campaigning.- get him. this is a guy campaigning. get him. this is a guy camaiuanin. g , ., get him. this is a guy camaiuanin. , , . ., campaigning. 0k. just want to net our campaigning. 0k. just want to get your reaction _ campaigning. 0k. just want to get your reaction to _ campaigning. 0k. just want to get your reaction to that - get your rea

alvin bragg laying out his case. this case was different that was rejected by cyrus vance, the district attorney of new york before him and the federal election commissions that saw no there there and didn't want to pursue this case. he opted otherwise and hence the 34-count indictment that largely stems from alleged 2016 hush money payments. but there's a lot of duplication here. i want to get into this a little bit more, david spunted, who i rudely interrupted by going to this presser. david, looking at the charges, there's a lot of redundancy and not a lot of new here. >> alvin bragg is a huge news maker today. neil, what is curious is that this specific charge, felony counts for falsifying business records in the first degree and intent to commit another crime, those bragg doesn't say what the other crime is in this 16-page indictment. in fact, as we all just saw together live, he was asked about that. he said the law doesn't require him to saw so. so number 1, that is curious that he doesn't get in to specifics

and about alvin bragg. but the documents in it really stood out to you heard anything about what happened behind the scenes at the court house in the courts building what the president thought about the process of actually being under arrest. he didn't enjoy it. anderson was generally how have had a described to me. i mean, he didn't speak to cameras and caitlin that she was there, in part because the camera had been pushed very far down the hall and i think he couldn't get close enough to it. but that was surprising that he didn't make an address ahead of time or after, because we have been expecting it. he was very angry. he was not enjoying it. there was some longer period of time leading up to him going into the courtroom while he was being processed. and i still don't know exactly what accounted for that delay, but something did happen there. and can i just say one other thing today that also happened was there's a inviting in the legal team over who is taking the lead on the new york case, and you cou

. ♪ announcer: manhattan district attorney alvin bragg spoke about the arraignment of former presidentald trump, who faces 34 charges of falsifying business records. this is about 15 minutes. >> [indiscernible] you may disage spoke. >> was he fingerprinted? was there a mugshot? >> i will not talk about it. thank you for your attention. >> what is his message? >> thank you. >> manhattan district attorney alvin bragg also spoke to reporters following the arraignment today of former president donald trump. the da gave more details about the 34 felony charges the former president phases. this is about 15 minutes. mr. bragg: good afternoon. thank you for joining us here today. earlier this afternoon, donald trump was arraigned on a new york supreme court indictment, returned by a manhattan grand jury on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the first degree. under new york state law, that is a felony, to falsify business records with intent to defraud and intent to conceal another crime. that is exactly what this case is about. 34 false statements made to cover up other crimes.

alvin bragg has facts that violate that.t show a violation of state law that, of course, the feds would not have looked at so again. they're not privy to everything here, but they are. they're like us. i think a little bit underwhelmed by the facts they saw presented. appreciate it. thanks, jake. thanks anderson joining us now? district attorney alan brags predecessor, cy vance was manhattan district attorney when the initial probe into donald trump began, mr vance, thanks so much for joining us, um what do you think of the case you saw outlined today would you have brought based on your knowledge of the case based on your knowledge and reading of the indictment? would you have brought this to trial? well, jake, i don't want to, uh. put myself in the shoes without the full information that the current district attorney has. i've read the statement of facts , and i think the statement of facts was really quite detailed. ah and provided information that i think is going to be very relevant to the question of whether or not the

critics, but today alvin bragg took things up a notch. in a lawsuit filed in federal court today d.a. bragg sued congressman jordan for interfering with bragg's criminal case against trump. bragg's lawyers write in the filing congressman jordan's investigation constitutes, quote, an unpres precedented brazen and unconstitutional attack chairman jordan and the committee are participating in a campaign of intimidation, retaliation, and obstruction bragg's attorneys detail a campaign of constant harassment by trump and his republican allies the tweets, and the truth social posts and the fox news interviews they cited trump two social post-s calling bragg a soros backed animal. so it really -- and then they write about what an absolute constitutional disaster it is. there are numerous legal citations in this complaint like this one federal intrusions into state criminal trials frustrate both the state's sovereign power to punish offenders and their good faith attempts to honor constitutional rights. so there's a lot in this 50-page document t

why does alvin brag? pursue this case? this inquiry has been opened a shot. so many times, it's got the nickname of a zombie case. it's pre assess and decided not to chase it. why has he gone for us? ok 1st let me just for one second circle back on this 1st limit. here's an additional that i forgot to mention, which is that donald trump is been out of the jurisdiction continuously. so in addition to the fact that felonies have a longer statute of limitation than misdemeanors, he has not been in the jurisdiction. and the statute of limitations is what's called told us means meaning that the statute of limitations stops to run when the defendant is not in the jurisdiction. now, on the issue of why i often brag as bringing this case it's, it's rather a matter of why it wasn't brought before. i would say, um, because um, you know, the predecessors, cyrus vance, to alvin brag. um, it seemed was about to bring the case. everybody thought it was going to be brought, or at least something this domain was going to be brought. and then he suddenly retired. and there's

alvin bragg doesn't even know where his funding comes from. but he guess federal funding that's where it falls into the jurisdiction of the house oversight committee. the weaponization of his office is how it falls into both the house judiciary and weaponization of the department of justice. we are not going to stop on this. nothing changed. we believe he has overstepped. i will tell you one of the things that i don't think has been picked up a lot that's going to be a problem and i had two calls yesterday. one from a county attorney in kentucky and one from a county attorney in tennessee. they were republican, obviously, both states are heavily republican. they want to know if there are ways they can go after the bidens now. and they have opened up a can of worms. they set precedents now that we can't go back on. and now we're going to see a judicial system that's already bogged down with doing what they are supposed to do and that's going after real criminals. people that are committing real crimes, burglaries, rape, robberies, things like t

the second it's 11 am in the east, 8 am i the west i'm ali velshi, just one yea ago shortly after alvin brag became the new man hande strict tierney the investigation into donal trump's role in the stormy daniels hush money case seemed like it was going nowhere fast the investigation was prioritized, the number of people who are working on it began to dwindle others in the da's offic started calling it a zombi case, because it seemed did, but it seemed like a come back to life. fast forward to today, it's at the center of a historic prosecution of a forme president of united states tomorrow night, donald trump i scheduled to return to new yor city, as he prepares to himsel into prosecutors trump continues to deny that h had a sexual relationship with daniels. as we learn just moments ago we will hear from donald trump right after his expected arraignment on tuesday earlier, the trump campaig released a statement saying th former president will delive remarks as mar-a-lago in pal beach, florida, and tuesda night. the exact charges that trump faces are currently unknown. because the indic

next to the head of alvin bragg. so it's rather extraordinary that alvin bragg has the courage to go ahead and bring it at all a given the, the threats and. ringback lack of forthright support of from the justice department . the justice department should be out there making statements that given that the case has been wrought, whether they would have brought it at this moment or not that they will support alvin bragg. and make sure that justice is done. we don't, didn't do you think that alvin bragg is, is right to bring this case. i mean, it does sound from what class saying that he's taking an incredibly brave, a brave road. forget break. he took his time. he took a lot of time to get to where we got to this past week and, and i think that's one thing we ought to be. feel good about as, as americans, if you know, confident that our justice system takes time and being, you know, look, justice is only there. it's accountability comes 1st and, and this is the thing about former president trump and his supporters. the

we don't, didn't do you think that alvin bragg is, is right to bring this case. i mean, it does sound from what class saying that he's taking an incredibly brave, a brave road. forget break. he took his time. he took a lot of time to get to where we got to this past week and, and i think that's one thing we ought to be. feel good about as, as americans, if you know, confident that our justice system takes time and being, you know, look, justice is only there. it's accountability comes 1st and, and this is the thing about former president trump, in his supporters. they think they, they say something enough times that it becomes true. and i think i say this, i say if we are a nation of laws, we should want somebody held accountable for breaking a law regardless of when that was. and, and i, i really believe that donald trump stands to only certain himself from this whole thing. he wants to be a lead on what is quote, unquote, per block. he wants to be seen in handcuffs, that he can raise money and elicit more sympathy. i think this is a fantastic time for the repub

the guy we want to talk to hasn't worked for alvin bragg for a year.t. we kind of want to know, too, was there any involvement with the biden justice department, with the white house and how this worked out. so those are the questions we have. this is -- i think alvin bragg is obstructing our investigation, our constitutional duty to do oversight. >> martha: here are some thoughts on that from josh gerstein and why bragg might not want mark pomeranz to be publicly questioned. watch. >> i think the concern is that if they did get pomeranz on the witness stand or in a deposition that we might see a lot more of the inside baseball within bragg's office being spilled out publicly. i think bragg is not eager to see that happen. it would be a distraction to the indictment and the case that he brought last week. >> martha: what do you say to that, sir? >> probably true. we know people went to work for the district attorney solely to go after president trump. pomeranz said it do it for free. i don't need to get paid. he had this agenda to go after president tr