Tonight on the readout.

I was asked by the U.S. Attorney's Office of the Southern District to stand down on

our investigation, which had commenced involving the Trump Organization.

And I was somewhat surprised after Mr. Cohen pleaded guilty that the federal government

did not proceed on the areas in which it asked me to stand down.

Former Manhattan DA side-vants revealed why it has taken so long to get to this point,

just hours from the fingerprinting of the first criminally indicted former president.

And as we've been seeing all day, Trump's strategy is to turn this humiliating moment

in his life, tomorrow's arrangement in a Manhattan courtroom, into a media spectacle.

Omar Al-Samanagault Newman, who knows the thing or two about Trump and spectacle, joins

me tonight to discuss.

And that is where we begin tonight on the eve of a legal reckoning for Donald J. Trump

in New York City.

Trump made an ignominious return to his former home today ahead of his history-making

day in court tomorrow, as the first American president ever charged with a crime.

We are less than 24 hours from Trump's expected arrangement in a Manhattan courtroom, unlikely

charges that he falsified documents in hush money payments to porn actress Stormy Daniels.

The details of the indictment remain under seal, but we do know some details about what

lies ahead for the reality show star turned politician.

The twice impeached former president will spend tonight at Trump Tower, his 80s style apartment,

where he'll have access to his signature golden toilets.

Before heading to the courthouse tomorrow morning, where he will get a taste of how the rule

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