Trump huddling with aides in Trump Tower ahead of his arraignment

Anderson Cooper 360

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🗓️ 4 April 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Former President Trump arrived in New York City a day before he’s expected to turn himself in to be arraigned. The indictment is still under seal but CNN sources say the former President faces more than 30 criminal charges. Trump was indicted for his possible involvement in a scheme to pay hush money to adult film actress Stormy Daniels in an attempt to cover up an alleged affair. Elie Honig is a former assistant U.S. Attorney for Southern District of New York. He tells Anderson Cooper what he’s expecting when the indictment is unsealed. Plus, conservative lawyer and Washington Post contributing columnist George Conway joins AC360 to discuss Trump being the first former or sitting President ever to be booked on criminal charges. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Good evening, history is about to be made by the man who's made history in a number
0:04.6	remarkable in dubious ways before.
0:07.0	This is what it looked like in 2015 when Donald Trump made history at Trump Tower there
0:10.4	on the left gliding down the escalator and launching the campaign that would make him
0:13.6	president.
0:14.6	And on the right side of your screen, that is former president Donald Trump, unaccompanied,
0:18.9	walking down the stairs of the plane that returned him to New York and alleged criminal being
0:22.4	arraigned tomorrow.
0:23.9	His reception at Trump Tower as quiet as 2015 was flashy.
0:28.4	No crowds inside just a now private citizen moving rather quickly from his car to his
0:32.7	residence.
0:33.7	Tonight, the latest on what happened today and everything we know about tomorrow when
0:37.3	he leaves Trump Tower heads downtown and this country's 45th president becomes the
0:41.2	first to face criminal charges.
0:43.6	The exact charges still sealed.
0:45.4	We know more about what the process will look like and how much of any of it we will get
0:49.7	to see.
0:50.7	We have correspondence and attorneys on all the angles tonight, senior Jason Carroll at
0:53.9	Trump Tower, senior Shaman Prokepez and Paul Aureed downtown with what awaits the former
0:58.4	president tomorrow in the security surrounding it.
1:00.7	Let's start, Jason Carroll outside with the former president is tonight.
1:04.2	Do we know how he is spending tonight?
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