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a hush money payment made to an adult film star just before the 2016 presidential election. trump holds its political persecution and the witch hunt is noise. say thou fontes, out in court. ah, on carry johnston. this is al jazeera live from doha. also in the news we condemned the detention of mister gris glitch in the strongest in the strongest terms, condemnation from the white house off to us jernace is arrested in russia and charged with espionage. and al jazeera investigation on covers a money laundering scheme implicating some of the southern africans largest banks. ah, former us president donald trump has been in dieted by

a grand jury in new york after an investigation into a hush money payment made by his former lawyer to an adult film star. this is said to have happened just before the 2016 presidential election. it is the 1st time a former us president has been charged with a crime. kristen selina begins our coverage from new york. adult film star, stormy daniels and her alleged sexual encounter with donald trump is at the center of the criminal case against the former president. after she threatened to go public about the affair, in the final days of trumps 2016 presidential campaign trumps, then fixer michael cohen paid her $130000.00 to keep quiet. cohen, who testified before the grand jury has said he made the payment at trump's direction, and in 2018, pleaded guilty to violating campaign finance laws for which he served time in prison. not revenge. right? what this is is about accountability. i don't want to see anyone including donald

trump indicted, prosecuted, convicted incarcerated, simply because i fundamentally disagree with them. this is all about accountability . he needs to be held accountable for his dirty deeds. the former president has always denied the affair. he also initially denied any knowledge of the payment, but now says it took place as a legitimate legal expense ah, under new york law, it is the falsification of business records, not the payment itself. that would be trumps crime a misdemeanor. and only if prosecutors can prove he made the payment and falsified records specifically to hide the affairs from voters or the i r s. would it be a felony or more serious crime that could come with jail time? you thought of occasion of records for the purpose of committing tax evasion would

be the addition tional specific crime to elevate falsification of business records from a misdemeanor to a felony. so he needs, he needs a thing like that. complicating any prosecution. cohen's former legal advisor, a trump ally told the grand jury cohen couldn't be trusted, no wish if they want to go after donald trump and they have solid evidence. so be it. but michael cone is far from charlotte evidence. president trump has described this case as a witch hi, but it's far from the only criminal investigation he's facing. in georgia, prosecutors are looking into his alleged attempt to overturn jo biden's victory in the state in 2020, and several government bodies are investigating his alleged role in the attack on the u. s. capital. on january 6th, 2021. the case marks the 1st time in history that a u. s. president has faced criminal charges. kristin salumi al jazeera new york,

or donald trump has himself react cigna statement. he call the indictment, political persecution and election interference at the highest level in history. he blamed it on what he called radical left democrats, engaged in a witch hunt, to destroy the make america great again movement. and he said this which huntsville back far massively on joe biden. my speech gabriel is on his outside the manhattan district attorney's office in new york. so gabriel fast moving developments with this extraordinary situation, what it really is extraordinary and it's important before we go any further to again point out how historic this is right now. the 1st time in us history that a current or former president has ever been indicted for criminal charges. that is the historic nature of what we're facing this evening. it's

a little after 8 pm here. local time in new york. i'm in front of the manhattan district attorney's office. what we are waiting for now is the next steps in this process. what we know is that alvin frack, the district attorney, who brought this case forward. initially, he has left the building. we are not expecting him to give any sorta press conference or any sort of on camera statement. within the last hour we got a written statement from his office confirming that the grand jury has indicted, former president donald j. trump. and that the district attorney is now going to be negotiating for lack of a better word with donald trump's attorneys to see when trump will turn himself in . but that is all we have heard from the district attorney. do not expect to hear anything more from him. as you mentioned, we have heard from donald trump and his statement on social media. trump calling

this a, which aren't also saying that in his words, his political persecution and election interfering at the highest levels according to trump, a statement from trump, himself on social media. and of course he is denied any wrong doing. and it's said repeatedly, over the last week or so that he would fight these charges to the end. now moving forward, what is the next step? 2 things. well, 1st, that indictment. asking where is that indictment? the actual written paper with the formal charges that usually excuse me, excuse me. that is under seal. and it is not being made public yet. it could be made public at the arraignment. ah, the arraignment could happen as early as next week, but were waiting for that information to come forward. also been potential or what

next steps that we could be waiting for are when will trump actually show up here? for his arraignment, he will have to arrive here. i have his fingerprints taken a photo taken, and then he will have to face an arraignment in front of a judge. also important to point out that an indictment is not a conviction. on this case, we'll go forward potentially to a jury in a trial, and it would be those jurors would decide if trump is guilty or not guilty. gabriel, for now. thanks very much indeed. was staying with this sir. mike. hannah joins us live from washington, d. c. said mike, how does this play into trumps bid for president? could it help him or hinder him? well, it's a very good question nerd trump himself and some of his followers indicate that they think it could help him. a trump himself prematurely announced that the indictment was coming some 10 days ago. some believed with the intent of rallying

his supporters of getting them out in the streets as he nakedly asked his supporters to do. at the same time, his opponents point out that this emphasizes what they see as the many flaws and tramps characters which they believe disqualify him from holding office even running for office. so there are 2 sites, this particular coin. but what we hearing already from republicans is a chorus of this is a witch hunt, a chorus of this is attempting to influence the election from the speak of the house. kevin mccarthy. he's described this as weapon icing. our sacred system of justice against donald trump. the governor florida rhonda santos, who may well be the person running against trump for the republican nomination. also saying that it's a weaponized ation of the legal system. interestingly, governor de santos also saying that he would not cooperate in any potential

extradition off donald trump from florida to facie indictment in manhattan. this an important issue should trumpet decide not to voluntary surrender himself to that manhattan court for the indictment. on the other hand, we've heard from adam shift or one of the ad in prefer democratic lawmakers saying that this just proves set nation of laws must hold even the rich and powerful accountable, indicating he believes, said tramps, wrongdoings have finally caught up with him from the chair of the, of the conservative, the house republican conference, the chair of that particular body, at least definition, also repeating the phrase set. this is unprecedented election interference, the action by the district attorney and black brag. and now this is ironic, giving election interference is yet another charge that donald trump is facing in georgia with regard to what georgia court may believes was his attempts to overturn

the results of a lawful election. so wheels within wheels here. what place out in the days ahead could well determine whether trump is able to run for the presidential case, whether he stays in the race or not. and whether or not this particular indictment will bring his supporters out on the street. something that many are concerned about, particularly law enforcement officials in manhattan who would be responsible for police in the area when that indictment happens. and like if he does stay in the race. and this is going to be extremely awkward for any potential republican nominee, isn't it? well, yes, it is unprecedented. first of all that either a sitting or past president is facing criminal charges that is unprecedented. it would impact on the race in many ways. as i said, whether or not to gives ammunition to his detractors whether it inflames his

supporters. but one thing that must be pointed out as a particular cook in this country's constitution is that even in the unlikely event were given the timeframe that trump got sentenced was found guilty in a court and got sentenced to prison. he could still run for president from prison. the constitution does not know blow convicted felons. all those who being indicted from running for the countries highest office, you're not allowed to vote, but you can run for president 10. interestingly enough, there is a precedent to this at least 2 convicted felons have run for president in the past uncharted territory. indeed, mike hanna, thank you. that's bringing david bozer now he's a national security consult and us was working in jo biden's, washington office when he was a senator. he joins us from washington dc. now welcome to the program. firstly, what's your take on the fact that this is actually happening?

this is incredible, isn't it? thank you for including me in this coverage. yes, it is incredible. it's historic. it's unprecedented. but keep in mind that donald trump has already achieved rows of descriptors. but in the past he was twice impeached. ah, he was a former businessman becoming president. so it's a, this is par for the course as they say on the, on the golf course for donald trump. but as your reporters have mentioned, this is just an indictment. it's not a conviction, there's a tremendously long ah, schedule ahead of us. and any time there's a long process, donald trump knows how to evade, to equivocate,

and to essentially change the subject. so look forward to that in the next few days and weeks. what, what's from him says he's done nothing wrong on that. this is politicizing of the justice system. does he have a point? he and you know, with this indictment today because it's finally arrived, shows that a members of a grand jury, they're 12 or 15 individuals who are a citizens of the state of new york. decided that we're convinced that there is a possibility that someone has broken the law alvin bragg has convinced these individuals who are jurors odd to that, they should take the next step and indict and then bring to trial. so there can be a further explanation. this is not joe biden,

this is not any republican out there. in fact they're doing just the opposite. this is a just citizens who found a beyond the reasonable doubt that there's possibly a violation of the law. so there's no palletization here. and i, i think it's a little disingenuous for the former president to be saying this as well as his acolytes in the congress and other and the, the governors seats in the country. okay, i'm, and despite that though, donald trump does seem to thrive on publicity, whether it's good or bad, does this really hurt him politically? i think i think what he will do if he hasn't done already is he is raising funds off of this. and this is the, the whole point about donald trump, which i think many in this country do not understand is that he hasn't. he is not interested in the common man. he is not interested in benefiting

society. he's only interested in one thing. and that's donald trump, and so i would imagine that if it hasn't happened already, there will be fundraising e mails out. blaming the album, brag, blaming the political machine that the democrats supposedly have, and blaming everybody else. ah, but he's not really claiming his innocence. he's just trying to raise funds on to help him in this effort. so he adores this to morrow morning, induced papers around the world. he will be on the front page and that is donald trump's main purpose and doesn't not hurt the democrats then. and how do they handle this when, as he say, he's going to be in the news all the time? this is constant distraction. the democrats need to know

if our advising any candidates out there. ah, particularly my former boss, joe biden, do nothing. let the process unfold. do not talk over extent. i know the federal, the department of justice under mira garland is, is working on a number of investigations. i think they should ratchet that back and wait for what alvin brand comes up with in manhattan, as well as what the, the of the operation in, in those in atlanta is working on as well. because this is not the 1st indictment. it's, it's, it is the 1st and diamond, but there will be many indictments, several that are in, by indictments going forward. the democrats need to just continue with their main message. and essentially he may be getting publicity, but it's not good publicity. it's about him doing a, it's a breaking the law when they,

but they're david bozer. appreciate your time. thank you very much. thank you. are though for franco is a lawyer and the republican strategist. i spoke to him earlier and began by asking for his reaction to the indictment. this is entering new territory for the united states, and it is depending on your point of view, and i certainly have one political persecution when you have that sense in america, it's a 1st so extraordinary. i actually thought it might not happen, considering some of the late developments in terms of the grand jury deliberations of last week, and mr. collins, testimony, and so forth. it seemed to have a pause but was otherwise. we haven't seen the details of the indictment, but certainly in the short term, it has already been paid dividends since the president trump announced a couple of weeks ago that he was on the verge of being indict. ready of so it's very clear that this will further help him in the primary. there is no question. i

can't imagine any of the the declared the few. ready declared republican primary candidates for president that will not come to his defense as well as the ones that are undeclared, they all support the trump policies of so it was always already a difficult task. now you have political martyrdom in many ways. on the republican site, i'm talking about republican primary voters, so it becomes very, very difficult for them. they have to support and will support president trump in this process. at least initially as it plays out longer term. we shall see. ok, not many democrats and some republicans might say, look, this reveals, pull character, lack of humidity at unit. trump is a lose that he lost the election. why would you want him to be the candidate with all this extra baggage going on? there is a yearning for the trump years. those were actually very good years in terms of their prosperity, the economy. we were at peace that that agenda was working for most americans. why

president trump is because of that. he has a 4 year record, people attack donald trump, the person behavior, etc. but the policies are enormously popular with the american people. and again, you might have some appeal with other candidates saying they'll pursue trump policies, but there's a fear. there's only one genuine. donald trump, and therefore i take, he will garner support among republicans and possibly among independents and democrats, of this indictment, and eventually whatever trial or whatever, and soon as next, if it falls apart, it will then be perceived as political persecution and can really push, put him in a position to win the white house and 2024 other needs. now, a journalist from the wall street journal has been arrested in russia on spying charges, us citizen. the yvonne good cabbage was reportedly detained while working near the

tunnel cover wynberg. since our morning has more, the journalist appeared briefly in moscow court house and afterwards was briefly seen being taken away in a car to be held elsewhere in custody. but i really don't publish that on. they held a quick trial. i don't know, it took 3, maybe 15 minutes, a spokesperson for the russian foreign ministry admitted girl of it's had a press be an official accreditation, proclaimed he was arrested for what she described as a different kind of activity than journalism. his employer says, the wall street journal definitely denies the allegations from the f s b and 60 immediate release of our trusted and dedicated reporter. we stand in solidarity with evan and his family, a food russian speaker. the 31 year old has been reporting from the region for more than 6 years. the reaction from the white house with angry this espionage charges are ridiculous. the targeting of american citizens by russian government is

unacceptable. we condemn the detention of mister girl college in the strongest in the strongest terms. we also condemn the russian governments, continued targeting and repression of journalists. the u. s. state department has been in close contact with the taint journalist employer. first, the u. s. embassy. moscow has requested official notification of arrest and russia is required to provide that under our bilateral consular convention. second, whenever us citizens are arrested abroad, we pursue consular access as soon as possible. however, due to russia's administrative procedures and security requirements, it will likely be several days before that happens. the ongoing russian military campaign and ukraine has brought relations with the us to its lowest point in decades. dating back to the height of the cold war, which was the last time russia arrested, a u. s. journalist on the charge of spying than to martin al jazeera

al zera's investigative unit has uncovered a money laundering operation involving hundreds of millions of dollars in southern africa. on the cover, journalists infiltrated gold smuggling gangs who helped in bob was leaders of 10 us dollars. despite international sanctions imposed on them. in the 2nd of our 4 part series gold mafia, we uncover how the money is illegally moved through some of south africa's biggest banks. alexander james report, dowd con is a former money launderer. he fears for his life and is speaking exclusively to al jazeera his investigative unit from a safe house. he says his role was to forge paperwork to disguise the money laundering as legitimate transactions in the office. we had a strong and in the strong room, rid boxes upon boxes of bank stamps. we had boxes of passports with boxes of

id documents. head of the operation is dowd's brother mohammed khan. his street name is mo dollars. his financial services firm served as the front for the laundering. he sort of held up as the sort of shadowy figure that control with money laundering util. africa that everybody once to find, once tele kate want to discuss funds to catch when to prosecute, wants to use. we've obtained a trove of thousands of documents that reveal fakin voices from fictitious suppliers address to move dollars, clients. no good, no services, purely just money's running. and i can tell you that with 100 percent certainty, because i done the logo, we conceal the identity of one of my dollars form of business partners, bahama county, and known for money. lot of his because will be a 1000000 in crawford to be transferring to different countries to different places

and you've got other connections to do it to ensure the scheme success the laundry, his brave employees at south africa's banks. you look after us, you pushed through all our payments. no questions, asked one specific company and we'll met your salary every month in cash. a ledger records kickbacks paid to staff at fast food bank, who are responsible for processing foreign payments. we were actually the executive management team of the seth and for the x pro sitting department, you can put it in that way. the moment was c, e o, of, of the company. without them knowing the ledger records bribes, paid to employees at other banks to for vin maker is a senior manager at the compliance division of standard banks out africa. and also

is the key complicated to the south african reserve bank. i can make a phone call for you. now do individuals in eps update it would put whatever you tell them to put on a let it for you and they would stamp. muhammad con, told us that all the allegations against him were false, and based on manufactured evidence, he denied bribing any one in the south african banking sector. vivian nike denied involvement in a money laundering syndicates. sas finn said it was taking vigorous action against former employees. absa passed on our findings to its forensic investigative unit, and standard bank told us it takes a 0 tolerance approach to fraud and criminality. alexander james al jazeera and you can watch the 2nd of our 4 part series, gold mafia, smoke and mirrors. the full episode will be ad on al jazeera, at $1200.00 g m t. on friday, brazil's former present valuable scenario has returned home. after spending 3

months in the u. s. state of florida. he was greeted by supporters as he arrived at his liberal party's headquarters in brasilia. haughty officials are hoping he will lead opposition against president lewis, and i see that a de silver rosner is facing a number of investigations. we are showing these people that for a moment and for a short time president lewis in our ceo lula da silva, is empower, and he is not going to do what he wants in the future of our nation. we are practically 20 percent of the benches in the congress, in addition to other colleagues of ours who are here from several other parties. we have a majority within congress and we want the best for our country to day. the ball is in your court. i am sure that you will lead brazil to a safe haven. it is with great pride that i return thousands of people gather. then tel aviv to support is really prime minister benjamin netanyahu. and his plans to overhaul the judiciary or demonstrators marched across

a major city highway. a rally led by far right, organizations follows months of anti government protests opposing it and yahoo's proposals center goals, opposition leader was man sancho has been given a 2 months suspended sentence for defamation. he was sued by the tourism minister. sancho did not appear in court to face trial on thursday. he says the case against him is politically motivated. police have been deployed in large numbers in the capitol di car to prevent protest. suncoast supporters have burn tires and blocked roads. that's it for me for now. and he's continues herron al serra off the inside story. stay with us. ah

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