embassies garrett hague, mar-a-lago in west palm beac florida. garrett, welcome to you. tell me all that you hearing about trump world about donald trump saying that he is goin to be arrested on tuesday. donald trump s allies hav been preparing for thi possibility for weeks, if no months if following this case closely and as you pointed out, they don t have any more specific information than do you or i i fact, the trump campaign spokesman indicated in his cleanup message to reporters there is nbc news reporting, that made them first aware tha this indictment, if it comes could come as soon as next wee but politically speaking talking only about the politic here, the trump team and his sort of wider constellation of allies have leaned into this moment, have leaned into thi possibility, to be able to cas the former president a standing up against what the see as a liberal, weaponized justice system you are seeing it from trump allies on twitter toda primarily, making th inv
former president donald trum says he will be arrested o tuesday. that house money investigation trump calling the manhattan da highly political joining me now is washington congressman adam smith democratic ranking member of the house armed services committee, it s good to see yo my friend, i want to get int this, i m curious what you mak of potentially seen a former president in handcuffs well look, it s a ver difficult situation. i think your previous panel di an excellent job of explaining it on the other hand, no one ca be above the law, that is simple principle of any justic i.d. and president trump, it is clearly pushing the boundaries of that. in my opinion, he has clearl violated the law and a numbe of different instances and therefore, it needs to b investigated and prosecuted. on the other hand, it is a deeply divisive thing to do. there is no doubt that it will ramp up the partisan divisions that we have seen, speaker mccarthy tweeting about it others diving into the fight