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special coverage of this escalating trump probe in new york and tonight right now you re watching a special live edition of the beat. we re following the pressure donald trump which actually exploded from the arrest talk this weekend to today s blockbuster testimony before the grand jury? some out of court-statements that broke within the last hour. moments ago this trump-aligned witness speaking out. my only mission there today was to tell the truth about what michael cohen was saying at any point in time. michael cohen decided on his own, that s what he told us, on his own to see if he could take care of this. is that what he told us? was all of the remarks made factual? mr. michael cohen is here to respond in a moment. this is not just journalism. this is aspects of the probe spilling out because mr. costello did speak to the grand jury today that s why he was so newsworthy. mr. cohen remained a key grand jury witness in a case that donald trump now says will lead to
is imminent. aaron katersky leads us off. reporter: tonight, sources tell abc news the manhattan grand jury investigating former president trump over a hush payment to a porn actress will hear from an additional witness tomorrow. bob costello is an attorney and long time trump ally who at one point represented michael cohen. cohen is a key witness for the district attorney s office since he wrote the $130,000 check to stormy daniels. the trump legal team petitioned to have costello testify. and cohen says he has been asked to be available for rebuttal. the manhattan district attorney is still not saying whether he will charge trump with a crime, but he is saying he will not be intimidated. in an email to staff, d.a. alvin bragg said we do not tolerate attempts to intimidate our office. the message followed a social media post by trump this weekend saying he would be arrested tuesday and calling for protests. a spokesman is clarifying that
administration neal katyal. your thoughts as we look at all of this. well, you re right, ari, that this all became a fever pitch over the weekend and i would just urge all of our viewers to be sober and wait to see what happens. i certainly can t wait to hear from mr. cohen, and i am so grateful for you for bringing him to our viewers in the next hour. i think that s very important, but the moment right now calls for a pause here. we don t know whether this indictment on tuesday is going to actually happen. we know donald trump tweeted it, but i ve never personally believed a word out of donald trump s mouth and i m not about to start now. there are indications that, you know, the grand jury and the d.a. s ramped up its investigation and it looks like there may be an indictment and i think we ll have to see what happened to see what happened. today s move to have costello, trump s attorney call before the grand jury. it s a fairly ill-advised move
over the speed limit and i got a speeding ticket, the one and only in my entire life. other than that, i ve never had run-ins with law enforcement. it almost seems like in this pressure you shared or confided in mr. costello. yeah. now he s trying to say that because you were stressed and i think we can everyone can judge first, he seems to be trying to use that against the rest of the story. is that fair? no, it s not. it s a typical donald j. trump play out of the playbook. how do you muddy the water as best as he possibly can, disparage them. they did the same thing to cassidy hutchinson and did the same thing to anyone and everyone that is for the truth, and the beauty, the beauty that i have is i have facts. i have truth. i have the documentation. let me rephrase that. the district attorney has the