as hell. she s guilty as hell. i will say this. hillary clinton has to go to jail. okay. she has to go to jail. the party that has campaigned for more than six years on their plans to lock up their political opponents, well now they re crying foul now that one of their own, donald trump, is facing possible indictments for actual crimes. and as we await the first of possibly multiple criminal charges, republicans are all coming to trump s defense, as usual, and promising to haul anyone who dares to prosecute trump before congress. and we begin tonight with the potential indictment of donald j. trump over allegations he illegally paid hush money to adult film actress stormy daniels during his 2016 run for the presidency. the indictment of a former president would be a stunning moment in american history. full stop. it s an event that looms as grand jurors heard today from attorney robert costello who was called to testify at trump s request. he was a legal adviser at one
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
we also spoke about the future of the republican party and his call for all of us to keep an open mind. i ll tell you what else we learned, listening to mr. cohen, he rebutted what mr. costello said. all of this leaves us following what trump started on saturday, a conversation about whether he ll be indicted but we have no reportable information that it would be tomorrow. that s the president s claim. as for the process, we ll keep following. if you want to connect with me, i ll remind you here, you can always connect with me on arimelber.com or @arimelber on social media. you can tell us what you thought of the dueling accounts from mr. costello and mr. cohen on this big case. thanks for spending time with the beat with ari melber. the reidout with joy reid is up next. tonight on the reidout folks, honestly, she s guilty