criminal charges against the former president, donald j trump, related to a hush money payment related to stormy daniels. it would mark the first indictment of a former president in u.s. history. the grand jury in the case heard from another witness today, attorney bob costello, robert costello, the new york times describing him as appearing, quote, at the request of the former president s lawyers providing testimony aimed at attacking the credibility of the prosecution style witness. that star witness is former trump lawyer and fixer, michael cohen. the times as that costello was once a legal adviser to cohen when he was facing a federal investigation into the hush money payment following his appearance. castilla s book about what he told of the grand jury. michael cohen told us that he was approached by stormy daniels lawyer. stormy daniels had negative information that she wanted to put in a lawsuit against trump. michael cohen decided, on his own, that s what he told us
in england could be just the tip of the iceberg according to inspectors and planting 100 wildlife meadows across historic sites to mark the coronation of king charles. and coming up on the bbc news channel. wimbledon would allow russian and belarusian players to compete as neutrals this summer lifting a ban in place from last yearfollowing russia s invasion of ukraine. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at 0ne. donald trump has become the first former us president, to face a criminal prosecution. the precise charges against him haven t yet been made public, but they re thought to relate to falsifying business records, to hide a payment to a pawn star, stormy daniels, during the 2016 presidential campaign. it s alleged ms daniels was paid off, in exchange for her silence about an alleged affair. mr trump denies any wrongdoing, calling the indictment political persecution and election interference . 0ur north america correspondent, john sudworth, has our top story.
the morning it is sunda april 9th. donald trump s arraignment las tuesday was a singular momen in american history. never before has an american president been charged i connection with the crime. but the manhattan district attorney s criminal charge against trump barely scratch the surface of the legal troubles that he is facing it s not even the only pending case involving him in new york this week trump is expecte back in new york for a deposition related to a civi suit filed for the new yor state attorney general letitia james. last september, she filed a 25 dollar lawsuit against trump his three eldest - accusing them of fraudulen business practices 60 days from now, a trial is - in one of the two civi lawsuits filed against donal trump by the author an columnist e. jean carroll. a few years ago carole published a book in which sh accused trump of raping her in a dressing room in a luxur department store back in the mid 1990s. trump denied these accusations say they ve
predicting his arrest is imminent and has repeatedly called on his supporters to protest. house democratic leader hakeem jeffries is joining me for a sunday explosive with his firs reaction plus, after a string of mass shootings, i travel to - for a wide ranging conversatio with governor gretchen whitmer about guns, the threats agains her abortion rights an yethonat, as republica candidates running for president. later, i took a selfie rid with new york city mayor eri adams. i asked him about donald trump dealing with crime in a bi city and also his weeken routine. for more than a week now, we v been hearing that donald trump may be indicted by the manhattan da s office an yesterday, trump himself weighed in in an all caps tirade on his social media site, truth social, the former president said he will be arrested on tuesday of next week. even more ominously, he also encouraged his supporters to quote protest. and take our nation back and then he doubled down wit another post
with the grand jury investigating donald trump s attempts to overturn the election and his role on january 6. the former president reacting to john allen. mr. president, what do you think of mike pence testifying today? i don t know what he said. i have a lot of confidence in him. pressure rising. calls for president biden and house speaker mccarthy to restart talks on raising the debt ceiling and mounting fears over the real-world impact of a potential and historic u.s. default. good day. i m andrea mitchell in washington. for the first time in modern history a vice president has testified in a criminal probe about the president he once served. mike pence spent seven hours before the grand jury thursday in the special counsel s investigation of donald trump s attempts to stop the peaceful transfer of power and trump s role in the capitol attack. pence was brought in by jack smith early in the morning thursday after just the night before the appeals court rejected don