i am a victim of one of the great political smear campaigns in the history of our country. the entire thing has been a witch hunt, and there s no collusion. if there were lawyers they d be disbarred for what they re doing. it s a one-sided witch hunt, and i am a victim, i will tell you i m a victim oh, they re after me for so many things oh, those prosecutors. for years donald trump has complained about potential legal problems now it s a reality for the former president we have a lot to get to this morning on the historic indictment by the manhattan grand jury plus, we ll have reactions from top republicans including former vice president mike pence. and also ahead, a look at the security measures being put in place across new york city as authorities prepare for possible protests ahead of trump s arraignment. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this friday, march 31st, i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us, and we will begin this friday w
personal political persecution, and they ve really been able to sort of rally supporters around the indictment if you will. there s been a deluge of statements that you noted from republican leaders who have come to his defense but like i said it s very unclear where this could go. this is uncharted waters in a lot of ways, but for now trump is going to try to use this to his political advantage as he has over the years with all of these investigations we know he raised a lot of money with truth social about that tuesday arrest which didn t come to be we know he s supposed to be at innra convention in a couple of weeks. as we just talked about there are a number of republicans rushing to take trump s side including some of his potential rivals on the campaign trail, desantis, pence, others. so talk to us about that