Bret, good evening to you. Donald trumps closest advisers are spinning this indictment to advantage. Meanwhile his former number two, former Vice President mike pence who refused to overturn the results of the election is in attack mode. Former Vice President mike pence running against his old boss is coming out swinging. It wasnt just they asked for a pause. The president specifically asked me and his gaggle of crackpot lawyers asked me to literally reject votes and literally coas would have ensued. Indictment pence allegedly told trump he had no authority to do so, according to the indictment, in response, the defendant told the Vice President youre too honest. Trump is staying positive at least publicly. Posting on social media hours ago thank you to everyone. I have never had so much support on anything before. The 45page indictment lays out an overarching theme. The defendant lost the 2020 president ial election despite having lost the defendant was determined to remain in power.
hello everyone, everyone. thank you so much for joining me this saturday. i m fredericka witfield. we continue to follow major new developments involving former president trump. trump now saying he expects to be arrested on tuesday and is calling for protests. he made the announcement today in a social media post lashing out at the manhattan district attorney s office, which has invited him to testify before a grand jury. the arrest would be part of their investigation into alleged hush money payments to stormy daniels during the 2016 election. in the post, trump called for protests over his pending arrest to, quote, take a nation back. this development comes as sources tell cnn that law enforcement agencies in new york are also now preparing for the possible indictment of trump. cnn s polo sandoval is outside the manhattan criminal courthouse for us. to katelyn first. what do we know about the possible arrest the former president has been posting on social media about? he
correspondent aishah hasnie has that part of the story from capitol hill. tonight, republican fire brands matt gaetz and marjorie taylor green renewing their calls to defund special counsel jack smith s investigations into former president trump. green eyeing the upcoming appropriations process gaetz retweeting a previous call to take up this bill. they are attacking our democracy and engaging in election interference right now. any such measure would likely fail in a democrat controlled senate. now, both parties are watching what house judiciary chairman jim jordan does next. a judiciary spokesperson tells fox everything is on the table. including calling smith to testify. republicans taking particular issue with the timing of the incident one day after former hunter biden associate devon archer s testimony. congratulations, mr. president. and the conspiracy to defraud charge over trump disputing the 2020 election results. republicans pointing to
bret, good evening to you. donald trump s closest advisers are spinning this indictment to advantage. meanwhile his former number two, former vice president mike pence who refused to overturn the results of the election is in attack mode. former vice president mike pence running against his old boss is coming out swinging. it wasn t just they asked for a pause. the president specifically asked me and his gaggle of crackpot lawyers asked me to literally reject votes and literally co-as would have ensued. indictment pence allegedly told trump he had no authority to do so, according to the indictment, in response, the defendant told the vice president you re too honest. trump is staying positive at least publicly. posting on social media hours ago thank you to everyone. i have never had so much support on anything before. the 45-page indictment lays out
this is going to be no different. we know there is a large group of republicans who believe that all of these investigations into former president trump are politicized. so they re going to have to learn how to really walk a fine line to appeal to that side, but also distinguish themselves. we ll have to see how it is they react to this news. all right. pretty complex and complicated. kristin holmes, thank you so much. the house financial services committee announced that it will meet with financial regulators later this month after a us bank collapse sparked a banking sector meltdown. the meeting scheduled for march 29th will assess why and how both signature and silicon valley banks failed. it comes as president biden is urging congress to act and expand the fdic s ability to hold banks accountable. plus, the embattled first