moving on to a vote on a possible indictment. they clearly feel whatever, costello said monday. change the dynamic here and they need to do a little repair. alright paula reid, stay with us. i want to bring in cnn senior legal analyst and former federal prosecutor lee hoenig. his newest book is untouchable. how powerful people get away with it. also cnn senior political commentator scott jennings, former special assistant to president george w. bush so elliot, the grand jury didn t meet today. in his paula reported that diaz way in bringing michael cohen back. what does that tell you about where this may be going? this is a warning sign for prosecutors. and here s why, for the past many weeks, this has been a completely one side. do you show? that s how grand juries work. this has been the prosecutors putting their witnesses in front of the grand jurors asking their questions. no defense lawyers, no cross examinations. now there s a unique feature of new york state law that says a defe
trump criticizing someone for being good at public relations? i mean, you know, he s a master brander, and that s what he s all about. so he s kind of criticizing, uh, santa s for doing what he s done for so long. but i just said, it s really got drawn into this current thing because don donald trump jr and others were baiting him and saying, why aren t you speaking out on behalf of the president against this obviously political prosecution in new york and so he did what he s he did in that broadcast, but earlier to an audience, he said. i don t know anything about what it s like to pay off a porn star , you know, paid hush money to a point star. but and then he slammed the prosecutor for being a dis. you know george soros supported left wing prosecutor who wants to politicize his prosecution. so he did a little of both right and that s his message. his messages you can have trumpism without the craziness in the chaos, and
seemingly reluctantly. um yeah. is that wise? well, first of all , it s isn t it ironic to hear trump criticizing someone for being good at public relations? i mean, you know, he s a master brander, and that s what he s all about. so he s kind of criticizing, uh, santa s for doing what he s done for so long. but i just said, it s really got drawn into this current thing because don donald trump jr and others were baiting him and saying, why aren t you speaking out on behalf of the president against this obviously political prosecution in new york and so he did what he s he did in that broadcast, but earlier to an audience, he said. i don t know anything about what it s like to pay off a porn star , you know, paid hush money to a point star. but and then he slammed the prosecutor for being a. you know george soros supported left wing prosecutor who wants to politicize his prosecution. so he did a little of both right and that s his
his political advantage, right. he s very good at framing himself. as the victim trying to become a martyr, which is part of why he wants to appear in person, and at least one of his attorneys suggested maybe we could try to request a remote hearings for security reasons. he did not want anything to do with that. he wants to appear. he wants the spectacle. if he s indicted, who do who is the do we know who the other witnesses potential witness that they may bring forth? we don t know. i mean, there are certainly some possibilities. we know. for example, stormy daniels has spoken with investigators has never gone before the grand jury , but we don t have any reporting that suggests she is the other one on deck, but they have to find some way to sort of buttress their case before moving on to a vote on a possible indictment. they clearly feel whatever, costello said monday. change the dynamic here and they need to do a little repair. alright paula reid, stay with us. i want to bring in c