politicsnation tonight s lead, danger all ove again. it we even and his third run fo the white house, forme president donald trump still can push politics to the edge. last night, trump happil mingled with maga supporters a a wrestling match and oklahoma just hours after dropping bombshell announcement, th former president claiming on his truth social platform, h would be arrested on tuesday although he offered no proof that charges were eminent just like on january 6th trum called for protest without specifying whether the the should be violent or non violent. manhattan da alvin bragg sending out an internal memo t the staff and his office assuring them they will be safe trump s response, another angr post calling him a racist an once again the most prominence and influential republicans ar rallying behind trump no matte what havoc he wreaks, speake of the house kevin mccarth calling the case against the former president and outrageou abuse of power by a radical da if this i
district attorney s office tomorrow cohen spoken to prosecutor almost two dozen times and he says that will be going in - testimony. whether it s before the grand jury, or it s just t meet with them for an interview, again, i m not sure. but yes, i was asked to make myself available and to be at the da s office tomorrow, as a rebutta witness. and nbc s learned the witness counting michael cornice as former legal adviser, robert costello. stella previously represente steve bannon and rudy giuliani costello says the trump s lega team asked him to testify. the manhattan da has decline to comment, the office i already preparing for unrest making sure staff, after trump s call for protests, and an internal email obtained by nbc the district attorney writin quote, please know that your safety is our top priority we do not tolerate attempts to intimidate our office, o threaten the rule of law new york federal authorities are also o alert to specially as trum repeats the rhetori
that does it for me, thanks for watching, i ll see you bac here next weekend at 5 p eastern. american voices with alici menendez starts right now on msnbc. thank you reverend sharp and, hello, i m ali salmon and. as we begin this hour with breaking news from manhattan investigation into forme president trump. and more fall off from his claims of an impending arrest. trump s former fixer michael cohen tells msnbc that he been asked to return to th
to use inauguration funds to enrich the trump family by grossly overpaying for event space at its d.c. hotel. emails show weisselberg was called in to oversee the audit after the call for huge always of money raised and where it could have been spent. asked why weisselberg would be involved in the inaugural committee s internal audit, given that he was the cfo of the company allegedly benefitting from the grift, rick gates, you ll remember him. that he was great number. of course, his fluency with trump s finances is part of why there s a cloud of nerves hovering, since news broke that a special grand jury is convened in the manhattan investigation. said one trump adviser, the fact that they re dealing with the numbers guy who has plain details makes people more nervous. as far as we go, weisselberg s part in the investigation is not a line of inquiry currently being pursued by investigators in the manhattan district attorney s office. but he certainly appears to be feeling the squeeze
asked why weisselberg would be involved in the inaugural committee s internal audit, given that he was the cfo of the company allegedly benefitting from the grift, rick gates, you ll remember him. that he was great number. of course, his fluency with trump s finances is part of why there s a cloud of nerves hovering, since news broke that a special grand jury is convened in the manhattan investigation. said one trump adviser, the fact that they re dealing with the numbers guy who has plain details makes people more nervous. as far as we go, weisselberg s part in the investigation is not a line of inquiry currently being pursued by investigators in the manhattan district attorney s office. but he certainly appears to be feeling the squeeze as the main focus of prosecutors inquiries. today, weisselberg s exdaughter-in-law who has