testify in an investigation into a hush money scheme involving stormy daniels. that s believed to be a precursor to an indictment. potential defendants are required to be notified and invited to appear before a grand jury weigh anything charges. it charged, trump would become the first former president to be indicted. but would it slow his current presidential quest? i say not a chance, at least not based opt this case alone. any charges here would stem from the $130,000 in payments made to daniels during the 2016 campaign. apparently she had been ready to share her story with the national inquirer. but the tabloid s publisher was a trump friend who instead h helped broker a deal with the lawyer. i long thought it was the weakness of the trump investigations. first the events of january 6th. the mishandling of documents, the election interference including the so-called perfect phone call to secretary of state and fourth, this, the stormy daniels hush money. merrick garland a
have ever faced charges in connection to the payments to daniels, even though trumps was implicated in the case by the federal government. back in 2018 in a sentencing memo for michael cohen, federal prosecutors said that trump, quote, acted in coordination with and at the direction of individual one. individual win is none other than the ex-president himself. the meeting today is also taking place at a time when discussions of the criminal culpability is being royaled by allegations of the veteran prosecutor mark pom rans who said the question of criminal culpability over hush money payments is one of many significant unanswered questions about the multiple state, local and federal investigations into the ex-president. watch that. i am myself at a loss to understand what happened at the conclusion of the hush money investigation or for that matter why there was no federal investigation of trump s business finances, husband tax returns, his financial statements shs when th
presidential candidate who leads husband own pear s polls. i thought we learned sex scandals dent tank a president s popularity. also i find it curious that alvin bragg having decided not to prosecute trump in other pa matters would choose this hill to die. on. when he announced he would not move forward, two lead prosecutors quit the department. one, mark pom rans, leak ed his resignation letter to the press, and said bragg s predecessor the facts weren t in prosecution and to prevent evidence and seek an indictment of trump and other defendants as soon as reasonably possible. he just published a book about this. when he won a criminal case for fraud against the trump corporation and trump payroll corporation, he did not pursue trump personally. instead, he seems to be honing
have ever faced charges in connection to the payments to daniels, even though trumps was implicated in the case by the federal government. back in 2018 in a sentencing memo for michael cohen, federal prosecutors said that trump, quote, acted in coordination with and at the direction of individual one. individual win is none other than the ex-president himself. the meeting today is also taking place at a time when discussions of the criminal culpability is being royaled by allegations of the veteran prosecutor mark pom rans who said the question of criminal culpability over hush money payments is one of many significant unanswered questions about the multiple state, local and federal investigations into the ex-president. watch that. i am myself at a loss to
latest meeting with the manhattan da. michael is the author of the book revenge and the cohost of the new podcast lit call beatdown. also with us onset is former congressman and msnbc political analyst david jolly is here. plus former acting solicitor general is here to elevate it all. he s a law professor at georgetown university, also an msnbc legal analyst. michael cohen, what happened today? i was asked to come again to alvin briggs s office to meet with his team. as i stated when i was leaving, his team is really well versed in all aspects of this case. i m actually impressed with just how quickly that they got up to speed. let s not forget that mark was involved in this for over a year. and mark s knowledge of this case, along with dunn is speck