the former us president donald trump has claimed he expects to be arrested on tuesday. over a long running alleged hush money case. he made the announcement on his online platform, truth social, calling for protest, and for his supporters to take our nation back . mr trump is currently campaigning for the republican nomination for the 2024 presidential election. i m joined now by our correspondent david willis in washington. donald david willis in washington. trump says he will be arrested donald trump says he will be arrested on tuesday. we don t know on what basis, or on what charges. do we have any more detail on that? well, i think do we have any more detail on that? well, ithink it do we have any more detail on that? well, i think it is very important to put this into context, and there is quite a bit of context here. what donald trump seems to be railing against in this tweet on his truth social social media platform is illegal leaks, as he calls them, by the manhattan
far-fetched charges surrounding a legal nondisclosure agreement signed six years ago. according to the media mob, we re watching the crime of the century. today it was o.j. simpson and the white bronco. it was john gotti being brought to justice. nobody is above the law. less than 24 hours, donald trump will be the first former president in history to be charged with a crime but for what? allegations of a mislabelled document? a $130,000 nondisclosure agreement? a case that relies almost in total on the testimony from a convicted admitted liar? a felon by the name of michael cohen? a case that has never been tried before using a new legal theory that was never applied to anyone else? and a cause that looks to be well-past the statute of limitations. the charges are so weak, the bob mueller, the prior manhattan district attorney declined to bring a case. former congressman that voted to impeach donald trump, this is what he tweeted. we re going to indict a former president for
surrounding what was a legal non-disclosure agreement signed more than six years ago. but according to the media mob, while we re watching the crime of the century today, it was o.j. simpson and the white ford bronco all over again. it was john gotti finally being brought to justice. no man is above the law. they cheerfully exclaim in unison. now, of course, in less than twenty four hours, donald trump will be the first former president in history to be charged with a crime. but for what? allegations of a mislabeled document between two private citizens. one hundred and thirty thousand dollars. nondisclosure agreement, phony accusations of what a victimless infraction, a case that relies almost total. the testimony from a convicted admittedly liar, a felon by the name of michael cohn, a case that has never been tried before, using a new legal theory that is never applied to anyone else and a case that looks to be well past a statute of limitations. now, the charges are so pat
it is top of the hour. just in to cnn, michael cohen, the former personal attorney to president trump is meeting at the manhattan da s office. this is a very strong indication that the sweeping investigation into the trump organization is continuing. and perhaps the focus has returned to this hush money payments to stormy daniels. we re following the story. what did michael say when he went in? we have video, you played it of michael walking into the manhattan district attorney s office. cohen said he could not comment on what the topics they would be discussing would be. but he might have more to say when he is leaving. but this is the first time cohen has been in since this investigation has been led by the manhattan district attorney. he previously been in to meet with investigators 13 times over the previous years. the trump organization and the financial statements, now sources tell me that the investigators have refocused back to the hush money payments. of course
major overhaul of the speech or - speaker selection process persons are the no changes we don t know for certain. we know more about the selection of the miss america then we do about the next speaker of the house and second in line to the presidency. kevin mccarthy of california does have the majority of the majority of the house republicans behind him. that you need 218 votes and can only lose four and four already said they were level for him. will split all play out on tuesday at noon eastern. the next big question is what are the rules of the house? will they be able to vacate the chair thus forcing john boehner to step down the speaker? committee chairs have unilateral subpoena power? will they end proxy voting how wild will they go with your marks? after that vote trying to accomplish three major thin things, first you have to actually legislate it s much more difficult in the scenes and republicans made a long list and they will be judged by their ability to get out