hey, we stand by trump and w know that this is a cruel. system we ve seen so many time and what i ve heard from mik pence earlier this week. or recently was that, yes, h saying that he and trump are n longer on the same page, the definitely weren t on the same page january six at the same, time he pointed out that new york has othe issues to worry about. this is not what the america people want to see he made sure to say that line to make sure that he s no totally dumping trump. but at the same, time is distancing himself from an liability that may come from whatever happens next. however this goes barb, to that point, how likel is a tuesday arrest likely for trump? those are words he s put out claims he s made without any evidence and if a is taken into custody talk us through the timeline o what happens after that? i m not sure. if the prosecutors want to present some testimony tomorrow, in terms of mr. costello, an perhaps mr. cohen. they still need to spend som time i think wit
the 2024 primary is pivoting for the right. this is backing a new six-week abortion ban - restrictions on closet - of race and on gender. a new column for the hills wrote, he targets resentment and what he calls. woke meaning liberal ideology. the difference between the two republicans that trump s grievances are highly personal he promotes or position on his enemies, mostly, democrats but some republicans, like for instance, to scientists. joining me now is ana marie cox, contributed editor - and molly jong-fast, editor fo vanity fair, and the fas politics podcast, good to se you both molly, it struck me that republicans wasted no time defending trump. i want you to take a liste just a snapshot of how they re working to undermine publi perception of this new york investigation two wrongs don t make a right going after your political adversary an president trump isn t gonn make you a virtue.
also doesn t want to create so much distance that he turns of trump s base, talk to me wha you heard. and if you think it s a sign that things are shifting on th trail? 100 percent, elise, yeah we know what it looks like we know that in order t stay well within the trump circle and for trump supporter to back republicans. they need to tell a line o making sure they can - denounce any wrongdoin especially as it relates t january six. at the same, time they can bac up and call this a witch hunt. even earlier this week when we heard from marjorie taylor greene, see any republicans wh support this prosecution o trump, or do not make it clear that they stand with him, will be punished. words exactly used mike pence is a response, it s an exact example of a lot of reactions we got this week it isn t necessarily everyon pushing to say, trump was wron on january six and he s gonna be wrong fo whatever happens after the indictment, if there is one. the same time, they need to say,
team is acting robert costello to take the stand at the last-minute? it s an interesting strategy, isn t it, alicia donald trump had an opportunit to come testify, they declined that opportunity of, course anything he sai there could be used agains him. but having someone else anothe third party come in and testif to things might be able to kee some distance from trump unselfish. i don t know whether he s gonn say. it sounds like perhaps he gonna say things that migh discredit michael cohen. which i based on the fact that michael cohen says that he i going to testify also in a rebuttal this may be at the heart of th case it may be a peripheral matter. and ultimately the grand jur make a decision whether they think this changes their vie as to probable cause whe they re asked to side whethe to issue an indictment barbed, to, questions wha will it mean for cohen to ac as a rebuttal witness walk u through that and there was somethin interesting that cohen sai earlier today with alex,
it s gonna descend all o america into further chaos not what we need at all. alvin bragg is doing is wrong, he should be going after donal trump, period. a viable question for the american people. as whether or not you have a progressive prosecutor using the justice system to go out political enemies. for a political splash and that seems to be the cas here with the manhattan da. that repeats what we hear from trump, it repeats what we heard from mccarthy, it and they re repeating th talking point. i wonder how you think a possible indictment landin with the gop vase given there s an ongoin conversation about his electability i think it s important fo us to mention that you canno indict someone for crimes. because you are worried that i will help them that s political too i think it s important to poin this out [inaudible