hi, everyone, it is 4:00 in new york. i m in for nicolle wallace. the potential indictment of donald trump which would be unprecedented for this country is a story that is playing out in both new york where a grand jury could issue an indictment any day now and in washington where republicans are quickly mounting a political defense of the former president, let s begin with the developments in the case itself at this hour. on monday team trump dispatched a last-minute witness to testify before the grand jury investigating hush money payments made to porn star stormy daniels back in 2016. attorney and former confidant to michael cohen robert costello, now after his testimony he previewed a likely defense for donald trump. that this then attorney michael cohen paid the hush money payments on his own terms, take a listen to what he told reporters. michael cohen told us that he was approached by stormy daniels lawyer and stormy daniels had negative information that she wa
they are coming at us before they know whether or not he would face criminal charges here in atlanta. let me red you a part of this washington post description of what has happened. in the filing, trump sñi legal team drew an argue that a state law is unconstitutionally vague about the use and scope of a special grand jury and the failures in the statutory fundamental fairness of thew3 proceedings and violate the due process rights of those involved. trump s lawyers az3e the special grand jury involved a constant lack of clarity to the law and inconsistent constitutional protections. for those asked toñr testify an those who are believed to be targets of the investigation. i m notxd a qawyer, don t want pretend to be one. is this a real legal argument they just read for you? çóxdqw3 it s real.