i am a victim of one of the great political smear campaigns in the history of our country. the entire thing has been a witch hunt, and there s no collusion. if there were lawyers they d be disbarred for what they re doing. it s a one-sided witch hunt, and i am a victim, i will tell you i m a victim oh, they re after me for so many things oh, those prosecutors. for years donald trump has complained about potential legal problems now it s a reality for the former president we have a lot to get to this morning on the historic indictment by the manhattan grand jury plus, we ll have reactions from top republicans including former vice president mike pence. and also ahead, a look at the security measures being put in place across new york city as authorities prepare for possible protests ahead of trump s arraignment. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this friday, march 31st, i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us, and we will begin this friday w
any special treatment but the prosecutors in the case and the judge will be hesitant to try to silence him. it s this battling the rights to first amendment, to free speech, you know, versus a fair trial. i think there s easy there s a way to have a middle ground here if donald trump wants to testify in his defense, he can so i hope it doesn t get that extreme, but that s you know, the judge has to have a safe courtroom. jurors have to feel safe to come to the verdict they feel is fair i want to ask you in just a moment about the american journalist who s being held in russia but very briefly last on this, you don t think this is the strongest case i don t it s going to be i m sorry, it s going to be michael cohen s word, the former trump fixer, you know, who made these payments to stormy daniels against trump s. and the key question we need to see is the indictment here what is the felony charge? falsifying business records with trump lying about why he was paying back micha