manhattan da s investigation no one is above the law that is the defining principle of the republic and has been the case for 247 years it s another example of two tier system. it s outrageous, and ther is no too low i can t reach. every time you think he ha bottomed out, he goes even further. i think he s building a lot of sympathy for the former president. i think the fact i was wit coffee this morning with folks none of them were big trum supporters and they all said, they felt like he was being attacked also this hour, we are just hours away from a meeting that has the u.s. and the world o edge russian president vladimi putin and his chines counterpart, xi jinping, later this hour i will talk to congressman seth moulton about the threat of unified russia and china. as another state targets the abortion pill, we will look at what may be the next big hop for abortion rights advocate in ohio. more on that ahead, but we wil start with breaking news tha attorney robe
authorities if he is indicted. we have full team coverage starting with my colleague msnbc anchor katie phang and katie, this is incredibl news to wake up to you you are the lawyer here. talk about what this means in terms of what we can ge essentially see from the mante eight ex week? thanks, jonathan. i think what s important t consider is that this is a truth social posed by donald trump. yes, it is breaking news because it is the former president of the united states but we haven t had a situation on our history with ou president of the united states is been indicted but he has indicated that he anticipates that he will b arrested on tuesday of nex week what s important, jonathan about that post is that we kno that donald trump likes to use truth socialism mouthpiece o sorts. he likes to use it as a no very pleasant playground to be able to put things out there that s not necessarily true. now, he s indicating in that post that is coming from leaks from the da office so
also recently met with prosecutors in manhattan and just yesterday, source told nbc news that local state and federal law enforcemen agencies have already starte preparing security measures in new york in case charges are filed against trump. this is, of course, happenin against the backdrop of th start of the 2024 presidential race trump s campaign confirmed tha he will hold his first officia rally next saturday in waco, texas. joining me now by phone is m colleague, lawrence o donnell, the host of msnbc s the last word lawrence, thanks so much for kicking us off at the 10:0 hour what do you make of trump latest post? he s made a lot of claims an called for his supporters to protest other things in th past we run the, we ve heard them is there something different about this particular post thi morning? well, it actually, when w think about it, it s consisten with the way donald trump ha dealt with development involving criminal investigations beginning with the fbi searc
you can be all of these things and not only can you be here you can lead just like me. setting a legacy she hope will be followed molly hunter, nbc news a nerd, a crier, and a hug. or jacinda ardern, reminding u all that we all have what it takes to lead. and on that beautiful note, wish you all a very good night and a happy passover to thos who celebrate. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late wit us i will see you at the end of tomorrow if you are a superstitiou person, as i am, then maybe yo are familiar with the notion that bad things happen i threes for, example you might get a flat tire and spill coffee all over yourself, and then sprain your ankle all in the same day or if you re donald trump, you might get arrested on stat level charges, and grapple wit a major setback in a federal investigation, and then be forced to face the specter o an ongoing fraud investigation all in the same week the bad things range but le
could ve been an over paymen of taxes at the da s office know what he did. the royal we don t, but th da s office did. otherwise, he would not be using him as a witness they would have to know what h did. are we gonna find out all o this in the discovery process? in the discovery process, clearly, when it goes to trial it s gonna be a direct examination and the district attorney s gonna have to bring out all of mr. cohen s bad acts before he gets cross-examined, it s gonna come out in the direct examination well, discovery has to be filed in 35 days it s voluminous, it s 6 days they are now, there s a reason it s such a long returning to, they re discussing the - also the request which i v only seen in violent crimina enterprise cases for protectiv order to limit what mr. trum can actually see alone they re asking that he be in his attorney s office at the time that he sees th documents.