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
thank you. congress returned from a two-week recess, just in tim for the jim jordan showed to hit the road house judiciary committee le by ohio congressman jim jordan arrived in new york city today with a hearing that they calle victims of violent crimes in manhattan. the hearing was not to propose or advance any republica policy to combat violent crime in manhattan, the purpose of the hearing was to examine how it manhattan district attorney alvin bragg pro crime, ant victim collett - and dangerous community for ne york city residents. by attempting to undermine the new york prosecutor who charge donald trump with 34 felonies, jim jordan is making it clea that the victim that he trul cares about is donald trump. jim jordan is all in on th trump defense fund raising grift. he was pitching republican donors on his tax against th district attorney bragg in tennessee last week. and thankfully, for the quote, hard earned money. in tennessee, last week, day after 39 year old child
clarified by any authorities own upending arrest. nonetheless, in the past 2 hours since comp made this claim key republican figures like house speaker kevin mccarthy, south carolina senator lindsey graham, they have all echoed trump accusations. the manhattan da s indictmen is politically motivated speaker mccarthy going eve further. clay meaty he would use hi powers to investigate somethin that has not actually even happen mike pence, a potential 20 202 potential candidate who wa targeted by the mob who storme the capitol on january six als fell in line with a talkin point. he says he does not think that this is what americans want. watch this just feels like politically-charged prosecutio here for my part i just feel like i is just not want the america people want to see i believ that people understand that if they give voice to this, i this occurs on tuesday, that they need to do so peacefull and in a lawful manner the manhattan distric attorney s office, which i i
losses has been you know force of our due process, ha been a force of th constitutional you know system of government and so i mea everything about, this even th trial that they, had the verdict was decided before w even started talking we will not quit fighting and that s the reality we believe it s so possibl even in a state like this that real gun reform legislatio that protects communities, tha protect schools is possible. simone sanders thompson got a sit down with the tennesse three, the two black lawmakers who were expelled on the one white legislature who wa spared simon will join me shortly also this hour, the shocking revelations involving suprem court justice clarence thoma and the lab is tripsavvy too on a billionaire dime. i will speak with a journalist that broke that story. and the house gop has a ne target unit strengthenin investigations of the manhatta da s office over its indictmen of donald trump. plus chilling surveillance video, released and th sta
who are you really talkin about? is there someone else that w know like that i m just asking. maybe if he had a restaurant, he would put up classified folders in his restaurant or show them where the nuclear ma is maybe there s nuclear maps, man. nobody gets to be promptin like a nuclear map chris, thank you thank you as always, my friend and thanks to at-home fo joining us this evening. donald trump s questionable fundraising tactics are no exactly a new thing. and i made it that it broke. after all, he s turned his manhattan indictment into moneymaking juggernaut to the tune of $12 million plus looks like he turned his las days in office into a cash bonanza while at the same time trying to subvert democracy. it was pretty ambitious. i mean, some people might just try to steal an election and leave it there but not donald trump the second of january 6t hearing in congress back i june representative low zo lofgren she called it the president trump used the lie he