embassies garrett hague, mar-a-lago in west palm beac florida. garrett, welcome to you. tell me all that you hearing about trump world about donald trump saying that he is goin to be arrested on tuesday. donald trump s allies hav been preparing for thi possibility for weeks, if no months if following this case closely and as you pointed out, they don t have any more specific information than do you or i i fact, the trump campaign spokesman indicated in his cleanup message to reporters there is nbc news reporting, that made them first aware tha this indictment, if it comes could come as soon as next wee but politically speaking talking only about the politic here, the trump team and his sort of wider constellation of allies have leaned into this moment, have leaned into thi possibility, to be able to cas the former president a standing up against what the see as a liberal, weaponized justice system you are seeing it from trump allies on twitter toda primarily, making th inv
world is very uncomfortabl with supporting putin violation of sovereignty i ukraine. and so we have to, and i think secretary blinken, president biden have been very effective in calling out the chinese government on this to make it clear that an support for russia with subjec trying to some of the same sanctions. it would violate international norms, and frankly even chin has claimed to support and so that is what is reall on the line right now, as we look at how close russia and china are going to be. and those military drills are being held this weekend an the gulf of milan. that s definitely going to put all of that on display there being held along with iran, an their navies and so let me get to one mor question for you though. with the biden ministratio threatening a ban on tiktok, i the united states, if it s chinese owners refused to sell their stakes in, it tiktok s chief executive will b testifying for congress next week, but it also comes as now that the doj and fbi are i
so, it is a difficult thing to do, but the justice system has to apply it to everybody, or i doesn t work and so i think that th prosecutors in this case, th justice department, they hav to pursue it and if the crime has bee committed, they have to file the charges, and then we hav to pursue the system as we would for anybody, and i certainly seems like there is ton of evidence here tha president trump has violated the law in the number of different areas. yeah, i definitel appreciate a political and legal perspective. let me look beyond that with you, because donald trump social media post called for protesters to take our natio back what do you think he is asking his lawyers to do, and doe that give you any concern? absolutely. it concerns me we saw what happened on januar six, and we ve seen over and over again that president trum is not opposed to fomentin violence to advance hi personal goals, and also you re talking about a mob mentality out here president trump s supporters
justice department found michael cohen guilty that same justice department this is the federal justic department, says that michae cohen s actions were directe by individual number one, whic we know to beat donald trump and that this wasn t legitimat expenses for legal fees and th like, but that it was hush money. now the most important fac about this is that that was no the obama justice department making that finding. it was not the merrick garland justice department making that finding, it was donald trump s own justice department tha made that finding in federal court. so, you know, when you hear al this talk about this is al politicized in the like, i think it is important to remember that trump s ow justice department drew similar conclusion back then but of course there was doctrine that said that sittin presidents could be indicted for federal crimes trump is no longer a sitting president. i tell, you that perspectiv