donald trump. barbara mcquade interpret reuben are going to join me to explore the reasons for this trump addiction and how it is warming our democratic institutions. then buckle up, new indications that the probe into trump s efforts to overturn the georgia election result is expanding. and a smear campaign falls apart in realtime. the republican party s efforts to paint president biden as corrupt are facing new skepticism, guess from who, republicans. i m ayman mohyeldin, let s get started et s donald trump s second indictment has reinforced republican devotion to the twice impeached and now twice indicted ex president. because that s what always happens when trump find himself in trouble. the opposite of what would happen for a normal politician little britain or mull person. just like the access hollywood tape, the first impeachment, the january 6th insurrection. the second impeachment and the earlier indictment trump s second indictment all were bound to bring the gop e
warming our democratic institutions. then buckle up, new indications that the probe into trump s efforts to overturn the georgia election result is expanding. and a smear campaign falls apart in realtime. the republican party s efforts to paint president biden as corrupt are facing new skepticism, guess from who, republicans. i m ayman mohyeldin, let s get started donald trump s second indictment has reinforced republican devotion to the twice impeached and now twice indicted ex president. because that s what always happens when trump find himself in trouble. the opposite of what would happen for a normal politician little britain or mull person. just like the access hollywood tape, the first impeachment, the january 6th insurrection. the second impeachment and the earlier indictment trump s second indictment all were bound to bring the gop even closer to him. as msnbc columnist ruth ben-ghiat laid out for us on the indictment special for republicans, this unending loyalty
criminal charges against the former president, donald j trump, related to a hush money payment related to stormy daniels. it would mark the first indictment of a former president in u.s. history. the grand jury in the case heard from another witness today, attorney bob costello, robert costello, the new york times describing him as appearing, quote, at the request of the former president s lawyers providing testimony aimed at attacking the credibility of the prosecution style witness. that star witness is former trump lawyer and fixer, michael cohen. the times as that costello was once a legal adviser to cohen when he was facing a federal investigation into the hush money payment following his appearance. castilla s book about what he told of the grand jury. michael cohen told us that he was approached by stormy daniels lawyer. stormy daniels had negative information that she wanted to put in a lawsuit against trump. michael cohen decided, on his own, that s what he told us
hello and welcome to the programme. we begin with breaking news coming out of the united states in the past half hour donald trump has become the first former united states president to face criminal charges. the case in new york relates to alleged hush money payments to an adult entertainer before the 2016 election. mr trump denies wrongdoing. i m joined now by our washington correspondent gary o donoghue. great to get you on the programme. i know that information is coming in fast and furiously. give us the latest of what we have heard today. it is worth pausing for a moment and realising that this is really a true moment in history. that where it is overly used, but this is a moment in history, the first time ever that an american president or former president has been charged with a crime. now, we know this investigation has been going on for some time. we know it relates to payments made to an adult film star before the 2016 general election. we don t know the details
of newsday: a us jury finds the oscar winning actor gwyneth paltrow was not responsible for the injuries sustained by a man during a ski slope collision, in 2016. live from our studio in singapore this is bbc news. hello and welcome to the programme. we begin with breaking news donald trump has become the first us president in history to be charged with a crime. he ll be charged in new york over alleged hush money given to porn starjust before the 2016 presidential election. mr trump, who s running again for president, has repeated he s innocent, and called the indictment political persecution and election interference . his son eric said it was the opportunistic targeting of a political opponent in a campaign year. the bbc s nada tawfik s outside the court in new york. we can speak to her. great to get you on the programme. in the first instance, your reaction to what is happening today. reaction to what is happening toda . . , i reaction to what is happening today.