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special coverage of this escalating trump probe in new york and tonight right now you re watching a special live edition of the beat. we re following the pressure donald trump which actually exploded from the arrest talk this weekend to today s blockbuster testimony before the grand jury? some out of court-statements that broke within the last hour. moments ago this trump-aligned witness speaking out. my only mission there today was to tell the truth about what michael cohen was saying at any point in time. michael cohen decided on his own, that s what he told us, on his own to see if he could take care of this. is that what he told us? was all of the remarks made factual? mr. michael cohen is here to respond in a moment. this is not just journalism. this is aspects of the probe spilling out because mr. costello did speak to the grand jury today that s why he was so newsworthy. mr. cohen remained a key grand jury witness in a case that donald trump now says will l ....
Money to defend, as well. yeah. i mean, $57,000 in phone bills that have gone unpaid? you re right. that is no small amount and that s just one little element of what he s up against. great to see you, katelyn. sara? joining us now nick akreman, former assistant and special watergate, and former u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york. i will start to this and then we will also get to giuliani. why is mark meadows trying to move the case from state court to federal court? well, i think the reason for doing that is trying to get it completely on a fulton county jury so they would have a broader jury to pick from that would include conservative republicans from rural areas. i think that s the primary reason to do it. the reason mark meadows, i think, is a very strategic decision among the defendants. of all of the defendants, he ....
Donald trump in the new york case. nick, i want to ask you about that because there are a host of republicans making the argument that the state court should not be able to try a former president, but trump is a citizen as is mark meadows. is this a political argument that we re seeing play out or is this an actual legal argument that holds water? oh, no, there is a legal argument. there is a statute that permits government officials to remove cases to federal court, but there s a standard to be met and the standard is whether or not the actions that are being complained of were in the course of his normal duties in that official capacity and that s where mark meadows is going to fall short. it s where donald trump fell short before judge hellerstein in new york. we found that paying hush money to a porn star and covering it up by falsifying business ....
Golf club that essentially he was entitled to taking documents with him and he later told fox news and reporters yesterday that he didn t have documents at all. this is something that prosecutors are tracking very closely and seeing how he s responding to this and using it to determine the intent that may have been there when he was if he had these classified documents, john. alayna treene, thank you very much. also new this morning cnn has learned that rudy giuliani, trump s former attorney, has been interviewed by federal investigators. this is part of the special counsel s investigation into trump s, fo efforts to overturn 2020 election. the special counsel is set to interview raffensperger. joining me is nick akreman, former u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york and former watergate prosecutor. let s start with rudy giuliani has spoken to investigators in ....