assures of safety measures are to donald trump claims the arrest is imminent, and call for protests standing by their, man house speaker kevin mccarthy leads the republicans rallying t trump s defense. , and the rates for 2020 for how a possible indictmen could hurt or help trump s bid to return to the white house the prosecutor in new yor has done more to help donald trump get elected presiden than any single person i america today. i am jonathan kaye, part an this is a special edition of the sunday show. welcome, katie phang is off this morning we began th special edition of the sunda show with the news that as bot the political and legal worl holding their breath yesterday, a trump blair in social post, that la enforcement agencies are essentially preparing to arres the former president justthi tuesday. , remember this part of trump legal woes stem from a 201 alleged hush money payment t adult film star. the manhattan da s offic declined to comment on wha trump said
you from los angeles welcome to alex witt report, would be getting this hour o the investigation into donal trump s alleged hush money payments to film star tort stormy daniels he has been launching out on true to media today. he claims he will be arreste on tuesday clay calling th manhattan da office political. and calling for protests the manhattan da is declinin to comment but some spin campaign said th there has been no notification trump is rightly highlightin his innocence. his defenders have rallied mos notably, kevin mccarthy ca called it an outrageous abus of power by the da democrats are concerned that his social media post coul lead to violence i am just so struck b remembering back this mornin to the two impeachments that i was involved and asked unite states senator of donald trump and remembering my republica colleagues, some of my republican colleagues saying oh they believe that donal trump has learned a lesson fro these experiences. and yet, here we have to
guy who was a whack job, and when they also be criminally indicted, seeking th nomination again what we have a president in jail? but those are not the people who are republican based voters less than 20% of americans hav even participated in primaries trump is trying to appeal to even smaller cente of people who, over the past years of crazy, town hav decided they are going to stay the course with this guide with this republican party will it hurt him definitely not will it help in? i don t, know but it certainly makes his face take notice doctor, carter what do yo think about that i take lucy s point when i comes to the republican primary, voters this would probably hel him. but i can t help but think about the impact of the decide top has on the country a large. , sure no one wants to think with having a potentia president in person. there is nothing about his status that is mansion for any person who is presidential nominee, who could be in jail,
that trump has been unde investigation for for the last several years. i think it is very clear tha the justice department has moved more slowly than multipl other bodies the prosecutor in new york clearly, as well as the januar six committee which we know wa talking to people like the chief of staff in seeking th testimony of mike pence s aide and others long before the doj view that as a multi-par conspiracy so i think that we are bac today, alex, in a place that i guess as a nation, legally politically, and otherwise, we may have stepped away from for a little while the recent era. we are back to this question o whether donald trump will be successful in his quite brazen efforts to undermine the rul of law, to rattle the system i the way that it is supposed to work, to basically abuse disrupt, delay, and shake ou the legal system away from doing its job. and, again, as always i sa that separately from whether o not. there is evidence to try him o
police departments including minneapolis following the death of george floyd, the administration released $139 million in grants to hire more than 1,000 local police personnel them democrat mayors once calling for defunding the police are now begging, washington for more help. we could not continue to endorse the level of violence w are now experiencing great. the move came after a summer of violence including and major cities with progressive prosecutors at the home very thin los angeles, district attorney has opposed seeking th death penalty and back charging fewer juveniles as adults. crime victims are outraged great . enough is enough. garland himself spent weeks fending off criticism for his momo responding to the national school boards association call for federal help dealing with angry parents at public meeting prefigure arguments against school boards are protected by the first amendment threats are not great.