House. Surprised to learn there were any government records taken there to that office. He sees it serious very seriously when it comes to taking classified documents and information. Im not going to go beyond what the president laid out. He does not know whats in them. I would refer you to the white house counsels office. We want to respect the process and so thats what im going to do, im going to refer you to the Department Of Justice. And welcome back as America Reports rolls into hour two on this friday afternoon, im sandra smith. John im john roberts. Seems to be a contradiction between what the president said and did, that he takes classified documents seriously, but they were in a garage next to his corvette. Reporters are more frustrated as the Press Secretary Dodges Question after question after question, you get it, on the matter. Sandra and we heard it over again, the Press Secretary defers all the questions to the Department Of Justice but we are not getting much from the d
president donald trump. alvin bragg s office attempting to punch back and has issued a top response to republicans demanding that he testify before congress and turn over documents related to his investigation into the former president. his spokesman telling fox news digital, we will not be intimidated by attempts to undermine the justice process. for will we let baseless accusations deter us from fairly applying the law. and every prosecution, we follow the law without fear or favor to uncomfortable the truth. our skilled and honest lawyers remain hard at work. fox news is learning that grand jury will hear from another witness tomorrow as part of the investigation into a hush money payment made to president trump s former attorney, michael cohen, to adult film star stormy daniels in 2016. so much to unpack here. for those of us that haven t been listing under a rock, the response by bragg s office that they consider this a commitment to justice as every one else around them
america s rivals? fred fleitz, ready to go, geared up and we ll be joined shortly. john: begin america reports with an indictment watch for former president trump as manhattan d.a. alvin bragg s motives are questioned by critics. john roberts in washington. happy tuesday, sandra. sandra: and john, you are warmed up yet again. sandra smith in new york city. the former president predicted he would be arrested today, but he is not expected to be arraigned until next week, the grand jury has another witness to hear from. john: the manhattan district attorney for the soft on crime approach is taking heat for what critics say is politically motivated. his office is firing back. sal wisenberg in a moment. bryan joins us live in studio. what is the latest from district attorney alvin bragg s office? the office has responded to jim jordan and house speaker kevin mccarthy s calls for bragg to testify to congress over the possible indictment of former president trump. the
john: great to be back. i m john roberts. this is america s newsroom. the possible arrest related to a hush money payment made to stormy daniels, it happened in the run-up to the 2016 election. the manhattan district attorney s office has been investigating the case for years. a grand jury is reportedly on the verge of bringing charges. dana: jury still has to hear from one more witness. that will be a one-time legal advisor to president trump s former attorney michael cohen expected to rebut cohen who has been a key witness against trump. john: calling into question the timing of the arrest. republicans arguing the whole thing is political. it s the weakest case out there. trying to make a miss demeanor a felony. timeline doesn t work. too long past and doing it after a person for political purposes. somebody putting their thumb on the scale simply because they don t agree with somebody else s political view. that s what s wrong and that s what infuriates people. t
president trump and going after his possible pending indictment as politically motivated. un-american, and another a partisan attempt to try to bring him down. a manhattan grand jury is hearing a case related to a hush money payment made to adult film star stormy daniels in the run-up to the 2016 election. today they will hear from one final witness robert costello, a one-time legal adviser to president trump s former attorney michael cohen. he is expected to rebut cohen who has been the key witness against donald trump, isn t he a known liar? just establishing that fact. the grand jury will then need to decide whether it will indict donald trump and that could happen as soon as tomorrow. several legal experts are questioning the strength of this case however, manhattan district attorney alvin bragg is looking to elevate the misdemeanor issue to a felony and make donald trump the first former president in history to face criminal charges. and house speaker kevin mccarthy went