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Question a d.a. in the middle of a prosecution. >> itsxd incredibly inappropriate. it is, i think, an abuse of power. there are ways to hold prosecutors accountable when ñ cases that are meritless. we dont know about the merits of the case yet. the court will do that if a juru finds him not guilty, there are ways to discipline a prosecutor. the way not do it is to have thq legislature try to intervene. i think its a separation of powers issue. im sure bragg will decline to answer questions. it ...

That the house trying to interfere with the prosecution. the bragg office say they will not be intimidated. they see this as an opportunity to attack a liberal prosecutor. >> here that were coming to defend president trump, were coming to defend is equal justice in america. we see a political game. this isnt new york city. this is just the manhattan. this is just the burrough d.a. >> reporter: some republicans concede its a problem for the party to defend mr. trump. they prefer to talk policy. >...

Trump claimed he will be arrested Tuesday, following an investigation by Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg Jr.

A peaceful protest is assumed. And if a bunch of MAGA knuckleheads get liquored up and start trouble, I have no doubt New Yorks finest will do their best to

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s reported impending prosecution of former President Donald Trump is based on “made-up laws,” ...

Cohen. one of the murkiness tha surrounds it is, if this was correct im not on the percent sure that we have a perfec understanding of often braggs theory of the case, here i its going to eastern connecte to a campaign finance la violation, he needs to sho that money was connected to th presidential campaign. trump could say no i just di not want my wife to find out so stormy daniels describing the long history of trying t get, payoff a hush money payment, and how it did no work until the last s...

Michael cohen. and he has a credibility problem. you are not in a great place with those two witnesses. brian: tuesday he will be read his rights and they will say how do you plea, he will say not guilty. will they put cuffs on him and fingerprint him? will there be a long dramatic walk up the courthouse steps? >> what we are seeing a lot is trump and bragg, the manhattan da. there is a lot of hostility there. underneath the surface, the united states secret service responsible for trumps securi...

Michael cohen. and he has a credibility problem. you are not in a great place with those two witnesses. brian: tuesday he will be read his rights and they will say how do you plea, he will say not guilty. will they put cuffs on him and fingerprint him? will there be a long dramatic walk up the courthouse steps? >> what we are seeing a lot is trump and bragg, the manhattan da. there is a lot of hostility there. underneath the surface, the united states secret service responsible for trumps securi...

A secret is they would have vastly preferred almost any other case that was brought against the president to have preceded versus this one. and a lot of them think this is alvin bragg looking to shore up political support in new york by going down this route, gaining more support among democrats. but, look, you rarely come up with cases that are successful if youve already got in mind the sort of tv movie that youre going to get at the edge of it. [laughter] and i think in this case thats kind o...

Laws. if they can tie it to concealing another felony, a new york state election crime or perhaps trying to piggyback it on to the federal violation, that bumps up the falsifying to a felony charge. then the unknown here is if bragg is actually revisiting the many financial crimes that are worked up which he charged the organization with, its theoretically possible to open that at this point. it would be related to this. its a business record. that would be bad news for trump because then hed be...