also recently met with prosecutors in manhattan and just yesterday, source told nbc news that local state and federal law enforcemen agencies have already starte preparing security measures in new york in case charges are filed against trump. this is, of course, happenin against the backdrop of th start of the 2024 presidential race trump s campaign confirmed tha he will hold his first officia rally next saturday in waco, texas. joining me now by phone is m colleague, lawrence o donnell, the host of msnbc s the last word lawrence, thanks so much for kicking us off at the 10:0 hour what do you make of trump latest post? he s made a lot of claims an called for his supporters to protest other things in th past we run the, we ve heard them is there something different about this particular post thi morning? well, it actually, when w think about it, it s consisten with the way donald trump ha dealt with development involving criminal investigations beginning with the fbi searc
left-wingers michael, we do know, this w do know, trump s attorneys hav said that trump will surrender if he s indicted and indictment has not been grand marais to the best of ou knowledge. he has not been arrested yet his attorney said he wil surrender himself. you know donald trump very well does that sound right to you does it make sense that he would voluntarily turn himself in or do you think he d want to martyr himself a little bi more and try to make them work harder to be able to get him into custody no, he ll turn himself in because the other way is extremely embarrassing and he already trying to make himself into a martyr. he doesn t need to have them pick him up whether he s at hi texas rally or in anothe state. he already classified himsel as a martyr.
this is, this could end up being a misdemeanor conviction for falsifying business record for saying the money he wa paying to michael cohen wa illegal retainer for cohen services as a lawyer, when i fact it was a hush money payment to stormy daniel federal prosecutors decided to not try to prosecute trump saying that this was an illega campaign contribution. they declined to do that his lawyers are going to use that as the three cases, thi is the weakest one again, let me state overall, the histrionics, as you said the manufactured drama, th claims of victimization, i think will hurt him, with many americans, many modern voters. i think this could help hi with his base and even helpe him secure the republica nomination i think you might have lost those moderate voters a whil ago. and you know what david, i wil remind you, alcohol went dow for something less than all th other bad crimes he was doing. he went down for the tax crimes
trump s former persona attorney, michael cohen. michael is among several witnesses that the grand jur in manhattan has been hearin from michael, good morning. i sure it was some news to wak up to. this idea that trump indicatin he is going to be arrested o tuesday of next week, but we r not going to traffic in some position, let s just look at the actual facts we do know stormy daniels ha not actually testified in fron of the grand jury yet, but you are there twice. just a few days ago this pas week in terms of the stage of thi investigation, from what you know, having appeared in front of this grand jury, do you think they will need to hear from stormy daniels. they being the grand jurors. it s not for me to make a determination. the district attorney, elton break and his team, he - who they choose to put befor the grand jury i believe that they have mor than enough at this time withi which to make a decision, bu again, i m not the distric
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