one donald j. trump. the new york times is reporting that prosecutors in the manhattan district attorney s office are signaling that criminal charges for the former president are likely to come for his role in the hush money payments to porn star stormy daniels. the times reports the prosecutors offered mr. trump the chance to testify next week before the grand jury that has been hearing evidence in the potential case according to four people with knowledge of the matter. such offers almost always indicate an indictment is close. it would be unusual for the district attorney, alvin bragg, to notify a potential defendant without ultimately seeking charges against him. the manhattan district attorney s office has declined to comment. now, if those charges are made, it would be the first indictment of a former united states president and the first time that trump, who has faced numerous criminal investigations, would be charged with a crime. as you may remember, that $130,000
florida governor, ron desantis abruptly removed a twice elected prosecutor just last year, why? because he refused to go after people who seek and provide abortions or provide gender affirming care to transgender people. andrew warren sued desantis and now a federal judge dismissed that lawsuit saying his action of the governor did violate the first amendment and florida s constitution, but, as a federal judge he couldn t rule against a state official based only on the violation of state law. and the wake of that ruling today, andrew warren joins me now. andrew, thank you for coming, i know that we talked when this first happened so i ve been curiously following this particular suit, and the federal judge did take governor desantis word for the suspension, but, he upheld it, why do you think that was in your opinion? thank you for having me back. as you said, the judge took the governor s to task. the governor violated federal and state law in suspending me. he said that t
florida governor ron desantis abruptly removed a twice elected democratic prosecutor just last year. why? because he refused to go after people who seek and provide abortions or provide gender affirming care to transgender people. andrew warren sued desantis, but now a federal judge has dismissed that lawsuit, saying his action of the governor did violate the first amendment and florida s constitution, but as a federal judge, he couldn t rule against a state official based only on the violation of state law. and in the wake of that ruling today, andrew warren joins me now. andrew, thank you for coming. i know we talked when this first actually happened. so i ve been curiously following this particular suit. and the federal judge did take governor desantis to task for his handling of your suspension, but he ultimately upheld it. tell me why you think that is and what s your reaction. well, thanks so much for having me back, laura. as you said, the judge took the governor to
riggleman is here with his take. on, edge an explosion on a russian bridge sparks fears about vladimir putin s response. just days after president biden s dire warning about the threat of nuclear armageddon. and no shame. republicans are still rolling around herschel walker, despite his growing hypocrisy on abortion. . so i don t care if herschel or her came to a report endangered eagles. all right, miss, loesch, saying the quiet part out loud. i am jonathan capehart, this is the sunday show. the, sunday the january six committee is preparing to wrap up just as the trial is beginning. the committees announced it likely its last public hearing is worse thursday. it is likely to testify, yet german betty thompson has what it. ovia, meanwhile the investigation is the reaction is continue another path. this, week a high-level member of the proud boys pleaded true to seditious conspiracy and also this, we trials began for the part of keepers including founder roads. of
the fbi stopped him, he said, and seized his phone. we were stopped to go through a hardee s in mankato where i was born in mankato, minnesota and cars pulled up in front of us, to the side of us and behind us and i said, uh, they are either bad guys or the fbi. well, they turned south. they were the fbi. there you have it. he s talking about what he went through and gives you a little bit of a clue into how law enforcement works. they know where he is, they choose a place where they think they can make the best possible contact and they take what they need to that they ve had lawfully approved. he s a conspiracy theorist and had a front row seat in the trump white house. he says the feds there as you heard took the phone. this comes after they seized the phones of other trump aides including one who admitted to the fraudulent elector plot. seven have had their phones seeded. this is an interesting addition because it is mostly political leaders or lawyers who have what y