and former legal adviser to michael cohen is expected to testify that cohen is not the guy you want to rely on. a source familiar with jonathan dienst says costello is prepared to say that cohen is a liar, a convicted perjure, an embellisher who s out for revenge, that he s furious with donald trump and blames him for all of his troubles, that the hush money payments were made because cohen felt it was important to keep the stormy daniels matter a secret from melania trump in order to protect their marriage. we are keeping an eye on that courtroom in case costello comes out to speak with reporters, he could. we re also watching for michael cohen who says he s been asked to rebut costello to the grand jury if need be. here s some of what cohen would likely say from his own attorney who just spoke with wnbc. donald trump must be treated like any other citizen, and there aren t two systems of justice. no person is above the law. that s what we re facing now. we have indisputab
it might be wise for them to look at what is happenin across the atlantic. that does it for us tonight, i will see you again tomorrow, and now it s time for the last word with lawrence o donnell good evening, lawrence good evening, alex we have charles blow joining u tonight. the title of his most recent new york times op-ed piece it s not hard to follow it all it s donald trump must b prosecuted i think he s gonna get hi wish, it sounds like there are charges imminently well, i think we know it on charles blow s mind when h joins us he has much to say about it, it s not as obvious an arguments people might think this is a special night for me because david lamy is a member of the british parliament wh have followed on twitter for years. and i recommend. and has been on this program a number of times from london. tonight, in studio, right here in washington d.c., i will actually meet david let me for the first time i am glad, lawrence get his signature. and post it in t
new york times op-ed piece it s not hard to follow it all it s donald trump must b prosecuted i think he s gonna get hi wish, it sounds like there are charges imminently well, i think we know it on charles blow s mind when h joins us he has much to say about it, it s not as obvious an arguments people might think this is a special night for me because david lamy is a member of the british parliament wh have followed on twitter for years. and i recommend. and has been on this program a number of times from london. tonight, in studio, right here in washington d. c., i wil actually meet david let me for the first time i am glad, lawrence get his signature. and post it in the office on your autograph wall. will. do thank you, alex do thank you, alex at 6:12 pm today, donald trump announced he is now in ful panic mode expecting to be indicted by th manhattan district attorney at any moment donald trump did not put it in exactly those words, because donald trump is the most
caution it s. ron klain having work to the judiciary committee with joe biden when he was chairman and the business of confirming those judges. ron klein told me about is last week of working for the white house that he s their underway fulfilling every vacancy in the federal courts. they might get to a point this year where they re sitting there with no vacancies. wow! that s just an astonishing accomplishment. at a time when it is abundantly clear how very important the judiciary is to be functioning democracy. exactly. we are joined tonight by harvard law officer professor laurence tribe to consider of among other things mike pence s novel to put it kindly, novel notion about why he should testify before a grand jury. novel is one way putting it or, it s account wait to see. it thanks. alex thank you. well the breaking news of the night is that special prosecutor jeff jack smith has invoked the crime fraud exception in a motion to force one of donald trump
among other things, mike pence s novel to put it kindly novel notion about why he should not have to testify before a grand jury. novel is one way of putting it, lawrence. i can t wait to see. it thanks, alex. thank you. well the breaking news of the night is that special prosecutor jeff jack smith has invoked the crime fraud exception in a motion to force one of donald trump s lawyers to testify before a grand jury without being able to refuse to answer questions because of the attorney client privilege. the crime fraud exception can overrule the attorney client privilege. the new york times is reporting tonight federal prosecutors overseeing the investigation into former president donald j trump s handling of classified documents are seeking to pierce assertions of client attorney privilege and compel lawyers to answer more questions before a grand jury according to two people familiar with the matter, adding an aggressive new dimension to the inquiry and und