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>> john: great to be back. im john roberts. this is "americas 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 attorneys 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 trumps former attorney michael cohen expect...

And that i think pervades -- makes political considerations pervasive in prosecutorial decisions, they shouldnt be. while this is terrible law enforcement, at trocheous law enforcement to use it in a partisan way like this probably good politics. if you want trump to -- their dream scenario is trump wins the republican nomination and then they kill him in the election. so if they want to rile up his base. >> dana: the democrats want to run against trump again and trump is getting a lot of attent...

Trump had, as president, with people in georgia, trying to change the results of the election, from that state, and then as we get to mar-a-lago, that seems to be a broader scope, where jack smith will have the ultimate oversight. and really from a 30,000 foot view. garland said he would not be involved in the day to day of the employees running the investigation but in order to make key decisions, prosecutorial decisions, we understand, because they will have prosecutorial power, and being able...

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>> may not be anything more complicated than to get the latest communications on his computer that are otherwise not privileged. >> neil: they can get a warrant for that. >> and they had one. otherwise you wouldnt capture that if you had a subpoena. youre telling the target of the investigation, oh, im looking for these things. already evidence in the case that he obstructed justice, you might understand why the fbi would take those precautions. >> neil: trial of something like this could be a w...

The article two branch of government, the executive branch, which makes these type of prosecutorial decisions, its just completely -- again, we are back on the separation of powers. a judge is acting like -- if they want to change the law, they should work for congress. if they want to carry out the laws and form prosecutorial prerogatives, they should become president or a member of the presidents cabinet. i do not understand why the judge is taking this out on you, though, and focusing on all ...

You have to wonder that flynn has something he does not want to withhold. >> with that came all the reports that jared kushner was the one that ordered flynn to contact russia. yesterday we learned that kushners legal deteam, now looking to hire a pr firm is this standards procedure or a sign of panic? >> reporter: well, i do think the white house is beginning to feel the pressure that indictments are coming. you feel that by all the criticism that theyre giving mueller and the team. the whole b...

Legal problems down the road. >> and worth remembering that special counsel robert mueller is deep into a wide ranging investigation into the trump white house and that includes the firing of james comey. >> page pate explains how the arpaio pardon could possibly come back to haunt the president. >> it does show a pattern. it shows that this particular president wants to intercede, wants to put himself into the justice department machinery when it comes to law enforcement decisions, prosecutoria...