politicsnation tonight s lead, and territory. right now, america is bracin for what could be historically unprecedented event. the possible crimina indictment of a former president. earlier today, former presiden donald trump put out a serie post on his truth social media platform, referencing report that he could soon fac criminal indictment in new yor as early as next week. trump claims that leak indicate he will be arrested o tuesday. but he did not say whether h has actually been informed o any charges or what thos charges would be a spokesman for the manhatta da s office has declined t comment. trump also called for protest, and d.c. news reported frida line forsman agencies includin the nypd, fbi and the secret service. they are already this costin security plans, should charges come down. we will be talking about all o it ahead with our guest, including former trump attorney, michael cohen who testifie before the grand jury this ver week and later, the attorney genera
demonstrated an unprecedente contempt for the guideline honored by past presidents o both parties trump clashed with his own ethics watchdog, repeatedly on issues of financial disclosures, record keeping and contact wit foreign lobbyists unti eventually, the watchdog resigned and his office wa rendered irrelevant. with all of that history, it seems pretty clear that trum and his supporters haven t suddenly developed a passion for clean politics more likely, they are becoming increasingly desperate in thei efforts to stop a new arrival. in recent weeks, trump has struggled to find a consistent line of attack against desantis or even a good nickname, i public and private trump has tested out a handful of labels like ron the sanctimonious. ron dishonest, even meatball ron. none of them had stuck it could be that the forme
former president has filed a ethics complaint against florida governor, ron desantis normally, when you hear trum and ethics in the same sentence, it s the former president wh has been accused of violation. but in a 15-page letter to fcc trump s allies claimed desanti was running a shadow campaig to build his national profil and enrich himself of course, this is exactly wha many of us thought trump was doing in 2016. and 2011 as well when he ended in a 2011 that h made a run against president obama before returning to hi cushy gig as a reality sho host even in 2016, numerous insider accounts say trump to no believe he would win, but sa the campaign as an opportunity to build his brand when trump did end up in the white house, his administratio