processing in any potentia arrest we are not going to see handcuffs. i ll be surprised to see tha happen he is not going to be in a holding cell they re not gonna be any per walk i think that this will b handled in a way that he i extended courtesy to other former president in a position that yo occupy before, if you are on the receiving end of the types of messages, these types o comments, even incorporating something that kevin mccarthy, speaker of the house said in terms of what he wants to do involving this case. would you consider all of that and it s totality, the intimidation of the district attorney here? it certainly appears to b attempts at intimidation part of the strategy appears t be from trump that he wants to cast the case as a political witch hunt he is seeking to rally his supporters, rallying their outrage and if you are da, who i worked with in the attorney
new york are preparing for the possibility of trump s indictment and arrest, as soon as the coming week if the former president wer to be indicted, we d be goin through the front doors of the courthouse here and lowe manhattan. second likely to the distric attorney s office with media and persons crowding in on bot sides the manhattan da case centers on whether tha candidate trump directed his attorney michael cohen to pa off adult film star stormy daniels, who claimed they ha an affair decade prior trump allies arguing that a ne york city indictment would onl help catapult him back to th white house so, alex, w remain in a holding patter when it comes to the da investigation itself politically, you already see the work that donald trump has vowed in consolidating republican support you heard there from governo sununu, potentially runnin against donald trump for the presidential nominee in 2024 from the trump campaign perspective,, here they want
all of this is happening as th da is telling his staff in new york that they will not be intimidated donald trum protecting his own arrest will come on tuesday, calling on hi millions of followers to purchase on his behalf and quote, take our nation back. in the face of what could be a historic first, the indictment of a former president mr. trum is making his claims on social media, citing what he, calle quote, illegal leaks from highly political manhattan district attorney repeatin that call to action a late post, writing protest protes protest republicans quickl rallied and his defense i wreaks of the kind of politica prosecution that we endure back in the days of the russia hoax the house speaker going even, further tweeting that he was directing relevant committee to investigate what he calle the pursuit of, quote, political vengeance against th former president nbc news wa forced to report friday that law enforcement officials in
manhattan district attorne alvin bragg s investigatio appears to be drawing to a conclusion, law enforcemen sources tell nbc news that the developing cautionary security plans for the possibility that trump could be indicted as soo as monday. the new york city police department, the fbi s join terrorism task force, secret service, and other state and local law enforcement agencies are all conducting preliminary security assessments for the manhattan criminal court i trump is charged that is according to fiv senior officials familiar with the preparations and tonight, trump attorney jo tacopina told nbc news the trump will follow normal procedures and surrender to th da s office, if that becomes necessary. joining us now, barbara mcquade, former u.s. attorne and a law professor at the
of bringing someone in wit that amount of security, someone who is so high-profile then there are the optics too, right, for the manhattan da office there s a question - how do you manage this histori moment not historic, necessarily, in good way it s very complicated, right what do you think? what are the consideration that you think alvin bragg, th da, needs to make in the context of bringing the firs former president ever in fou criminal charging? so, i m not expecting a purpose perp walk. he s got to be super it tune to them. when someone is charged with a federal crime, they can be arrested, which is the law enforcement officers in this case, the fbi, go to the person, and put him or her in handcuff and take them to the station house in order to be -