standard, and i used to be deputy chief of the criminal division in the southern district of new york, i wouldn t have touched a guy like michael cohen, especially if he s a convicted perjurer. that s robert costello after testifying in manhattan yesterday, and he could be the last witness the grand jury hears from before voting on an indictment for the former president. we ll break down what s next in the case in just a moment. meanwhile, more members of the oath keepers are held accountable for the violence on january 6th. and also ahead, what we re learning about the first face-to-face meeting between chinese president xi jinping and russia s vladimir putin since the invasion began. began good morning, and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, march 21st. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we ve got a lot to get to. we ll begin this morning in new york city, and the manhattan district attorney s office ahead of a possible criminal indict
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sources say that tomorrow, wednesday, is the earliest we could see an indictment. that s when the grand jury in the case reconvenes. yesterday, the jury heard from trump ally, robert costello, an attorney who previously advised trump s own one-time lawyer michael cohen. cohen is the prosecutor s star witness in the case, and he was also brought in yesterday to be on stand by as a possible rebuttal witness for costello s testimony. that rebuttal was never needed even after costello spent more than two hours trying to discredit cohen before the grand jury. after his testimony, costello, who has also represented the likes of rudy giuliani and steve bannon told reporters he has no agenda except exposing the truth. cohen responded later on in an interview with msnbc s ari melber. did rudy urge you to do this? no, i m the one who decided to do this. a lot of people cautioned me against it because i had nothing
march 21st. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we ve got a lot to get to. we ll begin this morning in new york city, and the manhattan district attorney s office ahead of a possible criminal indictment of former president donald trump. sources tell nbc news that law enforcement is bracing for modest protests in support of the former president today around trump s tower and the d.a. s office. yesterday, a handful of reporters responded to trump s calls for mass protests over the weekend to quote, take our nation back. those came as prosecutors are reportedly zeroing in on a charge of falsifying business records in connection with a hush money payment that trump allegedly made to adult film star stormy daniels back in 2016, in order to keep her quiet about an affair she says the two had a decade earlier. trump has denied the affair and any wrong doing.