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also live in a world where former president trump asserts that there was a politicized process that resulted in his prosecution related to classified documents and other things. so, for the public, if democrats and this administration say trust the department of justice, trust the institutions, but you are also arguing here gratuitous political cheap shots and false assertions. how are they to process that. i talked about this a minute ago, and when you have the former attorney general, when you have the former acting fbi director, when you have the former general counsel of the fbi, you know, these are experienced people at the justice department who spent decades working at the justice department and they are saying it s gratuitous, they are saying this is inappropriate, this is inconsistent with doj policy and practice, it s them saying. we agree, you know, you heard the president speak about this last night, and the vice president speak forcefully about this today ....
manhattan courthouse. that s where a grand jury could soon decide to charge trump for his alleged role in hush money payments to adult film star stormy daniels. trump over the weekend saying he expects to be arrested tomorrow and calling on his supporters to protest and, quote, take our nation back. his personal attorney telling cnn if trump is arrested to expect, quote, mayhem. if they choose to do so for a misdemeanor which frankly he didn t even do, it is going to cause mayhem, paula. i mean it s just a very scary time in our country. if this is what we re doing in this country you better secure the premises because it s dangerous. people will get upset. one of several legal problems he s facing. a second trump investigation, the one in fulton county, georgia, a source telling cnn that prosecutors are thinking about bringing racketeering and conspiracy charges over his effort to overturn the 2020 election in that state. we have move on that in a moment. first let ....
but the district attorney there is still talking to witnesses and trump s lawyers are calling their own. and the blossoming friendship that has the world on edge. russian president vladimir putin and chinese leader xi jinping leading in moscow. what this might mean for ukraine. then, could parents be forced to buy separate plane tickets for their infant children? the new push that could ban babies from laps. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. and we start with our politics lead and the flurry of new developments in the various and sundry trump investigations. police in new york are setting up security cameras and barricades as they prepare for possible unrest after a possible indictment of the former president. trump said he expects to be arrested as soon as tomorrow over that hush money payment to porn actress and director stormy daniels. trump s former lawyer michael cohen was back answering questions at the prosecutor s office today over that $130,000 paymen ....
this as new york police are now increasing courthouse security just ahead of a potential trump indictment. also tonight, trump s top gop allies are rushing to his defense and trying to discredit the new york d.a. who s investigating him. trump s legal peril and the political fallout looming over a major gathering of house republicans. and a high stakes handshake, china s president xi jinping ven v strengthens his alliance with vladimir putin, praising him as a dear friend as the russian leader stands charged with war crimes in ukraine. we ll have the latest on their talks in moscow, hours after putin s defiant visit to the war zone. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room. we begin with the latest testimony in the new york grand jury investigation of donald trump amid questions about whether the former president is on the brink of being indicted. let s go right to our senior legal affairs ....
morning. we have a lot to get to, but we ll start you off with the five things you need to know for this tuesday, march 21st. the nypd on alert today in response of donald trump s call for protests ahead of a possible indictment. a source telling cnn that all officers are expected to be in uniform, ready to deploy. we re told no specific threat has been identified and there s still no word on a charging decision from the manhattan d.a. also today, a massive strike has shut down los angeles public schools. thousands of teachers and other workers are set to walk off the job for at least three days with negotiations in the district stalled, nearly half a million students will be out of school. also, we re tracking a high-stakes summit just two hours away in moscow. russia s president putin and chinese president xi jinping are set to hold more formal talks today. secretary of state antony blinken called xi s visit diplomatic cover for russian war crimes. new developm ....