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>>> WHAT DO YOU THINK THIS CASE SAYS ABOUT THE CHARACTER --
>> MICHAEL COHEN ENTERING THE MANHATTAN DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S
OFFICE. HE'S EXPECTED TO BE HERE SEVERAL
HOURS TESTIFYING.
>> A NEW YORK GRAND JURY INVESTIGATING ALLEGED HUSH MONEY
PAYMENTS TO ADULT FILM STAR STORMY DANIELS.
>> THAT'S WHY HIS TESTIMONY, WE THINK, IS COMING AT TEPID OF THE
MANHATTAN DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S INVESTIGATION.
>> A SECOND DAY OF TESTIMONY FOR MICHAEL COHEN.
NOW, WE HEAR STORMY DANIELS HAS SPOKEN WITH PROSECUTORS.
>> I'M RELIEVED THAT MY ROLE IS NOW, FOR THE TIME BEING, OVER.
AND NOW, IT'S IN THE HANDS OF OUR DISTRICT ATTORNEY, ALVIN
BRAGG. THIS ISN'T A QUESTION OF
VINDICATION. THIS IS ABOUT HOLDING
ACCOUNTABILITY, TRUTH TO POWER, AND EVERYTHING ELSE IN BETWEEN.
[ QUESTIONS ALL AT ONCE ]
>> FREEDOM.
>> WE NEED TO FIGHT WITH HIM. AND I'M STANDING AND HOLDING THE
LINE.
>> THESE HORRIBLE, RADICAL LEFT DEMOCRAT INVESTIGATIONS OF,
YOU'RE ALL-TIME FAVORITE PRESIDENT, ME, IS JUST A
CONTINUATION OF THE MOST DISGUSTING WITCH HUNT IN THE
HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY.
>> DONALD TRUMP IS UNDER MULTIPLE CRIMINAL INQUIRY.
>> OFFICIALS ARE PROBING TRUMP'S EFFORT TO OVERTURN THE 2020
ELECTION.
>> THERE'S A SPECIAL COUNCIL. HE IS INVESTIGATING TWO THINGS.
ONE IS JANUARY 6th. THE ONE IS HIS HANDLING OF
CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS.
>> THE PROBE MAY COME TO A HEAD FIRST, THE STORMY DANIELS CASE.
TRUMP SAYS HE EXPECTS TO BE ARRESTED ON TUESDAY.
>> FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP REMAINING DEFIANT.
>> TRUMP CALLED ON HIS SUPPORTERS TO PROTEST AND,
QUOTE, TAKE OUR NATION BACK.
>> WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO BE HERE TO SHOW OUR SUPPORT AND SHOW
THIS IS A POLITICIZED PROSECUTION AND PERSECUTION
WITHOUT ANY MERIT.
>> EVERYBODY IS TRYING TO READ THE TEA LEAVES HERE.
BUT SKEPTICS MIGHT LOOK AT THIS AND SAY, SO WHAT?
WE'VE SEEN THIS TIME AND TIME AGAIN.
>> I DON'T KNOW HOW DONALD TRUMP IS STILL WALKING AROUND A FREE
MAN.
>> KONSZ
>> KONCONSEQUENCE OF CONSEQUENC.
>> THE STAKES OF THIS ELECTION COULD NOT BE MORE CLEAR.
EITHER THE DEEP STATE DESTROYS AMERICA OR WE DESTROY THE DEEP
STATE. THAT'S THE WAY IT'S GOT TO BE.
[ CHEERS ] ♪
>> NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW. NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW.
>> WE'RE OUTSIDE HERE, THE LOWER COURTHOUSE IN MANHATTAN,
NEW YORK. AND -- LET ME DO IT AGAIN.
YOU READY?
>> YOU WALK AROUND THE CITY, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE
TALKING ABOUT THIS CASE.
>> A DAY A LOT OF PEOPLE HAD CIRCLED ON THEIR CALENDARS SINCE
THIS WEEKEND.
>> HE'S CALLED FOR PEOPLE TO COME OUT AND DEMONSTRATE FOR
HIM.
>> OTHER WAY AROUND.
>> IT'S THE OTHER WAY AROUND.
>> TO BE CLEAR, THE ONLY PERSON WHO SAID THAT ANY ACTIVE
WHO SAID THAT ANY ACTIVITY WOULD BE HAPPENING TODAY, WAS THE
FORMER PRESIDENT HIMSELF.
>> THIS IS AN O.G. DINER, RIGHT?
>> YEAH. ♪
>> WELCOME.
>> HI.
>> BABY BOY.
>> HEY, PAPA.
>> HI.
>> HOW ARE YOU?
>> HAPPY TUESDAY. HERE WE GO.
LET'S GO. LET'S HAVE SOME FUCKING FOOD.
>> OH, LOOK AT THESE.
>> IT'S NICE TO BE BACK IN NEW YORK CITY.
JUST A FEW BLOCKS FROM HERE, MANHATTAN D.A., ALVIN BRAGG,
INVITED TRUMP TO COME IN AND TESTIFY BEFORE THE GRAND JURY.
THAT WAS LAST WEEK. THAT'S USUALLY A SIGN THAT THE
CASE IS ABOUT TO INDICT. WE'RE ON THE BRINK OF HISTORY.
>> UH-HUH.
>> HE COULD BE THE FIRST PRESIDENT EVER TO FACE A
CRIMINAL INDICTMENT. AND OF COURSE, IT WAS OVER HIS
RELATIONSHIP WITH A PORN STAR.
>> STORMY DANIELS.
>> MICHAEL COHEN GAVE HER $130,000 TO GO AWAY.
>> MICHAEL COHEN, LAWYER TO DONALD TRUMP, FIXER, HE'S
ATTACKED JOURNALISTS. DID EVERYTHING DONALD TRUMP EVER
WANTED.
>> CHARACTER ASIDE, THERE'S JUST A TRAIL -- I MEAN, THERE'S A
$130,000 CHECK THAT HE TOOK A LOAN ON HIS OWN HOUSE TO PAY.
HE DID IT FOR DONALD TRUMP.
>> WHEN TRUMP POSTED LAST WEEKEND ABOUT THE FACT HE WAS
GOING TO BE ARRESTED HERE IN NEW YORK, HE ALSO WROTE A SERIES
OF BONKERS POSTS THAT HE PUT ON TRUE SOCIAL.
>> THEY'RE DISTURBING TO READ. IT'S EVERYBODY NEEDS TO PROTEST.
IT'S BLAMING ALVIN BRAGG.
>> BRAGG SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR INTERFERENCE IN
A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
>> IT SPURRED REPUBLICAN ELECTED
>> IT SPURRED REPUBLICAN ELE ELECTEDS TO ATTACK ALVIN BRAGG.
OVERSIGHT SAY YOU NEED TO COME UP HERE AND TESTIFY.
>> HIS WAS THE DEMOCRATIC D.A. AND FROM GEORGE SOROS, BLAH,
BLAH, BLAH.
>> THE REACTION AMONG HOUSE REPUBLICANS IS TO RALLY AROUND
TRUMP NO MATTER WHAT. THE STORMY DANIELS CASE IS ONE
PIECE OF IT. IF YOU'RE TRUMP, YOU KNOW
THERE'S A BUNCH OF OTHER PIECES THAT COULD COME DOWN ON YOUR
HEAD. AND THAT COULD BE MUCH MORE
SERIOUS. AND THE FIRST ONE OF THOSE, IN
TERMS OF TIMING, IS A POTENTIAL INDICTMENT DOWN IN GEORGIA.
>> THIS IS THE PERFECT PHONE CALL.
THIS IS WHEN TRUMP CALLED BRAD WRATHENS
WRATH WRATHEN S
WRATHEN EN WRATHEN
RATHENSBERGER IN GEORGIA.
>> I WANT TO FIND 11,780 VOTES.
>> THAT'S THE ONE THAT HAS THE MOST EVIDENCE.
TRUMP'S OWN VOICE. REPORTING THERE WERE OTHER PHONE
CALLS MADE AS PART OF THIS.
>> THEN, WE GET TO D.C.
>> JACK SMITH IS THE SPECIAL COUNSEL.
HE'S LOOKING AT TWO THINGS. ONE IS THE TAKING OF CLASSIFIED
DOCUMENTS, MISHANDLING THEM, PURPOSEFULLY.
THE SECOND ONE IS JANSICES.
>> THE INSURRECTION TO ME IS THE MOST SERIOUS.
>> AND ALSO THE HARDEST TO PROVE.
>> YEP.
>> TRUMP HAS BENEFITED ENORMOUSLY OVER THE COURSE OF
HIS CAREER OF BEING THE VICTIM. THEY'RE NOT COMING TO GET ME.
THEY'RE COMING TO GET YOU.
>> THE CAMPAIGN ANNOUNCES THAT TRUMP IS GOING TO HAVE HIS FIRST
BIG TRUMP RALLY THIS SATURDAY IN WACO, TEXAS.
>> OH, MY GOD. THE 30th ANNIVERSARY OF THE
BRANCH DAVIDIANS AND THE WACO FIRE.
>> THE STANDOFF OF THE GROUP AND RELIGIOUS FANATICS CAME TO A
HORRIBLE END. APPARENTLY, A MASS SUICIDE, AS
MANY AS 86 PEOPLE ARE PRESUMED DEAD.
>> WACO IS LIKE THE ORIGIN STORY FOR A LOT OF RIGHT-WING
CONSPIRACY -- YES.
>> IS THIS A COINCIDENCE?
>> I -- NO. IT IS NOT A COINCIDENCE.
>> WE HAVE A BIG WEEK. THERE'S POLITICAL ELEMENTS,
LEGAL ELEMENTS, POSSIBLE HISTORIC INDICTMENT.
SEEMED LIKE IT WAS TIME TO CALL IN REINFORCEMENTS.
>> AARON HANES.
>> AND EMILY JANE FOX, WHO KNOWS ALL THINGS MICHAEL COHEN AND
TRUMP IN NEW YORK CITY.
>> WHEN I HEAR PEOPLE SAYING THIS INDICTMENT IS DEFINITELY
COMING THIS WEEK, I THINK MAYBE THE INDICTMENT WILL COME TODAY
OR MAYBE WE GET THROUGH THE END OF THIS WEEKEND NADA.
>> YOU KNOW, THE FAMOUS SAYING. THE WHEELS OF JUSTICE TURN
EXCEEDINGLY SLOWLY BUT THEY GRIND EXCEEDINGLY FINE.
JUSTICE MAY TAKE A LONG TIME. BUT IF YOU HAVE PATIENCE, IT
WILL GET THERE EVENTUALLY.
>> LIKE SOME KIND OF COSMIC JUSTICE COMING AROUND.
>> WHAT IF THAT'S NOT TRUE WHEN IT COMES TO DONALD TRUMP?
WHAT IF RATHER THAN TURNING EXCEEDINGLY SLOWLY, THE WHEELS
OF JUSTICE SOMEHOW ALWAYS JUST END UP FLYING RIGHT OFF THE
FUCKING WAGON? [ CHANTING ]
>> ALVIN BRAGG, DO YOUR JOB.
>> I SAT DOWN WITH COHEN IN THE SUMMER OF 2017 FOR THE FIRST
TIME. AND HE TOLD ME HE WAS GOING TO
TAKE A BULLET FOR THE PRESIDENT IF IT EVER CAME DOWN FOR IT.
AND TO SEE THE ARC OF THAT HAS BEEN THE JOURNEY OF A LIFETIME.
>> COHEN WORKED FOR TRUMP FOR AT LEAST A DECADE BEFORE HE RAN FOR
PRESIDENT.
>> HE WAS A SUPERFAN. "THE ART OF THE DEAL" WAS HIS
FAVORITE BOOK. HE BOUGHT PARMTD
HE BOUGHT PARAPARTMENTS IN TRUM BUILDINGS.
HE WAS REALLY ENAMORED WITH TRUMP.
THE FACT HE WAS WORKING FOR THE TRUMP ORGANIZATION WAS THE
GOLDEN TICKET.
>> HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE WHAT HIS ROLE WAS?
>> HE WAS A LAWYER AND A FIXER, THE GUY THAT CLEANED UP MESSES.
>> THIS IS COHEN THREATENING A REPORTER ABOUT A TABLOID STORY.
>> TREAD VERY [ BLEEP ] LIKELY. WHAT I'M GOING TO DO TO YOU IS
[ BLEEP ] DISGUSTING.
>> THIS IS THE CLIMATE IN WHICH THE TRUMP ORGANIZATION EXISTED.
>> AND THEN, IN 2016, TRUMP RAN FOR PRESIDENT.
STORMY DANIELS IS GOING TO GO PUBLIC WITH HER STORY.
>> AND WITHIN DAYS, COHEN PAPERED AN AGREEMENT THAT WOULD
PAY STORMY DANIELS HUSH MONEY TO NOT TELL HER STORY.
>> COHEN TAKES CARE OF THE PAYMENT.
TRUMP GETS ELECTED PRESIDENT.
>> I PROMISE YOU THAT I WILL NOT LET YOU DOWN.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> COHEN HAS AMBITIONS TO GO TO THE WHITE HOUSE AND BE CHIEF OF
STAFF.
>> BUT TRUMP, HE DIDN'T BRING HIM TO WASHINGTON.
THAT CAUSED A LOT OF HARD FEELINGS WITH MICHAEL.
AND THAT'S A LARGE REASON WHY HE SAT DOWN WITH ME.
IT WAS CLEAR FROM THAT POINT, IN 2017, HE WAS SPEAKING TO AN
AUDIENCE OF ONE AND THAT AUDIENCE WAS DONALD TRUMP.
HE WAS VERY KEEN ON THE PRESIDENT KNOWING HOW LOYAL HE
WAS IN HOPES THAT THAT WOULD POTENTIALLY BRING HIM TO
WASHINGTON.
>> A YEAR INTO THE PRESIDENCY, JANUARY 2018, THE HUSH PAYMENT
IS REVEALED.
>> CORRECT.
>> DID YOU KNOW ABOUT THE $130,000 PAYMENT TO STORMY
DANIELS?
>> NO.
>> HE SAID COHEN WENT ROGUE AND DID THIS AND CLEANED UP THE MESS
ON HIS OWN IN HIS CAPACITY AS A FIXER FOR HIM.
>> SO, IN APRIL, FEDERAL PROSECUTORS LAUNCH AN
INVESTIGATION, RAID COHEN'S OFFICE AND APARTMENT.
>> A DRAMATIC FBI RAID AT THE HOTEL ROOM OF MICHAEL COHEN.
>> SEIZING RECORDS RELATING TO MULTIPLE TOPICS INCLUDING ON
THAT PAYMENT TO ADULT FILM ACTRESS STORMY DANIELS.
>> I KEPT CALLING COHEN AND HIS PHONE WAS GOING TO VOICEMAIL.
>> YOU KNEW SOMETHING WAS UP.
>> I KNEW SOMETHING WAS UP. I FINALLY REACHED HIM AND SAID
IS EVERYTHING OKAY? HE SAID NO, EVERYTHING IS NOT
OKAY.
>> AND TRUMP GOES ON FOX.
>> LOOKING INTO SOMETHING TO DO WITH THIS BUSINESS.
>> HOW MUCH OF YOUR LEGAL WORK WAS HANDLED BY MICHAEL COHEN?
>> A TINY, TINY FRACTION.
>> COHEN WATCHED THE CLIP OF IT WHILE WE WERE ON THE PHONE.
AND IF YOU COULD HEAR THE SOUND OF HARD
OF HART BREAK OF HART BR HEARTBREAK.
I DON'T THINK HE EXPECTED TRUMP TO DO THIS TO HIM.
>> NOT ONLY DID HE SEE IT, HE HAD HELPED TRUMP DO IT TO
OTHERS.
>> HE KNEW THE PLAYBOOK BECAUSE HE HELPED WRITE THE PLAYBOOK.
HE SAID, THESE WERE THINGS THAT THE PRESIDENT DIRECTED ME TO DO
TO COVER UP HIS, QUOTE, DIRTY DEEDS.
>> BEFORE HE REPORTS TO PRISON, COHEN TESTIFIES TO CONGRESS.
>> RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
>> COHEN FELT HE HAD NOTHING TO LOSE AND EVERYTHING TO GAIN.
AND HE'S A SHOWMAN. AND THIS WAS THE GREATEST SHOW
ON EARTH AT THAT POINT.
>> I AM HERE TO TELL THE TRUTH ABOUT MR. TRUMP.
HE IS A RACIST. HE IS A CON MAN.
AND HE IS A CHEAT.
>> THIS WAS A MOMENT IN THE SPOTLIGHT THAT HE DESPERATELY
WANTED TOO WANTED ED TO HAVE AT THAT POIN.
HE SPENT THREE YEARS IN PRISON. AND HE WAS HELLBENT ON GETTING
JUSTICE.
>> AND HE STARTS TO COOPERATE WITH THE NEW YORK DISTRICT
ATTORNEY. THE D.A. BRAGG CASE BECOMES HIS
WAY BACK IN.
>> I THINK THAT HE WAS VERY KEEN TO ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING THAT
MADE TRUMP FEEL ANY KIND OF CONSEQUENCE.
ULTIMATELY, THE BRAGG CASE IS LOOKING LIKE THE GREATEST SHOT
AT THAT.
>> COHEN IS NOW THE CENTRAL WITNESS WITH A VERY FLAWED
HISTORY. HOW IS HE GOING TO BE PERCEIVED
BY JURORS, BY THE PUBLIC?
>> FEELS LIKE THE QUESTION OF THE DAY.
AND IT'S ONE THAT'S EVEN PLAYING OUT IN FRONT OF THE GRAND JURY
RIGHT NOW. WE SAW A LONG-TIME ALLY OF THE
PRESIDENT GO AND TESTIFY, BASICALLY, TO THE FACT THAT
COHEN, HE SAID, IS A LIAR AND UNTRUSTWORTHY AND TO BUILD YOUR
CASE AROUND SOMEONE LIKE THAT IS A FAULTY WAY TO BUILD YOUR CASE.
I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THIS A LOT BECAUSE COHEN HAS LIED TO MY
FACE MANY TIMES. BUT I ALSO KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE
TO BE IN FRONT OF COHEN. HE HAS BEEN SORT OF PRACTICING
FOR THIS FOR YEARS AND HAS A COMMAND OF THE FACTS IN A WAY
THAT PROBABLY MOST WITNESSES DO NOT.
AND SO, NOT ONLY DO I THINK HE WILL BE A GOOD WITNESS BUT HE
WILL CERTAINLY BE A GOOD SHOW.
>> THE GRAND JURY IN THE STORMY DANIELS HUSH MONEY CASE IS SET
TO RECONVENE TODAY.
>> BECAUSE ALL OF THIS IS HAPPENING IN PRIVATE, WE DON'T
REALLY KNOW A TIMETABLE FOR WHEN A DECISION ON AN INDICTMENT CAN
ACTUALLY BE MADE.
>> HOW STRONG OF A CASE DO YOU THINK ALVIN BRAGG HAS HERE
AGAINST THE FORMER PRESIDENT?
>> I JUST DON'T SEE THE D.A. GREENLIGHTING A CASE LIKE THIS
AGAINST A FORMER PRESIDENT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY,
UNLESS HE WAS CONFIDENT THAT HE COULD PROVE IT.
♪ ♪
OFFICE, WAS PRESENTED THIS CASE. AND HE SAID NO.
IT IS NOT READY. AND HE TOOK A HUGE POLITICAL HIT
FOR THAT.
>> TWO PROSECUTORS HAVE ABRUPTLY RESIGNED AFTER THE MANHATTAN
DISTRICT ATTORNEY ALVIN BRAGG REPORTEDLY TOLD THE PROSECUTORS
HE HAD DOUBTS ABOUT MOVING FORWARD WITH THE CASE AGAINST
TRUMP.
>> IT REALLY IS A TESTAMENT TO ALVIN BRAGG NOT POLITICIZING
THIS, SAYING I'M NOT GOING TO GO FORWARD UNTIL IT'S READY.
AND SO, IT GIVES YOU SOME INDICATION THAT NOW HE DOES
THINK IT'S READY.
>> ONCE THE JURY DECIDES WHETHER OR NOT TO INDICT THE FORMER
PRESIDENT, WHAT HAPPENS THEN?
>> THE D.A. NOTIFIES THE TRUMP TEAM AND DONALD TRUMP HAS TO
MAKE A DECISION ABOUT WHETHER HE WILL VOLUNTARILY SURRENDER,
MEANING COME TO NEW YORK FROM FLORIDA, TO FACE THE CHARGES, OR
WHETHER HE WILL INSIST ON BEING EXTRADITED.
BUT HE'S GOING TO BE PROCESSED, I AM CONFIDENT, LIKE ANYBODY
ELSE. MEANING, HE GETS FINGERPRINTED,
HE GETS PHOTOGRAPHED, AND HE HAS TO BE ARRAIGNED.
>> OH, OKAY. APPARENTLY, THE MANHATTAN GRAND
JURY IS NOT GOING TO BE MEETING TODAY.
SO, THAT MEANS THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE AN INDICTMENT VOTE TODAY.
>> THE GRAND JURY?
>> ARE PEOPLE FOCUSED ON GETTING THIS DONE?
DOES IT NOT SUGGEST A BIG PROBLEM?
>> I WOULDN'T SAY A PROBLEM IN THE SENSE THAT, IT'S NOT LIKE
THEY'RE SITTING THERE GOING THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH THE
DELIBERATIONS. A VARIETY OF THINGS COULD
HAPPEN. IT IS CURIOUS.
YOU DON'T DO SOMETHING THIS PUBLIC WITH THIS MUCH ATTENTION
UNLESS THERE WAS SOME REAL HICCUP THAT YOU HAVE TO DEAL
WITH. WE ESSENTIALLY COULD BE HERE
AGAIN TOMORROW --
>> RIGHT.
>> -- WAITING TO SEE.
>> IT COULD ALSO BE MONDAY.
BUCKLE UP AND FASTEN YOUR SEAT
BELTS.
>> HURRY UP AND WAIT, BASICALLY. ♪
>> NOW, TO THE GRAND JURY DELIBERATING A POTENTIAL
INDICTMENT.
>> THERE WILL BE NO DECISION TODAY ON WHETHER THE NEW YORK
GRAND JURY WILL INDICT FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IN A HUSH MONEY
INVESTIGATION.
>> IN THE DOCUMENTS THAT MARKED CLASSIFIED.
>> APPEALS COURT SAID, THAT DONALD TRUMP'S ATTORNEY HAS TO
GO BACK IN FRONT OF THE GRAND JURY.
>> AND DONALD TRUMP IS BACK TO SCREAMING IN ALL-CAPS ON SOCIAL
MEDIA.
>> TRUMP LASHED OUT AT THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
>> HE CALLED ALVIN BRAGG AN ANIMAL.
>> LASHING OUT AGAINST HIS ENEMIES.
>> BENDER AND BENNER. YOU COULD BE A GOOD LEGAL TEAM.
>> WE'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE YOU ON AS A CLIENT.
>> I'M FEELING A LITTLE WHIPLASH AFTER THIS LAST WEEK.
♪
AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS WEEK, I WOULD SAY THE CONSENSUS VIEW IS
WE'RE GOING TO GET AN INDICTMENT OF DONALD TRUMP IN MANHATTAN
BEFORE THIS WEEK IS OVER.
>> SURE.
>> AND NOW, WE'RE NOT.
>> KEEP IN MIND, ONE OF THE BIG REASONS WE THOUGHT WE WERE GOING
TO SEE A TRUMP INDICTMENT IS BECAUSE TRUMP SAID WE WERE GOING
TO SEE A TRUMP INDICTMENT. THERE IS A PUBLIC HUNGER AMONG A
CERTAIN SEGMENT OF THE POPULATION FOR THIS INDICTMENT.
THERE IS JUST A LOT OF APPETITE FOR IT.
SO, WHEN TRUMP SAID, I'M GOING TO BE ARRESTED ON TUESDAY,
PEOPLE BELIEVED IT AND STARTED PLANNING FOR IT.
>> HE'S BEEN DOING A LOT OF POSTING SINCE SATURDAY, RIGHT?
>> YEP. ♪
>> WHAT'S THE GAME HERE?
>> THE BIGGEST PICTURE POSSIBLE HERE IS HIM TRYING TO MOVE A
LEGAL BATTLE ON TO A POLITICAL PLAYING FIELD, WHERE HE CAN HAVE
SOME MORE CONTROL. DON'T GET ME WRONG.
TRUMP DOES NOT WANT TO BE INDICTED.
HE DOES NOT WANT TO BE ARRESTED. IF AN ARREST IS COMING, HE WANTS
TO LEVERAGE THAT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE FOR HIS POLITICAL
BENEFIT FOR THE CAMPAIGN.
>> HE ATTACKS BRAGG. HE CALLED BRAGG A RACIST IN
REVERSE. HE IS DOING THE WORK OF
ANARCHISTS AND THE DEVIL.
>> HE CALLED THEM AN ANIMAL.
>> ALMOST IN THE SAME BREATH HE WAS CALLING FOR HIS PEOPLE TO GO
TO THE STREETS AND PROTEST. IS THERE IN DOUBT IN YOUR MIND
THAT HE'S ORCHESTRATED A CAMPAIGN HERE ATTEMPT AT
INTIMIDATION DISRUPTION? JUST KIND OF INCREASE THE
PRESSURE ON BRAGG, ON THE GRAND JURY, ON EVERYBODY AT ONCE?
>> TRUMP IS TALKING TO AIDES ABOUT THE EFFECT THIS IS HAVING.
AND FROM THEIR POINT OF VIEW, THEY PUT OUT THIS PRESSURE
CAMPAIGN AS NONSTOP, POST ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
AND THEN, WHAT LOOKED LIKE DELAYS IN THE GRAND JURY.
SO, THEY THINK THEY ARE BEING EFFECTIVE.
>> WINNING. I CAN'T IMAGINE HE'S NOT SITTING
DOWN THERE GOING, IT'S WORKING. IT'S WORKING.
>> YEAH. MY REPORT IS HE ABSOLUTELY IS.
>> OKAY. WE MOVE ON TO THE OTHER LEGAL
FRONTS. TOMORROW, IN WASHINGTON, THE
DOCUMENTS CASE -- DONALD TRUMP'S LAWYER IS BEING CALLED IN TO
TESTIFY.
>> FEDERAL PROSECUTORS HAVE MADE A STRONG ENOUGH ARGUMENT TO A
JUDGE THAT DONALD TRUMP LIED TO HIS LAWYER.
AND THE JUDGE SAID IT LOOKS LIKE THIS CONVERSATION HELPED FURTHER
A CRIME.
>> LIKE A JUDGE HAS BEEN CONVINCED THAT HE IS MAKING A
LAWYER VIOLATE ATTORNEY/CLIENT PRIVILEGE THAT OBSTRUCTION OF
JUSTICE HAS ALREADY HAPPENED.
>> I'M NOT THE PERSON THAT'S GOING TO SAY THIS IS A REALLY
BIG DEAL BUT THIS IS THE RARE INSTANCE I WOULD SAY THIS IS A
BIG DEAL.
>> THE CONVENTIONAL WISDOM HAS BEEN, TRUMP IS, YOU KNOW, A
FADING FORCE IN OUR POLITICS. HE DOESN'T HAVE ANY MORE.
NOW, HE WAKES UP ON A SATURDAY AND PUTS UP THE ORANGE BAT
SIGNAL. THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES RUN
TO HIS AID. AND MY GUESS IS WE'RE GOING TO
SEE, YOU KNOW, SOME GIANT CROWD OF PEOPLE SHOW UP IN WACO AND
TRUMP IS GOING TO GO, MY PEOPLE ARE WITH ME, THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES IS WITH ME, IF ANYBODY SAYS I'M A FADING FORCE,
FUCK YOU. IS THAT WRONG?
>> THAT'S NOT WRONG. HE'S SETTING EVERYONE AROUND HIM
ON FIRE. AND HOW IS HE OVER 50% IN THE
REPUBLICAN PRIMARY POLLS? THE PEOPLE THAT WE'LL SEE IN
WACO KEEP SHOWING UP FOR HIM. AND THEIR LOYALTY TO HIM.
IT'S NOT BEYOND ANY REPUBLICAN RIGHT NOW, IT'S BEYOND ANY
REPUBLICAN IN MY LIFETIME. ♪
>> DONALD TRUMP ESCALATING HIS RHETORIC AGAINST MANHATTAN'S
DISTRICT ATTORNEY ALVIN BRAGG.
>> SAYING THERE WILL BE DEATH AND DESTRUCTION IF BRAGG PRESSES
CHARGES.
>> IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT TRUMP POSTED SOME OF HIS MOST
DISTURBING POSTS EVER. HOUSE REPUBLICANS HAVE RALLIED
TO TRUMP'S SIDE AND HAVE ECHOED THOSE ATTACKS, SUGGESTING HE'S
OUT OF BOUNDS, CALLING FOR AN INVESTIGATION OF BRAGG'S ABUSE
OF POWER. ALL OF WHICH IS UNPRECEDENTED.
YOU HAVE TO VOTE, RIGHT?
>> YEAH.
>> WALK THAT WAY, RIGHT?
>> YEAH, WE SHOULD. ♪
>> MONDAY, THE HOUSE COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN, COMER, SENT THIS TO
ALVIN BRAGG, DEMANDING HE COME TESTIFY AND DEMANDING DOCUMENTS.
WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION WHEN YOU SAW THAT?
>> I WAS PRETTY SURPRISED. IT'S SO CLEARLY OUTSIDE THE
JURISDICTION OF CONGRESS TO BE INTERVENING AND INTERFERING IN A
STATE LEVEL PROSECUTION.
>> TALK ABOUT DEEP STATE. YOU'RE NOT THE OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE OF EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS IN, YOU KNOW, IN
AMERICA.
>> IT WASN'T JUST THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE. THE COMMITTEE ON HOUSE
ADMINISTRATION. THIS IS A REAL OVERREACH BY THE
REPUBLICANS AND SO VERY CLEARLY DESIGNED TO DO DONALD TRUMP'S
BIDDING. THESE CHAIRMAN OF THREE
DIFFERENT COMMITTEES IN CONGRESS ARE ESSENTIALLY ACTING AS DONALD
TRUMP'S DE FACTO DEFENSE LAWYERS.
IT IS PRETTY CLEAR THEY ARE TRYING TO PREVENT ALVIN BRAGG
FROM CHARGING DONALD TRUMP, WHICH IS A POTENTIAL OBSTRUCTION
OF AN ONGOING PROSECUTION.
>> THE COURTHOUSE IS IN YOUR DISTRICT.
>> YES.
>> BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 1:00 AND 2:00 A.M., TRUMP WAS ON TRUTH
SOCIAL, WITH SOME REALLY, EVEN MORE AMPED-UP THREATS, SAYING
THERE'S GOING TO BE DEATH AND DESTRUCTION.
WHAT ARE YOU WORRIED ABOUT HAPPENING IN NEW YORK CITY?
>> I HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT IN MY DISTRICT AND
DOWNTOWN MANHATTAN. AND EVERYBODY IS PREPARED FOR A
POTENTIAL PROTEST THAT MAY TURN VIOLENT.
WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT NEW YORKERS ARE KEPT SAFE.
IT IS JUST COMPLETELY OUT OF BOUNDS AND INAPPROPRIATE.
AND IT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED BY THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY AS THEY'RE
WEIGHING WHAT CHARGES TO BRING AGAINST THE FORMER PRESIDENT.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS MOST DISTURBING WAS HE POSTED
THIS PHOTO OF HIMSELF WITH A BASEBALL BAT AND THEN A PICTURE
OF ALVIN BRAGG NEXT TO IT.
>> IF I WERE A PROSECUTOR, I WOULD PRESENT THAT TO THE JUDGE
FOR HIM TO CONSIDER AS TO BLORNT FOR HIM TO CONSIDER AS TO BL
WHETHER OR NOT HE IS A DANGER TO THE PROSECUTOR.
SO, I WOULD ADVISE DONALD TRUMP TO BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT POSTING
THINGS LIKE THAT. HE IS PLAYING WITH FIRE.
♪ ♪
>> IT IS SATURDAY MORNING. AND WE ARE ON THE ROAD TO WACO,
TEXAS, FOR THE FIRST FULL-SCALE RALLY OF DONALD TRUMP'S 2024
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN. WACO IS, OBVIOUSLY, A SPOT ON
THE MAP. BUT WACO IS AS MUCH AN IDEA AS
IT IS A DESTINATION. AND THAT IDEA, FOR THE PAST 30
YEARS, HAS EXERTED AN INCREDIBLY POWERFUL, ENDURING HOLD OVER THE
MOST EXTREME ANTI-GOVERNMENT FACTIONS OF THE AMERICAN RIGHT.
IN WACO, TEXAS, ALMOST EXACTLY 30 YEARS AGO, A TENSE,
PROTRACTED STANDOFF BETWEEN THE FBI AND THIS RELIGIOUS CULT CALL
THE BRANCH DAVIDIANS, TURNED WACO INTO THE BIGGEST STORY IN
THE WORLD.
>> 51 DAYS AFTER THE STANDOFF AT THE BRANCH DAVIDIAN COMPOUND
BEGAN, THEY ARE SEARCHING FOR BODIES.
>> MORE THAN 80 CULT MEMBERS BELIEVE KILLED IN THE FIRE.
>> THIS IS WHAT THE COMPOUND LOOKS LIKE NOW, COMPLETELY
LEVELED BY THE FLAMES.
>> FOR THE RIGHT, WACO BECAME THE MOST VIVID SYMBOL IMAGEABLE
OF THE TIE RANNIC OF THE TIE RANN IC
OF THE TIE RANTYRANIC IMPULSE L THE GOVERNMENT.
DONALD TRUMP AT WACO, SAYS SOMETHING CLEAR TO A PARTICULAR
SET OF VOTERS AND IS ALSO DESIGNED TO GET THOSE VOTERS TO
SHOW UP.
>> TRUMP TALKED ABOUT GETTING INDICTED.
YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THAT CASE.
>> I AM.
>> STOMPY
>> STOMRMY DANIELS AND HUSH MONEY.
>> WHY CAN'T YOU PAY SOMEBODY. IT'S BULLSHIT.
>> THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS HAS RUN OUT.
>> THEY'RE NOT GOING TO ARREST TRUMP.
>> BILL CLINTON'S NOT IN JAIL.
>> WHEN TRUMP CALLS ALVIN BRAGG A SOROS-BACKED ANIMAL.
>> I BELIEVE THAT. SOROS GAVE HIM ALL THIS MONEY TO
SWAY HIM TO DO SOMETHING THING LIKE ARREST TRUMP.
>> AND SOROS IS BAD NEWS, RIGHT?
>> YEAH. HE'S A JEW THAT HAS SOLD OUT HIS
OWN PEOPLE.
>> HE SAYS THE MANHATTAN D.A., ALVIN BRAGG IS, QUOTE, HUMAN
SCUM.
>> YEP.
>> A DEGENERATE SOOIK
>> A DEGENERATE SOOPSYCHOPATH, DOING THE WORK OF THE DEVIL.
>> IF HE GETS INDICTED, WOULD YOU PROTEST THAT?
>> GETTING OLD TO PROTEST.
>> YES, SIR.
>> YOU WOULD GO TO THE --
>> YES, SIR.
>> IN A MINUTE.
>> WHAT'S YOUR DEFINITION OF PROTEST?
WOULD I COME OUT AND SAY IT'S BULL?
ABSOLUTELY I WILL. WILL I GET ON TV ANDCY IT'S
BULL? ABSOLUTELY, I WILL.
WILL I BROKE WILL I BROEAK WINDOWS, ABSOLUTEY
NOT.
>> I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO BREAK WINDOWS.
IF HE'S INDICTED, DEATH AND DESTRUCTION WILL FOLLOW.
DO YOU THINK THERE WILL BE DEATH AND DESTRUCTION IN THE WAKE OF
TRUMP GETTING INDICTED.
>> NO. I THINK THAT'S HYPERBOLE, NOT
FROM OUR SIDE.
>> POTENTIAL DEATH AND DESTRUCTION WOULD BE, IN TERMS
OF HIS POLITICAL CAREER. THAT'S THE WAY I INTERPRETED IT.
>> SOME PEOPLE LOOK AT THAT PICTURE AND THINK THAT'S DONALD
TRUMP THREATENING VIOLENCE AGAINST A PUBLIC OFFICIAL.
WHEN YOU SEE THAT PICTURE, WHAT DO YOU THINK?
>> I THINK HE HAS A SENSE OF HUMOR.
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>> USA. USA.
>> LOOK AT THIS CROWD. AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE.
A NEW WEAPON BEING USED BY OUT-OF-CONTROL, UNHINGED
DEMOCRATS IS CRIMINALLY INVESTIGATING A CANDIDATE.
AND PEOPLE SEE IT'S BULLSHIT, BUT IT TAKES PLACE BY THE
DEPARTMENT OF INJUSTICE. I WAS ASKED THE OTHER DAY, THEY
SAID, WHO IS OUR BIGGEST THREAT? IS IT CHINA?
SURE. IS IT RUSSIA?
I SAID, NO. OUR BIGGEST THREAT ARE
HIGH-LEVEL POLITICIANS THAT WORK IN THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT.
THE ONLY WAY TO STOP THESE ARSONISTS IS BY SENDING US
STRAIGHT BACK TO THE WHITE HOUSE.
2024 IS THE FINAL BATTLE. THEIR REIGN WILL BE OVER AND
AMERICA WILL BE A FREE NATION ONCE AGAIN.
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STREETS ♪ ♪ BECAUSE I'M KING OF THESE
STREETS ♪ ♪ I'M THE ELITE KING OF THESE
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