Manhattan grand jury hears from Trump witness

The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle

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🗓️ 21 March 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Trump ally Robert Costello met with the Manhattan grand jury to undercut Michael Cohen’s testimony in the hush money case. It comes as House Republicans target the New York prosecutor investigating the former president as a potential indictment looms. Luke Broadwater, Carol Leonnig, Joyce Vance, Asha Rangappa, Mike Murphy, Max Rose, and Michael McFaul join.

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0:00.0	Tonight, preparations underway for a potential unprecedented indictment of a former president.
0:06.6	The latest on the Manhattan Grand Juries proceedings as authorities ramp up security.
0:12.2	Then Republicans quick to defend the twice-impeached Trump, but someone to have their cake and eat
0:17.6	it too.
0:18.6	How will it all shake out in the 2024 race?
0:21.8	And Vladimir Putin's visit with China's president just days after warrant was issued for
0:26.8	Putin's arrest, what this relationship signals for the war in Ukraine, as the eleventh
0:31.9	hour gets underway on this Monday night.
0:39.1	Good evening, I'm Mehdi Hassan in for Stephanie Rool.
0:42.6	We are now in the midst of an extraordinary moment in our nation's history.
0:46.9	The people of America are watching, waiting to find out whether Manhattan District Attorney,
0:52.5	Alvin Bragg will bring criminal charges against the former president, Donald J. Trump,
0:57.8	related to a hush money payment made to adult film star Stormy Daniels.
1:02.0	It would mark the first indictment of a former president in US history.
1:07.4	The grand jury in the case heard from another witness today, attorney Bob Costello, Robert
1:11.9	Costello, the New York Times describing him as appearing, quote, at the request of the
1:16.0	former president's lawyers, providing testimony aimed at attacking the credibility of the
1:20.3	prosecution star witness.
1:22.5	That star witness is former Trump lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen, the Times ads that Costello
1:28.7	was also once a legal advisor to Cohen when he was facing a federal investigation into
1:33.2	the hush money payment following his appearance.
1:36.0	Costello spoke about what he told the grand jury.
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