Hi everyone, it is 4 o'clock in New York. I'm Aiman Maheddin, in for Nicole Wallace, the

potential indictment of Donald Trump, which would be an unprecedented situation for this

country, is a story that is playing out in both New York where a grand jury could issue

an indictment any day now. And in Washington, where Republicans are quickly mounting a political

defense of the former president, let's begin with the developments in the case itself at this hour,

on Monday, Team Trump dispatched a last minute witness to testify before the grand jury investigating

Hush Money Payments made to porn star Stormy Daniels back in 2016. Attorney and former

confidante, Michael Cohen, Robert Costella, after his testimony he previewed, a likely defense

for Donald Trump. This then attorney, Michael Cohen, paid the Hush Money Payments on his own terms.

Take a listen to what he told reporters. Michael Cohen told us that he was approached by Stormy Daniels

lawyer and Stormy Daniels had negative information that she wanted to put in a lawsuit against Trump.

So Michael Cohen decided on his own, that's what he told us, on his own, to see if he could take

care of this. So he sat with the lawyer for Stormy Daniels, they negotiated a non-disclosure

agreement for $130,000. Now here's what Michael Cohen had to say about that to my colleague,

Arie Melber last night. It's absolutely not true. I don't know what conversations he's referring to.

He's making up so many stories here because he's playing to a party of one. He's doing what

everybody does. And listen, I said the same thing to Jim Jordan and Mark Meadows and I said,

I know the game that you're playing. I know the play that you're playing because I wrote the

play. That brings us to developments in Washington, where many in the Republican party are as

Michael Cohen puts it, playing to a party of one. That one, of course, being the ex-presenter. A

letter from top house Republicans, including Jim Jordan, the chair of the House Judiciary Committee

and Jim Comer Chair of the House Oversight Committee, accuses Alvin Bragg, the Manhattan D.A.

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