If they want to go after Donald Trump and they have solid evidence, so be it.

But Michael Cohn is far from solid evidence.

This guy, by any prosecutor's 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 Cohn,

especially if he's a convicted perjurer.

That's Trump ally 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.

Good morning and welcome to way too early on this Tuesday, March 21st. I'm Jonathan Lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us, and we've got a lot to get to.

We'll begin this morning in New York City and the Manhattan District's 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 DA's office.

Yesterday, a handful of supporters 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 wrongdoing.

Sources say that tomorrow, Wednesday, is the earliest we could see an indictment.

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