Trump's Sunday morning announcement that he will address the public from his Mar-a-Lago club following his expected arraignment Tuesday raises fascinating questions about his liberty to speak about the case. “He’s wasting taxpayers’ resources for a political witch hunt.” “We view Alvin Bragg as derelict in his duties as district attorney,” Wax said. She understands the severity of the situation.” When asked why Greene apparently changed her mind about joining a protest - she had previously said they weren’t necessary - Wax said: “She saw that we were able to gather and protest peacefully. Wax says he’s expecting a larger crowd this time because of Greene’s attendance. Greene is expected to arrive around 1 p.m. The group plans to gather at a small park near the Lower Manhattan courthouse around noon on Tuesday. Gavin Wax, one of the organizers, said at least two other elected officials might attend, although he didn’t name them since he said they hadn't confirmed. The New York Young Republican Club, which organized a sparsely attended protest against Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg last month, is planning another rally Tuesday, this time headlined by Rep. Trump has denied any wrongdoing, having claimed last year that he can declassify documents “ by thinking about it.”īarr also weighed in on Trump's Manhattan grand jury indictment, saying he thinks it appears to be a “political” prosecution, joining allies of Trump who have sought to discredit the justice system ahead of Trump's expected arraignment. Since then, Attorney General Merrick Garland has appointed a special counsel to investigate. The FBI recovered a trove of top secret and other highly classified documents when it searched Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida in August. I think they actually wanted the documents back.” “I think the document case is the most serious case,” Barr said in an interview on “Fox News Sunday.” “I don’t think they went after those documents to get Trump. Brynn Anderson / AP fileįormer Attorney General William Barr said Sunday that he believes out of the various cases involving Trump, the federal investigation of his handling of classified documents will be his biggest legal woe. Summer Concepcion Attorney General William Barr in Atlanta on Sept. Cohen has said Trump directed him to pay Daniels during the 2016 campaign. With the charges still under seal, McDougal's involvement in the case is unclear. The payment to former adult film star Stormy Daniels is at the center of the indictment. “And so the answer is substantial documentation,” he added.Ĭohen pleaded guilty and served prison time for campaign finance violations and other crimes for his role in hush money schemes to pay two women who claimed to have had affairs with Trump. Remember, there are two crimes here,” Davis said on CNN’s “State of the Union.” Trump, concerning the Karen McDougal crime. And there are other documents from other people and other testimony from other people, some of it direct, involving conversations with Mr. “Cohen submitted a lot of documentation, not only to this group of prosecutors, but to the earlier group. Michael Cohen's lawyer, Lanny Davis, said Sunday that his client had provided “substantial documentation” in the case against Trump. Adam Edelman Michael Cohen and his attorney, Lanny Davis, right, walk out of a courthouse in New York on March 13.
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