along with the manhattan district attorney. we have no additional comment at this time. for additional comment, we are joined by david bluff, he's an msnbc's political analyst. this is news unlike anything we have heard of a previous president, here you have the new york state attorney general teaming up with the manhattan district attorney, clearly because the trump organization is located inmanhattan. manhattan district attorney already running the criminal investigation of trump's business, they're going to share information and so the new york attorney general will be able to obtain conceivably information that has been gathered by this preexisting criminal grand jury. this is not a politic question. this is a how do you face this. donald trump pretending to spend his day of what republican members of the house may be saying about him. the truth is this is what occupies his day, worrying about what his criminal defense attorneys are going to tell him. >> no doubt about it. i have long maintained even though president trump won the presidency and i think he's going to

clearly because the trump organization is located in manhattan. manhattan district attorney already running a criminal investigation of the trump business using a grand jury. they are now going to share information and so the new york attorney general will be able to obtain conceivably information that has been gathered by this pre-existing criminal grand jury. this is not a politics question, this is a how do you face this donald trump pretending to spend his day concerned with what republican members of the house might be saying about him. the truth of his life is, this is what occupies his day. worrying about the next thing his criminal defense attorneys are going to tell him. >> hi lawrence, there's no doubt about that. i've well maintained, even though donald trump sought the presidency and won the presidency, not many people done that i think is going to regret entering the presidential race, much less winning. i think this is just the beginning of the end, potentially. you know, the rest of his days on this earth are going to be faced with

what we know about the manhattan da's timeline. what a potential indictment means for the political party that donald trump still controls. and can the criminal justice system actually hold a former president accountable? >> there was nothing that happened at the trump organization that did not go through mr. trump with his approval. >> plus, where we stand as a nation. one year after the murder of george floyd. with jamele hill and adam sewer. all in starts right now. >> good evening from new york, i'm chris hayes. with a huge new story. out tonight from the washington post, recently confirmed that the ap appears, reporting in the manhattan district attorney has now convened a grand jury that will hear evidence in the criminal case against donald trump. the grand jury is expected to decide whether or not to indict the twice impeached acts president. that's according to two people familiar with the situation. this indicates the investigation of trump and his businesses has reached an advanced stage after more than two years. the po

what we know about the manhattan d.a.'s time line. what happen the potential indictment means for the political party that donald trump still holds. >> there was nothing that happened at the trump organization that did not go through mr. trump with his approval. >>> plus where we stand as a nation one year after the murder of george floyd, with jemele hill and adam serwer. "all in" starts right now. >>> good evening from new york. i'm chris hayes. a huge new story out of the washington post. a manhattan district attorney has convened a grand jury that will hear evidence in the criminal case against donald trump. that grand jury is expected to decide whether or not to indict the twice impeached ex-president. that is familiar to two people familiar with the investigation. the move has moved an advanced stage after two years. the post reports it suggests that he believes he has found evidence of a crime, if not by crime, than someone close to him or his company. they will hear from witnesses and if the prosecutors choose, ask for an indi

and so they handed that part of it over to the manhattan d.a.'s office to prosecute. that's all we know for sure. but given that, we can tell more about how serious this might be. we first learned about the attorney general's civil investigation into the trump org through "the new york times," reporting in march of 2019. since then, through public court filings and public source reporting, we've been able to figure out more about what those investigators may have been looking at, potential bank fraud, potential tax fraud. and we've learned specific details about how the investigation is going. we know in october, former president trump's son eric trump, the blond one, sat for a deposition with the attorney general's team. in november, we know subpoenas were issued to the trump organization relating to consulting fees paid to president trump's daughter ivanka. we know those subpoenas were issued as a result of groundbreaking investigative reporting done by suzanne craig and other reporters at "the new york times" who basically got the story of the year when they gained

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the manhattan district attorney's office. they declined to comment. cnn also reached out to the trump organization. we've not heard back. the former president, meanwhile, blasting the leak of the grand jury news to the press suggesting new york city prosecutors should be more focused on the city's crime rate instead of donald trump. >> laura jarrett, thank you for that. >>> let's bring in cnn legal analyst and criminal defense attorney joey jackson and former prosecutor paul callan. joey, you are a lawyer for donald trump. you're counselor to donald j. trump right now and you see this report in "the washington post." special grand jury convened. your reaction is? >> i'm very concerned. that's my former office. the manhattan district attorney's office. they investigate cases, and this case is predicated upon records. it's not about circumstantial evidence. it's about bank records. it's about tax documents. it's about loan applications. it's about concrete matters. we defense attorneys cross-examine people. and generally we cro

and i think the manhattan da, or anything will, make a decision whether to go ahead.ges coming in the fall, before sevenzo, the manhattan da leaves office. there's a lot riding on this for him. and i think they are working full-time since they -- even before that. but particularly since february when they got not just the tax return information. but also tons of other documents that they got from the accounting firm. actual information, financial statements, account notes. i think they're just trying to piece it together. but i think they're working around the clock on that sort of deadline. and i think the state as well, you're looking -- it just feels like they are at the end of something just with what they're doing. they're just making moves that would suggest there is at least a civil stuff is progressing. and they've been working on it for a year or two know as well. >> suzanne, given what you know, what you have reported about the financial behavior of president trump and his business -- and given what you are describing about what it seems like is happening in

and the manhattan da's office has a proud history of bringing large complex financial cases so while in other jurisdictions it may be more the belly wake of the federal prosecutors dating back several years of the manhattan district attorney's office was taken on cases of an extraordinary proportion. that being said, they're very complicated but the da's office has unit which exclusively looks into economic crimes and there was one obviously major economic crimes. and it seems that this investigation would fall within that valley quick. >> what's the process in your experience of these sorts of cases before a grand jury, right? before you are actually either recommending charges or not. when you're just bringing witnesses before a grand jury to get them on the record under oath. >> well, what's very interesting about the state system grand jury is that witnesses that are called to get actual testimony get him unity. so the district attorney's office in any major white-collar criminal prosecution or investigation is extremely careful about who they put into the grand jury because they

this is a natural progression in all substantial white collar investigations in manhattan. spend a lot of time investigating, and if a case is relatively complex, which this one is, you have to panel a special grand jury which sits longer than the usual four weeks which is the usual term of grand jury to get it all in. what it tells me is if you take that step of empaneling what's called a special grand jury, more highly likely to be presenting some criminal charges to that grand jury at some point. you also need to spend a lot of that time putting the evidence in, juries are very complex, you have cumbersome procedures. you have to bring witnesses in and you can also use it as investigative tool. you can compel witnesses to have to testify even if they don't want to. it's very powerful as a tool. the bottom line is, this tells me an already substantial investigation is heading to some charges at least at some point.least at som the >> six month authorization at this gradually doesn't mean they will necessarily use all of those six months before delivering charges? >> corre

those people, it looks like, are joining forces with the manhattan district attorney's office. i view that similarly to when the manhattan district attorney brought in mark from paul weiss. here he is bringing in people with subject matter expertise from an investigation and they can share with the information that they have with the manhattan district attorney's office and presumably move the case along faster. >> and true weissmann and tunnel bryant, thank you again for your emergency services on breaking news last night and for agreeing to join us tonight, . we appreciate it. >> thank you michael. >> thank you. coming up today 35 house republicans refused to take orders from donald trump, that is 25 more than last time when only ten house republicans voted to impeach donald trump in january. we will be joined next by one of the house impeachment managers who prosecuted donald trump for the insurrection at the capitol and the senate impeachment trial in february. jason crow is up next. yeah (laugh) keep your downstairs dry with gold bond body powder. certified turbocharger, s

the manhattan district attorney's criminal investigation of donald trump has reached a critical new stage with a grand jury reportedly convened. tell our viewers what this means potentially for the former president. >> reporter: good evening, wolf. the "washington post" reporting tonight that the manhattan district attorney's office has convened a grand jury. they say this grand jury will hear evidence and could potentially decide whether or not to indict the former president or the trump organization. now, this is a significant development in this investigation, which has been underway for two years. it suggested, based on the "washington post" reporting, that the d.a. has decided they may have some evidence of a crime and it may be something they will want to present to the grand jury. the "washington post" says this grand jury will sit three days a week for six months and that they will also hear cases other than the investigation involving the former president and the trump organization. this grand jury is not solely dedicated to the trump investigation. this does, though, suggest thi

the manhattan d.a. has had a separate investigation going into trump's finances, this including the former president's tax returns. let's get to the very latest. cnn's kara scannell is joining me now. can you break this down for us? >> sure, kate. as you know, the new york attorney general has had this on going civil investigation into the trump organization where they're looking into whether they inflated the value of certain assets, whether they misled lenders and other related activities. this investigation has up until this point been purely civil. the new york attorney general's office had informed the trump organization there's a criminal component to this, they're working with the manhattan district attorney's office on that investigation. the manhattan d.a.'s investigation is also criminal. they're looking at a lot of the same materials which is why there's a symbiotic relationship here. they're also looking into whether -- they also have the trump's tax returns which they received after a long

a professor at new york law school and former manhattan assistant district attorney. >>> still ahead,emocrats in congress trying to decide how much longer they'll allow republicans to stand in the way of some very popular proposals before they and the president decide to go it alone. >>> even my republican friends in congress, not a single one of them voted for the rescue plan. i'm not going to embarrass any of them but i have here a list of how back in their districts, they're bragging about the rescue plan. >> president biden in cleveland, ohio, highlighting the last big piece of legislation he passed. the covid relief bill which he passed without a single republican vote. which was so overwhelmingly popular that now republicans can't help but pretend they had something to do with it. at the same time, president biden is planning to continue negotiating with republicans on the next piece of his legislative agenda. his multitrillion-dollar infrastructure plan, blowing through his own self-imposed dead line of wrapping up negotiations by memorial day. and here's the thing puzzling to

s office in manhattan. it is momentous because in this country we have not had a president charged with a crime. we don't know we will have one here because there is a grandeury does not mean they will bring charges against former president trump. if i were here i would be very nervous about that. it has the feeling of quicksand. it is certainly the next serious step in this thing. it was interesting to me that the grand jury has been empaneled for the next six months, the stretch of time that the current d.a. wants to serve out his term and i think he wants to be the one that will make the decision to bring charges and it will overlap perfectly with his tenure. >> let's talk about weisselberg. prosecutors have been looking at him and transactions around his family presumably in an effort to get him to cooperate. that is how the cases are made. i want to play a little bit of michael cohen talking about the centrality of weisselberg. >> in the office with me you was allen weisselberg, the chief financial off

the manhattan d.a. won a supreme court battle to get eight years of trump's tax returns and other financial records. now he and the attorney general's office are working together, lawyers and accountants, poring over thousands of documents. alex presha, abc news, washington. >> thank you. >>> time for a look at your friday forecast. so take a look at this. an unusual sight during late may. snow in reno, nevada. no more snow is expected today. but there could be some rain. looking at the radar more rain is expected from texas to louisiana, up to the northern plains. the gulf coast can see 4 more inches of rain and in the rockies and parts of montana could get 2 feet. checking today's high temperature, another summer-like day for the northeast. near 90 in chicago and detroit. around 70 on the west coast. 83 in miami. >>> coming up, the new study on walking and your health. the number of daily steps you need. >>> but first, prince william and harry now lashing out after that bombshell investigation into ho

those people looks like are now joining forces with the manhattan district attorney's office. here he's bringing in people with subject matter expertise of investigation and they can share the information they have with the district attorney's office and presumably move the case along faster. >> andrew wisemann, and tim abrines, thank you for joining us tonight again. >>> coming up, 35 republicans refused to take orders from donald trump. that's 25 more than last time. we'll be joined by one of the house impeachment managers who prosecuted donald trump for the insurrection. congressman crowe joins us next. congressman crowe joins us next. [truck horn blares] (vo) the subaru forester. dog tested. dog approved. limu emu... and doug. so then i said to him, you oughta customize your car insurance with liberty mutual, so you only pay for what you need. oh um, doug can we talk about something other than work, it's the weekend. yeah, yeah. [ squawk ] hot dog or... chicken? [ squawk ] only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ if you have risk factors like hea

alexandra fields inside a transportation hub in lower manhattan.this? are they actually not wearing their masks? >> look, new yorkers are skeptical as always, poppy. here at the train station in lower manhattan, our masks are on because masks are still required whether you're vaccinated or unvaccinated when using public forms of transportation. these rules, again, when it comes to taking off your mask indoors or outdoors only apply to fully vaccinated. you have to keep them on in public transportation and schools or congregate settings. we've been asking new yorkers what they think about this new guidance. this is a testament to the success of the vaccination program. the success of the city and the state in terms of lowering the positivity rate, but those who are and aren't vaccinated are both saying they're feeling somewhat unnerved by the guidance. >> i think the thing that we have to not let our guard off because the point is that it's not that the virus has gone away. it's still very much there. it's just that the chance of spreading and infec

the grand jury composed of 23 manhattan residents. if they do have evidence of crime, it will require the majority of them and 12 of them decide to indict. as you said this investigation has been going on for a long time. this is moving into new phase but it is not clear whether prosecutors will decide try to bring charges against donald trump or the trump organization or any employees. trump and his company and some of his top executive like the chief officer weisselberg denied doing anything wrong. as we see this shift takes place, it is important to remember the statute of limitations on a lot of crimes they are investigating, that clock is ticking. they are moving against the clock. it is one of the reasons we are seeing a metrove into this. six months is how long cy vance will be in office. kate. >> carol, great reporting. thank you very much. jim acosta is "outfront" with me right now and elie honig. jim, you have been talking to your sources. what else are they telling you about the indictment? >> there are some advisers who ta

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weisselberg's former daughter-in-law met with the manhattan d.a. multiple times even providing them with documents and listen to what she told cnn. >> will allen weisselberg flip on trump? >> yes. >> attorneys for both weisselberg and the trump organization have declined to comment. trump you'll be shocked to discover claims the investigation is politically motivated. calling it an investigation in search of a crime. i'm joined now by msnbc legal analyst andrew wiseman. he was the lead prosecutor for special counsel robert mueller's office and chief of the fraud section at the department of justice. good evening to you. let's talk first about the new york attorney general's announcement her investigation has shifted from a civil one to a criminal one. what would it take for that to happen, andrew? what does that say about the strength of the evidence her office and inmanhattan d.a.'s office have in their possession? >> well, what's interesting is that the new york attorney general has limited criminal authority. in other words, they primarily do ci

it's also significant that the manhattan d.a.'s office and new york ag's office are collaborating, which is also very unusual, which suggests both of them have useful information that the other side needs to make better cases. it's almost unprecedented i6r789s there could have been two parallel investigations from the ag's office and the manhattan d.a., now the crossover that we heard from kara scannell. what does it mean for the family? the trump organization, what is their exposure here? >> we've had bits and pieces about the children's various involvement. eric trump was deposed by the new york attorney general last year. i think that related specifically to valuations of properties like seven springs, the trump estate in westchester county. you know, ivanka trump's compensation that is come up in these investigations. they all were involved with making senior decisions within the trump organization, and we also know there's tons of pressure being brought to bear on alan weisselberg, the company's longtime chief financial offic

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and what is the significance of the manhattan d.a.te attorney general essentially combining some grand jury resources? >> well, i do think it's important to put it in context. because just because a grand jury is convened doesn't mean that there will be an indictment. but here, there's a lot more. to remind viewers, you have the manhattan district attorney has won two supreme court cases to get the accounting records of the trump organization. he has brought in in a way that is quite unusual outside experts, an accounting expert from fti, an outside accounting firm. a partner from paul weisz, who is an expert prosecutor and defense lawyer, and now, as you mentioned, chuck, people from the new york attorney general's office, who have been conducting at least a civil investigation into apparently tax and related charges from a civil perspective. and those are now all aligned. if you put all of that together, and now it's announced that there is going to be a grand jury sitting three days a week for at least the next six months, you know

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this one more serious because it began with the manhattan da. that's made a lot of progress. do we have a sense as to when we'll know if this will lead to charges? >> i don't think so. we are in a situation where the former president can no longer use his office to try to delay things. but nonetheless, as i tell clients all the time, criminal investigations take a long time, and they can drag on for months or even years. >> thank you renato mariotti, good to have you. >>> house republican leaders, as manu just reported, are urging their fellow republican members to vote against this bill that will be on the floor today, a bill that would create a bipartisan commission on the january 6th insurrection. the question is why. we'll discuss. >>> qanon setting its sights now on arizona. why the state's so-called election audit is giving this dangerous conspiracy theory new hope. >>> the family of andrew brown, jr. say they'll file a federal lawsuit after the district attorney says the deadly use of force against him was justified. we'll have more just ahead. saveg to make your summe

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it's seen as a sign the manhattan d.a.'e one that could result in criminal charges against the former president. joining me now cnn's senior legal affairs correspondent paula reed and former federal prosecutor kim waly. she's the author of "what you need to know about voting and why." and i suggest everyone read that book. good evening to both of you. paula, i'm going to start with you. what more are we learning about this investigation tonight? >> our reporting at least one witness has been told to prepare to go before the grand jury. it suggests this investigation is moving into an advance stage. we know that for the past two years the manhattan district attorney has been looking into the trump organization to get into these questions about whether they may have lied about their assets when applying for loans or paying their taxes. now, when it comes to the potential crime of fraud they're going to need documents, they're going to need witnesses. and we know the former president he doesn't leave much of a paper trail. he

boys, brooklyn bridge, lower manhattan.i know how much you love this town. >> i do. >> bill: i know how much you love this town. you know what my feelings are. it was tough to see what it went through. we hope we can come back at the same level of strength we did before. >> i think the city is about to explode and i'm thrilled about it. i would love to see from the top more leadership on bringing people back to new york, more unity in terms of encouraging people to go out for dinner and come back to the shows. you need to have a really comprehensive. there was an i love new york campaign. i think i mentioned this before. they had people on the subways, people all over the city with mayor cox leaning over and going and singing i love new york. we need something like that. we need a broad, unifying message for the city. >> dana: you were here on 9/11 heading to the 20th anniversary of those attacks. new york went through a lot then but a resilient city. i wasn't here. do you sense that can still happen? another one of those t

the manhattan d.a. is convening this grand jury according to "the post." what does this tell you about this investigation into trump and his company? has he found evidence of a crime? >> i think the short answer is yes, don, some evidence. this is obviously significant. this is important. if donald trump is to be indicted -- and that's far from certain at this point. but if he is, these are the everyday women and men on this grand jury who will return the indictment. however, this is not extraordinary. this is not a shocker. this is, in fact, exactly what you would expect to see in the normal progress of a criminal case if you, as a prosecutor, believed that your case was productive, that you had found enough that you had a good-faith basis to go in there and impanel a grand jury. ultimately a lot of this will sit in the prosecutor's hands. the grand jury will technically vote but there's the old adage that a prosecutor can get a ham sandwich indicted in the grand jury. there's some truth to that. the burden is quite low. these prosecutors need to make sur

but again, this could bring criminal charges against former president trump manhattan's dia says its office has been investigating the former president for up to 2 years now. and we spoke our political analyst michael yaki to better understand how the former president's tax returns plays a role in office. >> the way that she defied congress, the way he refuses to allow his tax returns to be released for various reasons, which those things i think all together has led to where we are today and especially when the supreme court finally, you know, weeks after the president. if i left office. lot of those tax returns to be. by by the new york state attorney general and the d a that's where we are today. they're looking at this paper that paperwork. they've hired a forensic expert. they're they're at a stage right now where they believe this could lead to criminal charges. >> as michael said, this could bring criminal charges against former president trump. it could be 6 months before we learn what that decision is a spokesperson for the former president and an attorney for the trump orga

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. >> national news now at a grand jury has been convened by manhattan's district attorney to decide if former president trump should be indicted for his business dealings. now this comes after the new york state's attorney general says that to she assigned 2 lawyers to work with the manhattan da's office on the case, a case which she says has gone from civil the criminal in nature ken wayne joins us now in the studio. break this all down yeah. into what could be a very long into finding out what's going on with the president's finances. according to the washington post. >> this panel was recently convened and we'll sit down for 3 days a week for the next 6 months or so. the grand jury is likely to hear several matters not just the trump case during its term, the report says that this 6 month time frame would be longer than a traditional new york state grand jury assignment. but again, this could bring criminal charges against former president trump manhattan's district attorney says its office has been investigating trump for about 2 years earlier today we talked to our political analy

s office or the manhattan d.a.'s office.tainly new to me. >> it's an interesting option and when you summon a special grand jury like cy vance has, it means you're considering a lot of different charges. rico and new york's rico statute are interesting possibilities. they allow prosecutors to present all sorts of evidence that might not come in for trial as they evaluate and consider his conduct. >> let's talk about what this is for a moment. you and i remember rico from the old days, but we don't hear about it that much. we don't think about it this much. this is a new york version of enterprise or commercial conduct. the manhattan d.a. could pursue racketeering in the trump organization probe. the state law sometimes called little rico can be invoked with proof of as few as three crimes involving a business or other enterprise that can carry a prison term up to 25 years along with a mandatory minimum of one to three years. if cy vance was thinking about this, who is the target here? is it donald trump? is it allen weiselbe

one is a criminal probe led by manhattan district attorney cyrus vance.er let by state attorney general leticia james is a civil probe. we're now learning the attorney general's office is also pursuing a criminal investigation. that's according to the officer itself which released a statement last night. quote, we have informed the trump organization that our investigation into the organization is no longer purely civil in nature. we are now actively investigating the trump organization in a criminal capacity along with the manhattan d.a. in other words, members of the ag's office are joining forces with cyrus vance's team to pursue that criminal inquiry. that should come as ominous news to the former president who faces a growing list of legal liabilities. in addition to those inquiries, he's under criminal investigation for his election meddling in georgia, he faces two defamation suits over alleged sexual assault and a financial fraud suit filed by his own niece. there's a federal investigation into the january 6th insurrection along with three suits f

and an icon of manhattan — the empire state building turns 90. hello and welcome. adults in india can now get a first dose of a coronavirus vaccine. that's good news — in theory — for a country that's become the first in the world to record more than 400,000 coronavirus infections in a single day. but many states in india have closed vaccine centres because of a shortage of supplies. and hospitals are still struggling to cope, short of beds and oxygen. devina gupta has more from the capital delhi. 400,000 and counting. surging covid cases now making inroads in india's hinterland. these villagers in the eastern indian state of 0disha are living in fear. people here are so poor that they can't afford a proper mask, let alone expensive treatment. now three people have tested positive. translation: there are no facilities for i oxygen in our village. we have to go to the city, but how can we when there is a shortage, even in city hospitals? and his concern echoed in this private hospital in delhi, where 12 people lost their lives when the oxygen stock ran out. translat

the development possibly a signal that the manhattan d.a. is seeking charges after a two-year investigation. the grand jury will consider evidence in a criminal investigation into trump's buned to indictmts president, his family, or his company. >> abc news has learned that already prosecutors have contacted witnesses to appear before the special grand jury which will reportedly meet for three days a week for up to six months. >> reporter: prosecutors investigating a variety of matters including whether trump overvalued his properties to obtain bank loans and deflated the value of those same properties to pay lower taxes. and the district attorney's office also reportedly looking into hush money payments made to women who said they had sex with trump. in february prosecutors secured eight years of trump's tax returns. after a lengthy court battle trump has always maintained he has run a clean company. >>> breaking overnight, there appears to be no survivors after a firefighting helicopter crashed in florida. the chopper was carrying four peo

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about the existence of that special grand jury was rebecca voice of former district attorney in manhattanaid prosecutors in her former office were unlikely to take this key step, without evidence and probable cause to believe that someone committed a crime. joining me now is rebecca, she is a professor at new york law school who's previously served as an adult system district attorney in the manhattan office. thank you for joining us. we have a lot to pick apart, first of all telling me with the idea of the special grand jury people being invited to talk to them, and one reportedly being asked to be prepared to testify that means that testified beyond and outside the grand jury's deliberation? >> right, exactly. this just shows that investigation has proceeded beyond the early phase when they were just gathering information and sending out subpoenas, there was obviously a grand jury found but now this grandeur is convene to hear evidence from witnesses. in new york the grand jury isn't using quite the same way as in federal practice, so at this stage it really indicates that they've moved

what we know about the manhattan da's timeline.ctment means for the political party that donald trump still controls. and can the criminal justice system actually hold a former president accountable? >> there was nothing that happened at the trump organization that did not go through mr. trump with his

the highest number of rent ales in manhattan, a record more than 9,000. down 21%, with landlords offering on average two months free rent many are seizing on that as an opportunity to both live in the city and save some money at the same time. cnbc's robert frank has their story. >> reporter: when the pandemic caused many new yorkers to move out, new jersey native robbie ledove moved in. >> i kind of spent my whole life drooling at the sky line and dreaming of the day i could finally live here. >> reporter: after graduating during the pandemic, robbie landed a job in real estate and started scouring the web for rentals in a pricey section of manhattan. >> so when i walked into this unit, the 19th apartment that i saw, i just thought the deal was too good to pass up. >> reporter: pre-pandemic, the two-bedroom apartment went for $7,500 a month robbie and his roommate got it for $5,500 saving $2,000 a month. >> i was able to move into manhattan and get an amazing apartment for a great deal >> reporter: when chicago native greg franklin scored a consulting jo