Attorney Robert Costello gave unexpected testimony on March 20 in the New York hush money investigation of former President Donald Trump. Costello is a former legal adviser to Michael Cohen, Trump’s former lawyer. His testimony before a Manhattan grand jury is expected to discredit testimony given by Cohen. This comes after Trump stated on social media over the weekend that he expected to be indicted on Tuesday. Constitutional attorney and former senior adviser and counsel to Trump Jenna Ellis tells NTD’s Stefania Cox that Trump’s rumored arrest is likely based on a “legally dubious” case.
Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping is in Moscow holding long talks with Vladimir Putin. But the United States calls China’s “peace plan” unacceptable and says Xi is trying to cover Russia’s crimes.
The State Department released its worldwide Human Rights report. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said countries around the world have been “backsliding in human rights conditions.”
Investment banking company UBS has agreed to purchase its rival Credit Suisse in a deal worth more than $3 billion after the Swiss government mediated the merger between the country’s two largest banks to avoid chaos in the financial markets before March 20.