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Appearing on MSNBC early Sunday morning, a former federal prosecutor pointed to reports that Donald Trump is likely headed for an indictment in Manhattan based on a request to testify before a grand jury and that all of his legal problems are coming to a head at approximately the same time.

Speaking with MSNBC fill-in host Julian Castro, former U.S. Attorney Cynthia Alksne explained that the former president is faced with an "amazing legal avalanche" that could bury him.

Former president Donald Trump is likely facing imminent indictment in Manhattan after an invitation to speak to a grand jury next week over hush money paid to adult film star Stormy Daniels in 2016, as well as a possible indictment in Georgia on election tampering accusations, and then there are multiple investigations undertaken by special counsel Jack Smith into the Jan. 6 insurrection and stolen government documents discovered at Mar-a-Lago.

Bad as these potentially are, a former Brooklyn, NY prosecutor thinks the former president should focus his immediate concerns on a civil trial he is facing in New York City over writer E. Jean Carroll lawsuit alleging sexual assault in the mid-90's in a department store dressing room.

Former President Donald Trump faces possible prosecution in at least four cases, and a legal expert assessed the peril he faces in those investigations.

New York prosecutors have indicated the former president will likely face criminal charges for allegedly paying hush money to porn actress Stormy Daniels, and MSNBC legal analyst Barbara McQuade told "Morning Joe" that's not the only investigation that could end in prosecution.

A new report from The New York Times on Thursday revealed that Manhattan prosecutors under Alvin Bragg are taking steps consistent with an imminent indictment of former President Donald Trump, for brokering hush payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels.

And the former president is already responding to the news. Shortly after the story dropped, Trump's legal team released a furious statement on Twitter, slamming the prosecutors involved in the case.

Prosecutors in the Manhattan District Attorney's office have signaled to lawyers representing former President Donald Trump to prepare for possible charges, reported The New York Times on Thursday.

"The prosecutors offered Mr. Trump the chance to testify next week before the grand jury that has been hearing evidence in the potential case, the people said. Such offers almost always indicate an indictment is close; it would be unusual for the district attorney, Alvin L. Bragg, to notify a potential defendant without ultimately seeking charges against him," reported William K. Rashbaum, Ben Protess, and Jonah E. Bromwich. "In New York, potential defendants have the right to answer questions in the grand jury before they are indicted, but they rarely testify, and Mr. Trump is likely to decline the offer. His lawyers could also meet privately with the prosecutors in hopes of fending off criminal charges."

Mike Pence is pushing back against a federal grand jury subpoena in the Jan. 6 investigation, CNN reports.

The former vice president through attorneys on Friday night filed a motion requesting that a judge block the subpoena, citing protections offered by the Constitution's Speech or Debate Clause, sources told the news outlet.

A legal brief filed by the Department of Justice that made the case that Donald Trump does not have unlimited immunity for his words and actions while he was president has far-reaching implications for multiple investigations that could result in indictments.

That is the opinion of multiple legal scholars, with one saying it is an ominous sign for the former president whose lawyers will see a key defense stripped away if a federal court agrees.

A new round of subpoenas went out over the past few weeks from the Justice Department that is causing some nervousness among those in Donald Trump's world, MSNBC noted during a discussion on Sunday.

Speaking to former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner, Yasmin Vossoughian asked about the advancement of the case under special counsel Jack Smith. One of the key pieces is that the attorneys are now becoming witnesses.

Attorneys for Donald Trump "secretly' submitted a legal brief in federal court late Friday seeking to keep former Vice President Mike Pence from testifying before a grand jury.

According to CNN, the filing came "in a sealed proceeding" and was in response to a subpoena from special counsel Jack Smith.

Federal prosecutors are focusing their efforts on former President Donald Trump's top lawyer as a new strategy in their investigations into efforts to overturn the 2020 election and the probe into classified documents at Mar-a-Largo, The Washington Post reports.

Rudy Giuliani in particular has attracted the attention of investigators in the 2020 election case, according to the report, which cites people who have appeared in front of the grand jury.

Former President Donald Trump may have a propensity for skirting criminal investigations, but the former president’s luck may be running out.

That’s according to Democratic lawmaker and vocal Trump critic Eric Swalwell, who said Wednesday that special counsel Jack Smith and Attorney General Merrick Garland are poised to go where Robert Mueller, among others investigating the former president, weren’t.

As former President Donald Trump competes with challengers for the 2024 presidential election, including a possible run by his former ally Gov. Ron DeSantis, he is "trapped" into a strategy of endorsing more and more extreme positions by the very factors that allowed him to take over the Republican Party, wrote Thomas B. Edsall for The New York Times on Wednesday.

"In his effort to outflank Ron DeSantis, the governor of Florida — his most potent challenger-in-waiting for the Republican presidential nomination — Donald Trump goes only in one direction: hard right," wrote Edsall.

Add one more investigation dogging former President Donald Trump as the Department of Justice continues its probe into top-secret government documents discovered at Mar-a-Lago and Fulton County District Fani Willis prepares to convene a new grand jury that will look into 2020 election tampering.

According to a report from the Daily Beast, it appears that Donald Trump's attempt to raise cash to finance a recount of the 2020 election returns is the subject of an unpublicized investigation by the Federal Elections Commission.