Sandwich. This is the first and only time our cameras have caught him since Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed smith. And on that subject, we asked him where the investigation stands. Is the Indictment Sir . Is an investigation happening, sir . Excuse us. Anything youd like to say, mr. Smith . He didnt say anything. Didnt even look in our direction, but there are reasons to believe a Charging Decision is in fact coming soon. Donald trumps lawyers were at Doj Headquarters yesterday meeting with him and other doj officials. Jack smith and other doj officials and sources familiar with the investigation told nbc news The Grand Jury in washington, d. C. Is set to meet again this week after a lull. Weve also just learned from sources familiar another grand jury will hear from a witness in florida. So whats the deal with that . What are two grand juries doing for the special counsels investigation and who else could jack smith be looking at . Joining me now is nbc news justice and int
sandwich. this is the first and only time our cameras have caught him since attorney general merrick garland appointed smith. and on that subject, we asked him where the investigation stands. is the indictment sir? is an investigation happening, sir? excuse us. anything you d like to say, mr. smith? he didn t say anything. didn t even look in our direction, but there are reasons to believe a charging decision is in fact coming soon. donald trump s lawyers were at doj headquarters yesterday meeting with him and other doj officials. jack smith and other doj officials and sources familiar with the investigation told nbc news the grand jury in washington, d.c. is set to meet again this week after a lull. we ve also just learned from sources familiar another grand jury will hear from a witness in florida. so what s the deal with that? what are two grand juries doing for the special counsel s investigation and who else could jack smith be looking at? joining me now is nbc n
before. is there a scenario where christie didn t move up in the polls but trains his fire on trump and manages to help bring trump down or is this going to be a christie campaign where yeah, he s going after trump, but also after desantis and tim scott. he s going all of them and in that case, you re talking about the trump campaign welcoming him into the race. they d probably like to see that. is christie just going to focus on going after trump or is he going to try to mow down all these candidates here. ij that s what the trump folks are hoping for. good question. is there a scenario, i don t remember the make up of each of these primaries, the early ones at least, are there enough primaries before super tuesday where chris christie can pull in some independents? enough open primaries? it looks like he s looking to make a stand here is new hampshire. in new hampshire, you have plenty of independents who can vote in the primary and you think back to that moment you were talking
learned his lesson from 1 2016 that the only way to beat trump is to go at him right away and that s what we expect him to do tonight in new hampshire when he fshlly embarks on a do over. and at the big board, steve kornacki. steve, hold tight, i want to start with doug. chris christie. he was in the race in 2016. he was not a winner in 2016. wasn t even close. he says he s learned his lesson. what purpose does a chris christie candidacy serve? i think some of what it served last time. he knows how to pop balloons and we saw that in the debate. that was it. the campaign for rubio was over. he has a jersey attitude.
be charged. we saw similar behavior around the indictment in new york, but i think what we re seeing from trump and his allies is an opportunity, they believe, to use the same playbook they used around the new york indictment to make this not about donald trump s behavior but the way they will project it as what they will call election interference. the idea it s a special counsel is a small aside here. that they will cast it as the biden doj going after donald trump to make him a political enemy, basically. and make this all about a political prosecution and they will point out as you saw in that post from truth social that you had, basically mike pence cleared from his special counsel investigation regarding documents. if donald trump gets charged, what about joe biden. there s a lot of chaff they can put in the air if and when donald trump is charged and they re projecting that clearly now. and how is that going to play