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Involved so far down the road? we, are any day now, expecting an indictment, possibly. why are we still talking to junior possibly incidental people? >> it sounds like at least with one of the witnesses that was in the grand jury on thursday, william russell, this may be his third time in the grand jury. what that tells me is that they actually are far down the road, and theyre tying up some loose ends here. they are, they clearly have, at this, point of prosecution memo, there is a draft indict...

So, the fact that they are talking to him a third time, its like theyre trying to tie up some loose ends here before they -- again, they sent the target letter to donald trump. they have their ducks in a row here. they have the prosecution. they have their draft indictment. and they are just trying to pull together some last-minute things before they ask a grand jury -- >> and, real quickly, does trumps latest attempt to get da willis disqualified have any chance of succeeding? you are shaking -...

>> right. >> and -- twice before. so, the fact that they are talking to him a third time, its like theyre trying to tie up some loose ends here before they -- again, they sent the target letter to donald trump. they have their ducks in a row here. they have the prosecution. they have their draft indictment. and they are just trying to pull together some last-minute things before they ask a grand jury -- >> and, real quickly, does trumps latest attempt to get da willis disqualified have any chanc...

To get an indictment out of the grand jury, ham sandwich and aum that. whats left to happen, the final witnesses have to testify. will donald trump be among them, hes been invited. one former staffer will be testifying. when your witnesses are done, you show the grand jury as a prosecutor your draft indictment, and then they take that vote. if they vote yes, then we have an indictment. >> but theyve been having interviews in the mar-a-lago case after the indictment. why? >> yeah, you can continu...

The special counsel is invested under the doj regulation with the power of a u.s. attorney. i was the u.s. attorney. you would take these meetings -- i always took any of them -- but they were the final appeal. everything had been -- had been worked over in the office, otherwise it wouldnt be a final appeal. remember, we have a solid three or four weeks when nothing was happening in the grand jury. thats when i think he finished polishing the memo, and when things go up to garland, and i think t...

Smiths job includes the drafting of a model -- of a draft indictment. >> i have said on this show that the most dangerous place to be these days is between bill barr and a camera when asked about this case. another example. here he is on cbs. >> based on the facts as the facts come out, i think over time people will see this is not a case of the department of justice, you know, conducting a witch-hunt. in fact, they approached this very delicately and with deference to the president, and this wo...

Separate case in florida, its likely about him or else they could be buttoning up the testimony. but the venue point that carol made i think is really important here. its a little legally arcane, but heres the deal. if they bring a case in the wrong venue, and venue means that a case has to be brought where the crimes occurred, and they choose wrong at the end of the day, the whole case can go away. it cant be retried. so i think right now smith is -- well, actually, i this smith has made all hi...

Indictment. really? almost as soon as you want from this point on all you have to do once youre done with witnesses show them. the draft indictment explained the law. have them vote. ive seen that process take place in under an hour. so i think alvin bragas is still the leader in the clubhouse. i think funny. willis is like likely in second and jack smith while youre right that the pace has picked up quite a bit. hes still got to go through merrick arland, who has shown us that he is not a fast ...

Was a very unusual weekend. jack smith, as i said, seems to have lapped him. what do you see? big picture? i still think alvin bragg is the leader in this horse race, so to speak, because he can move so quickly. i mean, we know the grand jury is reconvening on monday. we dont know exactly whether theyre going to hear a witness. but once youre at this point in the proceedings, michael, if youre the d, a. you can obtain an indictment. really almost as soon as you want from this point on all you ha...

What is the latest on the hush money probe? >> reporter: were awaiting to see when the grand jury will reconvene. there is a chance it could be as soon as monday. and the question is, to what extent is alvin bragg wrapped up with his work? is he working on a draft indictment at this point to bring forward before the grand jurors or potentially days or weeks away? and has the intention of expanding this probe and trying to build a better case before bringing it before the grand jurors. we do not ...