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In this particular case. versus seeing something from fulton da, fani willis, ou special counsel jack smith >> that is exactly what think. i think that it is a functio of the statute of limitations. this is, if youre jus comparing the types of crime that the former president is being investigated for or its crimes that happened before, during, and after hi presidency i think that everyone woul agree that this is, not that this is not an important case, but this is the least importan of those tha...

Ruling it out? >> absolutely. anything is possible. >> they subpoenaed a hand full of allies including his attorney rudy giuliani. so, theres a lot to talk about here, lets talk nuts and bolts here what happens if the fulton da does subpoena donald trump? >> you have a lot on your hands. i think it would move to quash the subpoena saying it is either political or not based in fact or something. two he is an expert at dragging out the subpoena. he has a phd in dragging out the legal process. if h...

Legislators here in georgia, court citing some similar privileges. >> are you are saying before this grandeur? >> yeah, absolutely. we have a former state senator, one of the folks who was the most embedded in the south stop the steal movement. he was the one who invited would yuleana calm testify from almost seven hours here in georgia. our lieutenant governor, jeff duncan, they are setting more of a institutional argument that the georgia constitution has a similar provision to the speech and ...

Obtain evidence. that is something that the fulton das office cannot do on its own. they are ready to go forward with subpoenas, in order to get testimony. and so they need a grand jury. apparently its not just brad raffensperger. phony will says in her letter, that a significant number of witnesses and prospective witnesses have refused to cooperate with the investigation. absent to a subpoena requiring testimony. well, a special grand jury requiring subpoena power, would remove that problem. s...

Word, and we actually heard in the last segment the district attorney down in georgia willis say inten. all of this -- when youre talking about criminal charges, have you to prove intent. have you to prove that there was an intent to steal an election, that the president did not legitimately believe he won. you have to prove that you had what is called criminal or corrupt attempt and all of these documents could go to that and to me the best evidence you have intent is what people were doing and...

>> the first step is what we saw the d.a. do just now. she has to send a letter to the chief judge asking her negotiation hanegotiation have grand jury. the judges as group will then vote on whether to grand that request. if this happens, we will have a special grand jury seated. that special grand jury will have a couple of really important powers. one is they can issue subpoenas so they can get testimony, compel testimony out of brad rafns pittsburgh earning the person she singles out in the l...

She sites recent statements, saying he will only speak to investigators in her office in this case if he is compelled to do so by subpoena. she needs grand jury to get subpoena power. they cannot issue indictments but they can issue subpoenas to obtain testimony and evidence. that is something the fulton d.a.s office cannot do on its own. and so, they need the grand jury. for its apparently not just him. she says in her letter that a significant number of witnesses and perspective witnesses have...

That seem not important are very important. >> were there not. what charges should trump face other? should he be worried? >> he definitely should be worried. there are a host of charges surrounding fraud, election fraud, you know, pressuring officials to commit fraud, but, you know, the bigger picture sheer that the walls are closing in on trump on a number of fronts, including at the state level. in addition to the fulton d.a., he has a case in -- at the manhattan district attorneys office tha...