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departments investigation into donald trumps handling of classified documents. nbc news is exclusively reporting that the grand jury convened evidence in the case, its expected to meet this week after a hiatus. now, prosecutors working for special counsel jack smith have been presenting the grand jury with evidence and witness testimony. that slow down in recent weeks. it is unclear whether prosecutors are prepared to seek an indictment at this point. but, this reconvening might mean t...

republican candidate. i am ayman mohyeldin la, started tonight, we begin with developing news in the justice departments investigation into donald trumps handling of classified documents. nbc news is exclusively reporting that the grand jury convened evidence in the case, its expected to meet this week after a hiatus. now, prosecutors working for special counsel jack smith have been presenting the grand jury with evidence and witness testimony. that slow down in recent weeks. it is unc...

investigation of trump until the review is complete. i want to go to more from sarah murray in washington this morning. >> reporter: a judge granting donald trumps request for a special master to review the materials the fbi seized from the search at mar-a-lago. the judge writing because of trumps role as a former president the stigma associated with the seizure is in a league of its own. a future indictment would result in reputational harm of a decidedly different order of magn magni...

Nearly one month period of that documents investigation. quote, the level of detail in the recording is said to have angered and an honor of close aides to trump who are worried it contains direct quotes from a sensitive conversations. joining me now is joyce vance. a legal analyst, one of the authors of the model prosecution memo, democratic state representative malcolm kenyatta of pennsylvania, brittany cunningham, an msnbc political analyst. its great to have all three of you with us. joyce, ...

Youve been in the courtroom to defend and prosecute these cases. i wonder how we see these cases play out with each circumstance quite unique? >> thats exactly right. i think we always have to remember, with any allegation, especially criminal allegation like that, there is always a presumption of innocence, each case is unique and has to be analyzed on its own specific evidence before you can make an assumption about whether the evidence was right or wrong if someone didnt face accountability i...

Were not convinced that the fbi wasnt collecting 100% of the text messages. >> mr. wray, i think we all can agree that mr. comey should not have made his announcement and press conference. i assume you dont disagree with me on that. would you have made a charging recommendation at all or would you have left that to the department of justice? >> well, senator, as i said, we accept the findings and recommendations in the report. my own view is that the policies about public disclosure as youve elu...

Them. >> thats of concern. we can all agree that mr. comey should not have made his july 6 announcement and press conference. i assume you dont disagree. would you have made a charging recommendation at all or would you have left that to the department of justice? ed. >> senator, as i said, we accept the findings and recommendations in the report. my own view is that the policies about public disclosure as you alluded to are clear about what we should or shouldnt do. as far as making charge and ...