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Good evening and good to see you. lets talk about whats happening with january 6th with the election. the election of 2020. the georgia district attorney just got the green light to seat a special grand jury to investigate trumps efforts to overturn his 2020 loss in that state. the grand jury will be seated may 2nd and the da says she expects a charging decision in the first half of 2022. that is essentially a month. what does that tell you about her case? >> well, that tells me it is proceeding...

Going. we know the da herself said she expects possibly to decide on charges by midyear. the special grand jury will begin sitting may 2nd. jim and bee an fla. >> jessica, thank you so much. joining us is laura jarrett, the anchor of "early start" and previously covered the justice department and errol louis, cnn political commentator and host of the you decide podcast. laura, what will be the fbi be looking at in terms of how to respond to this request for more security following the presiden...

At least at this phase of the case, meaning the investigative phase, which is everything weve been doing up to the special purpose grand jury. theyre now in place, and they each have their roles and theyre doing their work, and theyre clear on what my directives are. >> that was fulton county d.a. fani willis in a brand-new interview with the "atlanta journal constitution" announcing or at least making public that her investigation into the disgraced ex-presidents attempts to overturn the electi...

It is imperative these resources are in place well in advance of the convening of the special purpose grand jury. as we learned last week, that special grand jury will sit. it was approved. that will start may 2nd, theyll be able to subpoena people for testimony in the das probe, also compel discovery. obviously the da there, fani willis, very concerned of possible threats, especially that trump is publicly promising mosh protests. da fani willis expressed in this letter, shes worried there coul...

Went quiet immediately. she agreed to speak with you. what did she tell you? >> she acknowledged that the investigation is entering into a new phase. she kind of announced that she was looking into former president trump, his allies and didnt say much. she told me her prosecutors have spent the last year reading up on everything thats out there, talking to witnesses who were willing to talk without a subpoena, but she mentioned that she really has hit a wall in terms of folks who are willing to ...

Night she said to the atlanta field office this, im asking that you immediately conduct a risk assessment of the fulton county courthouse and government center and that you provide protective resources to include intelligence and federal agents. she also reveals in this letter she has received communications from people unhappy with her investigations, as we know the special grand jury is set to be seated may 2nd as they investigate trumps efforts to subvert the election in georgia. also notewor...

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Sitting may 2nd to subpoena people for testimony and compel discovery and obviously here the d.a. is very concerned about possible threats to anyone involved in that investigation into trump and his allies. especially now that trump is publicly promising more protests here and the d.a. is worried, alisyn and victor, that it could be a repeat of january 6 in atlanta if trump supporters interpret this as a call to action. so this letter requesting the help, it was sent out yesterday. our team has ...

Committee member indicated the investigators are pushing ahead despite those witnesses who refused to show up. >> what we will continue to gather is additional information. we will work on the timeline, we will work on the players, we will work on the levels to which the white house was actively involved. we clearly know the top lines here, and that is that the president sought to overturn an election whether it was by fraudulent electors, or other harebrained conspiracy theories. the former pre...

Something that sara tried to press her on and she essentially said, thats not a worry for me. my grand jury is going ahead. we know she is set to have that special grand jury start their work on may 2nd and probably start producing witnesses and theyre allowed to subpoena witnesses like the former secretary of state is key fact witness in this case. well see that play out probably this summer. >> well be watching this for sure in the next few months. laura, thank you. >> sure. hear what the na...