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Say we have reporting about whats in his target letter, even if we had definitive knowledge of what was in the target letter, theres no guarantee that whats in the target letter is indicative that charges will be brought or that the charges that will be brought are those that are related to the statutes mentioned in the target letter. i have to give you all the caveats, but with all of those caveats, if trump is charged with conspiracy, theres no guarantee that his conspirators, people when he c...

The doj sort of approached it from the start wide and worked their way to the top. going after all those people who were part of storming the capitol, meanwhile, you have then this one chunk that was broken off for the special counsel involving the former president himself, and michael, the criminal statutes referenced in the target letter to trump by the special counsels office, were talking deprivation of rights under law, conspiracy to defraud the u.s. and witness tampering, those do not incl...

Summation, like a closing argument, where they suggest to the grand jury that they believe that there is now probable cause to believe certain offenses have been violated. they might share with them a copy of the statutes theyre talking about, they might discuss the elements of each of those offenses with them. and then after they have concluded that summation, they leave the room and the grand jurors themselves conduct a vote. in a complex case like this, deliberations might take a bit of time....

I think the january 6th case, based on the facts developed in that indictment, would be the most explosive and most significant. >> you talk about the facts, given the weight of this, who it involves and the potential impact on this country, i have to think jack smith wouldnt get to this point if he wasnt 1,000 percent confident in his case. from your experience, from the criminal statutes laid out in the target letter from the people that we know from trumps circle who have given testimony and ...

Evidence of the presidents specific event to disrupt the joint session enough to constitute violation of several criminal statutes. as i said before, the special counsel has likely gone beyond that in terms of factual development, and my expectation has only found corroborative evidence. jack smith is a seasoned public integrity prosecutor. hes used to these cases and im certain he will be careful and meticulous before making a prosecutorial decision. if an indictment comes, it will be a sign th...

Like that, what smith has access to is every person potentially that donald trump talked to at the time, every written record, whether its an email, a text message, or the like. mark meadows texts, for example, surfacing. thats why donald trump cant lie his way out of this criminal process the way he can other things. >> and joyce, lets talk about the target letter for a second. this is what the statutes that are cited deprivation of rights under color of law, conspiracy to defraud the u.s., and...

Subpoena and asked him actually, try to compel him to come in and tell the story. he ignored it. jack smith very similarly is giving him an opportunity to provide information that would bear upon prosecutorial decisions. not surprisingly, much like his response to us, which was silence. jack smith is getting the same. the offenses, they are identified in the target letter. very familiar to us. we looked at the entire federal criminal code we recommended that the justice department evaluate obstr...

We finally have a date for the classified documents trial. aileen cannon, the trump appointed dredge overseeing the case is scheduled a criminal trial for may the 20th 2024. thats when the former president will officially begin defending himself for allegedly retaining dozens are tracked -- after he left the white house. that means between now and the end of the gop primaries, trump wouldnt be in at least five different criminal and civil trials. that doesnt even include a potential third crimin...

The key here, ayman, there are a number of federal statutes that the special counsels identifying. all of which may apply to not just the president and former president, conspiracy of others. the only mystery left, here is who will be charged in the conspiracy and what will the counts be? how much detailed information will be indictment contain? >> lisa, we also learned this week, the federal grand jury and the election interference case heard testimony from former white house aide will russell ...

The key here, amen, there are a number of federal statutes that the special counsels identifying. all of which may apply to not just the president and former president, conspiracy of others. the only mystery left, hooley charged in the conspiracy and what will the counts be? how much detailed information will be indictment contain? >> lisa, we also learned this week, the federal grand jury and the election interference case heard testimony from former white house aide will russell who was with t...