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>> yes, ayman we sent him a 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 justi...

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

Identified aiding and comfort and insurrection. we did not identify the 241 deprivation of civil rights, although, i think there are a lot of statutes that were included that fit the core conduct. the key ayman is there a numbe of statutes that may apply not just to the president/former president, but conspiracy of others. the only mistress left here is who will be charged in the conspiracy and what will the counts be and how much detailed information will the indictment contain. >> lisa, we als...

6? >> hard to say, jim. probably closely. the select committee turned over all of our materials, all of our transcripts, all of the documents we had obtained, well beyond just the official committee report to the special counsel. the intent was for them to take those facts as part of their calculus as to whether or not criminal charges were appropriate. we also referred directly to the special counsel, the consideration of specific criminal charges. we cited 1512-c, the obstruction of official p...

Campaign william russell. his testimony could actually prove crucial to the federal governments case, since he was with the former president for at least part of the day on january the 6th, where trump deliberately -- deliver his speech shortly before his supporters stormed the capitol. nbc news has learned, direct disappearance, prosecutors questioned william russell about trumps state of mind during and after the 2020 election. in fact, his disseminate cant just 48 hours of the trump himself r...

To overturn the election. so, how did they reach that conclusion? lets watch -- discuss with one of the authors of that memo. former deputy attorney general under george h. w. bush, donald air, he is a u.s. attorney under president ronald reagan. its great to have you with us, donald. first, i want to get your reaction to what was inside that target letter. you have the three federal statutes you -- statutes mentioned, including deprivation of rights under color block, conspiracy to defraud the ...

Letter and smith i think is all about speed now. so its plausible hes got a several-week game plan, but to me its equally if not more plausible he is ready to pull the trigger with one exception, and that is trump gets an opportunity if he requested to make a final appeal, which would not -- the higher ups but not merrick garland tire ups. in doj and smiths operation. >> luke, part of the reason i made you spend part of your saturday with me is because i have to burning questions about congress ...

At least part of the day on january the 6th, including at the -- where trump deliberately -- deliver his speech shortly before his supporters stormed the capitol. nbc news has learned, direct disappearance, prosecutors questioned william russell about trumps state of mind during and after the 2020 election. in fact, his disseminate cant just 48 hours of the trump himself revealed that he had received a target letter from special counsel jack smith in the election interference case. according to ...

Requested to make a final appeal, which would not -- the higher ups but not merrick garland tire ups. in doj and smiths operation. >> luke, part of the reason i made you spend part of your saturday with me is because i have to burning questions about congress as it relates to the dojs target letter to trump. one is, do you have a sense as you talk to republicans on the hill that they are more spooked than they are letting on, by the possibility of a second federal indictment, and given that one ...

What you and your colleagues predicted? >> well, its pretty similar. its similar in one major way. that is that we were concerned in our memo that clearly a good successful prosecution is going to have to somehow or other managed to deal with a huge amount of evidence and need to present it in a way that streamlines and simplifies what is being alleged. we suggest three specific statutes be used. two of them are mentioned in the target letter. the third one thats mentioned in the target letter i...