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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 you're jus comparing the types of crime that the former president is being investigated for or it's 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 that are unde investigation. and it is also one that need to be brought by a certain timeframe. as yo...

Ruling it out? >> absolutely. anything is possible. >> they subpoenaed a hand full of allies including his attorney rudy giuliani. so, there's a lot to talk about here, let's 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 he is subpoenaed it would have gone to a court or a judge anyway. but you have a legal fight on you...

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 debate clause. they are really bars them from being able to testify. >> fascinating. the sort of jud...

Obtain evidence. that is something that the fulton da's 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 it's 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. so the investigation could go forward on that level. but then there's also this sort of, almost sur...

Word, and we actually heard in the last segment the district attorney down in georgia willis say inten. all of this -- when you're 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 saying at the moment before they have had a chance to think about it. the law actually recognize t...