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Transcripts for MSNBC Andrea Mitchell Reports 20240604 16:32:00

Just speaking to the base? getting in donald trump s good graces. he knows he owes the speakership to donald trump, that s why he s doing it. kevin mccarthy is not confused by how the grand jury system works. he s stunning to hear it yet again. jackie, let me ask you. i know you ve been reaching out to sources in the trump world. what are you hearing from them right now as they face what is begin a pile-up of indictments and now another potential indictment? the big question that sources inside and outside trump world are all asking is, who else has received a target letter? that is the question that we are also posing and passing along. so far there are no indications that other people who were working closely with trump in the efforts to overturn the results of the election have received a target letter, and we also don t have really any clarity on whether jack smith is going to sort of stagger these

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Transcripts for CNN CNN Tonight 20240604 03:09:00

Jared is going to say. elie of course can speak to that at greater length. but there is no way that jack smith brought jared in there to impeach the information or the testimony that he has. that is just not how the grand jury system works. the reason you butchered commissioner in the grand jury is to find out what he has to say. you can use the grand jury to explore. if you take a witness who you know it might be a problem for, you might give testimony favorable to the defendant, great. let me find that out now, let me know what is coming. i think that all highlights why this is a more difficult case one that the documents case. the documents case, you can prove its intent by his statements, his effort to obstruct, his audiotapes of him talking about the information. it is a good example of why this is a trickier case for prosecutors. i agree with him. i cannot argue with ali on that one. jared kushner, how do you think he feels about being pulled back in? like godfather three, every

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Transcripts for CNN CNN Tonight 20240604 07:09:00

Continue to do this. they just have an ax to grind with me. they don t want me to be president again, because i fired them, or he will make up some story that we all know is not true, but he will try to convince you that that story is true. so, jared kushner was in the hot seat before the grand jury, someone you know also, how do you think he felt about being there? so, this is puzzling to me, because we all have to acknowledge that jack smith is a consummate professional, and being someone who has been before the grand jury, why would jack smith bring jared kushner? be for this country? no, a different grand jury, the manhattan da. i would jack smith bring jared kushner to the table? unless you already knew what jared is going to say, and ellie, of course can speak to that at greater length, but there is no way that jack smith brought jared in there to impeach, you know, the information, or the testimony that he has. that is just not how the grand jury system works. so, the reason you put jared

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