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Subpoena people, to get evidence, documented evidence that she wouldn't otherwise have access to. allegations that she was investigating. >> reporter: a special purpose grand jury was impaneled in may 2022. and after nearly seven months and 75 witnesses they authored a report in december 2022 recommending indictments. the sprawling case has involved some of the biggest names in the trump orbit, as well as some local and state-level politicians, many of which you may have never even heard of. and this entire investigation stems back to a single phone call. >> okay. all right. so mr. president, ...

He is the one standing behind steve ban on when he was in court dealing with his legal difficulties. so he's got a few others on his team. but i am told that he is searching to add someone else because this is such a sprawling case. it is multi-pronged. it involves the justice department not just in florida but also in washington. so they are looking to add someone from florida. they have not yet announced who that attorney is going to be. but i am told that trump has been on the phone with potential candidates for this just as recently as this week as they are trying to figure out what their ...

I, will ask you to hold him responsible and find him guilty." >> reporter: district attorney marc bennett and assistant d.a. kim parker prosecuted this sprawling case. >> reporter: were you worried about even explaining this thing to a jury about what it was all about? >> sure. we had facts from across several states. facts that involved a multitude of victims and witnesses. >> reporter: this was like an imax movie. and you went with that epic version of the daniel perez story. why did you do that? >> you can't understand it otherwise. if you can't tell the whole story, the jury would be lost....

Find him guilty. forerse >> district attorney marc beennt prosecuted the sprawling case. >> we had facts that involved a multitude of victims and witnesses. >> it was like that i max movie and you went with the epic version. >> if you can't tell the whole story, the jura would be lost. >> they won a key ruling when he allowed evidence from beyond kansas to be entered. so criminal accusations that he had uncovered through the midwest would be heard by the jury. s >> an individual by the name of patricia hughes had died. >> they allege even though she may have been a willing

Of this investigation? >> it's almost inevitable. this is a big, sprawling case. in fact, it's all over the world in a sense. and so it's not unusual to find that this pond has many ripples. i also agree with paul. i think he's exactly right. i've had the same experience, nicolle. a lot of times folks get up to the precipice and plead guilty. they file what we call depositive motions, a motion to suppress evidence. if they win that, the government's case could be in a lot of trouble and the government may lose its leverage. if they lose that, they may have to recalculate what they're going to ...