prosecutors to include the potential charges, that the former president may be sort of accused of violating. and so, i think this line, likely was in the letter, and i think there s been some reporting recently this afternoon. indicating what those. we re gonna walk through what those capacities will be, but the notion is they re gonna have some advanced notice. the third part, you think about these bite size pieces of course, is telling you a little bit about what might be the sort of law and order moment of what you can say, or what you will say. may be used against. you. the notion that you have the right to refuse to answer questions. that might surprise people. well, that s exactly, right which is the point of the target letter. if i take a step back. it s a fairness point, again in the department of justice s own internal guidelines, it, quote, encourages prosecutors to send this letter to individuals who are about to be indicted, and maybe indicted. and what it is saying is,
so, i think this line likely was in the letter. i think there s been some reporting recently, this afternoon, indicating with those potential violations were. let s walk through with those could possibly be. but the notion that could have some advanced notice. the third party think about these bite size pieces, of course, telling you a little bit about what might be the law and order moment of what you can say or what you will say. may be used against you, the notion of right to refuse to answer a question, that might surprise people. that s exactly right. the point of the target letter may be taking a step back, it s a fairness point. again, in the department of justice s own internal guidelines, it, quote, encourages prosecutors to send this letter to individuals who are about to be indicted and maybe indicted. what it saying is, again, this is i think language like this would when you hear from the former president, an invitation to testify. you do have right. you re not compell
instead, she is focused on getting answers from a defense attorneys about how long it will take, them to get through discovery, and at least get to the point where they might be able to discuss a possible trial date, either next year, or even later. laura? we ll have to see, paula, thank you so much. i want to break down with this target letter is all about. in the window that he has to respond. joining me now is brandon van grack, a national security lawyer. first of all, we have not seen the actual target letter, he s alluded to it, he s reference to it as well. this is a sample target letter of the kind that you would receive, if you were to be a defendant or a punitive defendant in an action. let s take it in bite size pieces. first, not everyone gets them. but if they have, it might look like this. walk us through the first part. telling you about what your rights will be, what you re supposed to do as a grand jury witness? that s right, there is one distinction i think betwee
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treasury secretary steve mnuchin offering a preview in simple terms. on the personal side we re a middle income tax cut and simplification. business side we re about making them competitive. the tax plan will pay for itself with economic growth. shannon: good to see you this morning, art laffer. say hello to bill. shannon: he says hello as well. this is a major undertaking. is it smarter to roll out a big plan or put it out in bite size pieces. do it in bite size pieces. mnuchin s comment were perfect. it will pay for itself with more employment and payroll taxes and income taxes and sale taxes, property taxes, it will