set expectations for what could and would happen next because it does seem like something is happening. today our cameras caught three of donald trump s lawyers at the department of justice minutes after they left, donald trump started posting about the case saying, quote, how can doj possibly charge me, who did nothing wrong, when no other presidents were charged? so does donald trump know something we do not? joining us is senior legal correspondent laura jarrett and nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian. donald trump s lawyers were at doj, ken. do we know who they were meeting with? we know who they weren t meeting with. attorney general garland and deputy attorney general lisa mona core were not involved. presumably it was with career officials who have some oversight over this case and are briefed on this case. it s very common for defense attorneys to come in at the end of an investigation and make their case to management at the justice departm
the eastern forces of the ukrainian army. we also have another statement, katy, from the deputy defense minister who writes what s happening now? we re continuing the defense we started on february 24th, 2022. a defensive operation includes everything including counter offensive actions. now katy, ukrainian officials have long said they re not going to announce or confirm any kind of counter offensive. when we sat down with one of zelenskyy s top advisors, he said they were in the preparation phase, we would start to see this counteroffensive ramp up. there was also this amazing video, i think we have it, to show your audience, of the general forces put this video out of ukrainian soldiers shhing, a silence campaign, you have the defense minister quoting depeche mode saying words are very unnecessary. they can only do harm. so we have absolutely no confirmation from ukrainian officials that what we saw today of the intensifying attack on the russian defensive line was in any way part o