Operation from rescue to recovery. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Wolf blitzer is on assignment. Youre in the situation room. Cnn reporting on the Special Counsels investigation into donald trump. The former president s attorneys subpoenaed for a classified document that trump discussed on an audiotape but are unable to find. Our correspondent paula reed is joining with us the details. Tell us what you are learning. Reporter we have learned back in march, trumps lawyers received this subpoena from the Special Counsel. This was the first time the legal team learned about that meeting in 2021 was trump referenced that classified document in that tape. Lawyers were not able to find the document trump describes in that reporting. Its unclear at this point if the government has it at all. Mr. President , why did you take classified documents concerning General Milley . Reporter cnn reporting that donald trump served with a subpoena in mid march, seeki
Fairgrounds. Well have speeches and behind us the former vicepresident of the United States. Mike pence is the only one riding in the event with senator joni ernst. Pence is going to announce hes running for president in iowa next week according to sources familiar with the matter. A number of different bikes and got a couple of supporters here talking to us. Theyre going to be several, several candidates speaking later today at the Iowa Fairgrounds. Youll have Florida Governor ron desantis, former u. N. Ambassador nikki haley, others like and weve got all the bikes lined up with Senators Ernst who will be riding and pence walked up and switched out for a leather vest. Theyll move on from here, a day of barbecue and speeches up there. This has been a pretty busy week and several candidates have been here and desantis kicked off his campaign here. Former President Donald Trump was here, held a rally and had that town hall with sean hannity and theyve been going at each other, only inten
The imminent indictment watch on the maralago documents. I dont think about it, all i know is this, everything i did was right. Tonight have got thoughts on trumps real motive for taking all that classified info. Then, the Winning Strategy for candidate desantis. Being the most anti vax person on the ballot . We can never allow warp speed to trump informed consent in this country ever again. Plus, president Bidens Oval Office address. Passing this Budget Agreement was critical. The states cannot have been higher. And the crazy story of why republicans in iowa have stripped the power from the State Auditor . All in starts right now. Good evening from new york im chris hayes. President joe biden just wrapped up a Primetime Address to the nation from the oval office touting the Debt Ceiling Deal that he brokered with speaker Kevin Mccarthy this week. A lot of attention has been focused on the swift passage of that bill in the house on wednesday, the senate late last night. Large bipartisa
noticeably been trying to find a defense in the latter case, in the times they ve offered contradictory excuses to explain why it was the trump illegally retained government records, and seemingly obstructed federal authorities from retrieving this record for many months. if convicted in that case alone, it could produce a years-long prison sentence, and that is just one example of the legal peril the former president faces right now. and the classified documents investigation is in its early days. according to an abc news report this week, the special counsel s team recently informed a trump organization employee but they are a target in their investigation, which means that more indictments could be camille and the documents case. while trump cannot simply wish that away, there is one thing he can do to possibly evade accountability and even shut down the cases against him. all he has to do is become president again. and a new legal filing from trump s team this week signal
Sandwich. This is the first and only time our cameras have caught him since Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed smith. And on that subject, we asked him where the investigation stands. Is the Indictment Sir . Is an investigation happening, sir . Excuse us. Anything youd like to say, mr. Smith . He didnt say anything. Didnt even look in our direction, but there are reasons to believe a Charging Decision is in fact coming soon. Donald trumps lawyers were at Doj Headquarters yesterday meeting with him and other doj officials. Jack smith and other doj officials and sources familiar with the investigation told nbc news The Grand Jury in washington, d. C. Is set to meet again this week after a lull. Weve also just learned from sources familiar another grand jury will hear from a witness in florida. So whats the deal with that . What are two grand juries doing for the special counsels investigation and who else could jack smith be looking at . Joining me now is nbc news justice and int