were towards, the war at the end stages of jack smith investigation here? i like to say. last but i don t think so. these are really important people who any good prosecutor would want to have in their it really depends a lot on what he gets from them. he s jumped on the sorts of witnesses early anticipation, a lot of litigation just to get them in their, and that s exactly what s happening so if i had to say where he was i would say middle or maybe moving towards the end but it s really these key witnesses that they need to hear from in order to formulate what kind of evidence there is for potential charges. javelin, i don t know if it s a disappointment or not but when you think about the timeframe here and what s unfolding in the manhattan da case and his potential indictment of the president.
i need task, your cranberry member and you see the amount of violence in the air, if not actually executed. does this have a chilling effect on the ground jury. i would assume, if you re a layperson, that s been called to be on the grand jury, that this kind of rhetoric is terrifying, it s terrifying for the prosecutor, what kind of real world effect does it have on the case itself do you think, if any? it has a potential real effect on the case. it s one of the reasons why we re seeing trump and his allies get out ahead of the potential indictment. to try and influence the grandeurs, to try and influence potential teachers who might hear the evidence and a guilt stance, down the road, and also obviously, for trump s purposes to fund-raise, and to rally his base ahead of a presidential campaign. there was a broad expectation, partially because of the harming of trump, invited to testify with a grand jury in his announcement that he was gonna be arrested this. make that this is al
trump hasn t been able to stop from testifying and today we learned that the federal judge in d.c. has ordered a who s who of trump s inner circle to provide testimony and special counsel in the january six investigation. that analysts corner to the staff mark meadows is director of national intelligence adviser robert o brien and former close advisor steve miller and former deputy chief of staff chances vina, former top department of homeland security official ken cuccinelli. and former white house aide, nick luna and john mcentee. trump tried to stop that crew from appearing before the january 6th round jury. as attempts that derailed the investigation have failed and the legal battles are far from over jack smith also has subpoenas out to january jared kushner and ivanka trump. joining us now to discuss is evelyn barrett security reporter for the national. coast and former federal prosecutor, devlin. thank you both for being here.
terrifying for the prosecutor, what kind of real world effect does it have on the case itself do you think, if any? it has a potential real effect on the case. it s one of the reasons why we re seeing trump and his allies get out ahead of the potential indictment to try and influence the grand jurors, to try and influence potential teachers who might hear the evidence and a guilt stance, down the road, and also obviously, for trump s purposes to fund-raise, and to rally his base ahead of a presidential campaign. there was a broad expectation, partially because of the harming of trump being invited to testify with a grand jury in his announcement that he was gonna be arrested this. make that this is all gonna come to a head this week. it didn t. it s been delayed, there s been a lot of armchair analysis about why that may be. you were a da. as we look at the inaction this. weak and look towards next week. do you think, again, i know you re not in that room, but how do you look at if
advocating a consequences for the but not for me approach. which is so ironic, coming from the legislators, and pundit to attack reform prosecutors. for using their discretion to not go after people who are competing promise of politics, jumping turnstiles, because they don t have a two dollar and 75 cents there. and now attacking alvin braille for prosecuting cases. they don t want to have a both. ways that s a good point. i want to return to all of them. let, specifically you talk about, that is the prosecutor s role for meeting the grand jury and what s happening behind the scenes. number, why now than bragg has had to send out multiple notes to his staff, and his office this week, to basically assuage their concerns about what i assume is their own personal safety. today he sent out a letter, i know it hasn t been easy, he wrote in the. email with all the press attention, security around the office. and we thank everyone for their