left the white house. prosecutors told trump s attorneys about their client being a target in that probe during their meeting monday at the doj headquarters in washington, d.c. that s according to two sources briefed on the meeting. that does not rule out the possibility that trump s attorneys already understood or they were told trump was a target prior to that monday meeting. the doj spokesperson declined to comment. the guardian is reporting that federal prosecutors formally informed trump s lawyers last week trump is target of the documents investigation and possible obstruction of justice. that s according to two people briefed on the matter. meanwhile, a key aide to former president trump testified yesterday before the grand jury in miami, florida. tailor budowich testified for about an hour. he was a spokesman when the
new reporting tonight indicates that federal prosecutors formally told trump s lawyers last week that trump is a target of the criminal investigation, according to two people briefed on the matter. the guardian says the lawyers were met before they met at doj headquarters where they made the case that their client should not be indicted. trump is making his own pleas, posting a new post hours ago. no one told me i m being indicted. i shouldn t be because i ve done nothing wrong. there s new reporting from the washington post indicating that justice department prosecutors are planning to bring a significant portion of any charges to a federal court in southern florida, according to people familiar with the matter, and who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal discussions. those people said that the legal
that there s a witness who for illness or other reasons can t make it up to d.c. and that could be someone we ve never heard from. we didn t know the name carlos de oliveira. the head of maintenance at mar-a-lago. he was involved with walt and moving boxes in and out of the storage room at mar-a-lago. and was seen on surveillance tape doing that. prosecutors have also informed his counsel that they know that there are phone records showing that mr. de oliveira called an i.t. worker at mar-a-lago to ask questions about how the surveillance tapes were kept, how long they were kept, what they would show, from what angles were they taken. both of those people are certainly within the department of justice s interest right now and either one of them are among those people likely to testify here today. let me ask you about the meeting yesterday at doj headquarters. we have video of donald trump s lawyers leaving that meeting.
be a consequential week in the special counsel s investigation into donald trump s mishandling of classified documents. it started out with members of trump s legal team meeting with justice department officials for nearly two hours at doj headquarters in washington this morning. the wall street journal reports that trump s lawyers were trying to persuade doj officials against bringing criminal charges against their client. according to people familiar with the matter. and while trump s legal team last month requested a meeting with attorney general merrick garland over what they called the ongoing injustice that is being perpetrated by the special counsel, we re told neither garland nor deputy attorney general lisa monaco attended today s meeting. sitting down with trump s lawyers was special counsel jack smith. timing is very interesting. as nbc news has learned the grand jury hearing evidence in this case is expected to meet later this week, following a weeks-long hiatus, accordin
of mr. trump s handling of classified documents appears to be reaching an inflection point. it comes as more republicans jump into the race for president. garrett haake reports. reporter: tonight the special counsel s probe of donald trump s handling of classified documents entering a pivotal stage, with the former president s attorneys meeting with senior officials including special counsel jack smith but not the attorney general at doj headquarters this morning according to a person familiar with the matter. the meeting a possible sign the investigation may be wrapping up. mr. trump defending himself last week. all i know is this. everything i did was right. we have the presidential records act which i abided by 100%. reporter: mr. trump is already the first former president ever to be charged with a crime. the grand jury investigating him set to reconvene this week could also make him the first to face federal indictment. the former president today attacking the investigation