meadows next monday is whether this case will move differently for him than donald trump and how much mark meadows wants to push himself away from his former boss. kaitlan polantz, thank you. joining us now for all of these headlines and a bit more, ely honig who joins us now. he served as senior investigative council for the january 6th committee. he s currently a partner. thank you for being with us, gentlemen. let me start with you on the mark meadows of it all. politically, it s totally fascinating that he s moving independently of trump, that he s moving fast, trying to get this into federal court and then dismissed. also fascinating that he s not part of jack smith s indictment on these grounds. what do you see here? do you think he could get it dismissed? i think he certainly has a shot. what it s really going to come down to is whether or not the actions he took in that georgia indictment are seen as acting
friday s request from the trump team was is submitted secretly in a sealed proceeding and it s unclear how long it will take to unfold. but cnn legal commentator ely honig doubts it will be successful. here he is. i think it s very much of a long shot. i think donald trump has a steep, rocky, uphill climb, legally. he s invoking executive privilege, meaning, i had conversations when i was president with one of my key advisers, my vice president, that needs to remain secret, but he s got two big problems. one, dronald trump is now a former president. while it s not impossible for a former president to invoke executive privilege, the courts have said it s much more difficult for a former president to invoke executive privilege than a sitting president. that s number one. the other problem donald trump has is, this is a criminal grand jury subpoena. and usually, courts are going to honor criminal grand jury subpoenas, and typically, with some exceptions, executive privilege does not pre
have been called before the committee. a conservative election lawyer ben ginsberg and chris stairwalt and bill step yen and al schmidt the former commissioner, who is a republican. joining me now is cnn legal analyst ely honig. what can you tell us about their significance here? reporter: pam, it s going to be a fascinating day, starting with stairwall. he s the one that made the call on election night arizona had been won by joe biden. that caused panic to break out in the trump campaign. that undermined that call and about efforts to pressure him and fox news to take it back. starewall has become an
tomorrow, brad raffensberger, the secretary of state is expected to appear before a grand jury. they are looking whether trump s pressure was criminal, including the call where he pressured him to find enough votes to when. cnn senior legal analyst ely honig is with us. let s start from the beginning here in terms of explaining how this process works? what is a grand jury, how does it compare to a typical trial jury? a trial jury and grand jury sound similar. they re two different things. starting with the function. the trial jury hears the evidence and delivers a verdict. guilty or not guilty a. grand jury has two things. first it can investigate primarily by issuing subpoenas that require producing evidence. the second is they can issue an indictment. this is a special grand jury that will not have the powers to
now you have, you know, liz cheney, adam kinzinger, the folks on the committee, the january 6th committee, but when are they going to say enough is enough? imagine if you re mitch mcconnell trying to win back control of the senate right now and you hear the the former president of the united states saying stay home. stay home. imagine. thank you. it makes it interesting. that s for sure. never a dull moment. no. ely honig and gloria borger, appreciate boast you. thanks, an. a new and potentially catastrophic curveball for the already rocky economic recovery. more than 100,000 workers from kellogg plants to hollywood sets now either on strike or threatening to walk out. why now? and how bad could this get? plus, nfl commissioner roger goodell remaining silent as more players, cheerleaders, former staffers call on the league to release more details from that probe that took down former raiders head coach jon gruden.