ahead. possible indictment of a former president trump. wall street journal is today reporting this, that special counsel jack smith has all but finished obtaining his evidence into whether donald trump mishandled evidence at the mar-a-lago. and some of the trump close associates are bracing for his indictment. they say that clashes within the trump legal team have led to the departure of a delawyer. and the wall street journal goes on to report that jack smith appears to be tying up loose ends saying in recent weeks prosecutors working for smith have completed interviews with nearly every employee at trump s florida home from top aides to maintenance staff. they have pressed witnesses on questions that appear to hone in on specific elements that they need to show to include a crime. and questions aimed at undermining potential defenses that trump could raise reports are that the special counsel as assembled evidence and much of that appears to obliterate many ofhe argume
previous reluctant witnesses. one is the secret service. according to new cnn reporting, investigators have identified potential missing text messages on the phones of ten agents. messages from on and around january 6th. committee vice chair liz cheney calls the developments regarding the agency deeply troubling. i have just tremendous respect and admiration and real affection for members of the secret service, particularly those who were with my family on 9/11 and in the aftermath of 9/11. but i also know that what we saw in terms of what s happened over the course, what we ve become aware of over the course of the last several weeks is deeply troubling. we will get to the bottom of it. cheney also tells cnn the panel is still interested in speaking with steve bannon, who was convicted on two counts of contempt of congress for defying the committee s subpoena. we ll join steve bannon s attorney for his first interview. they say they could also subpoena begiginni thomas.
Cnn, my acosta, and washington and we do start with Breaking News. The worlds number one golfer, Scottie Scheffler, arrested this morning and charged with a felony, louisville, Kentucky Police released a mug shot just a short time ago, showing scheffler wearing an Orange Jumpsuit after being arrested this morning on the way to the Pga Championship, espn is reporting that scheffler tried to maneuver around a fatal crash scene by driving on a median near the entrance to the Valhalla Golf Club. Please told him to stop at scheffler continued to drive toward the golf plug you now faces four charges, including a felony count of seconddegree assault on a Police Officer. He has since been released and has arrived at the Pga Championship. I want to bring in Criminal Defense Attorney and cnn legal analyst joey jackson. Joey, pretty shocking developments. This boarding. And we just got this statement and then from scheffler, just a few moments ago, it says, this week, put it up on screening. We h
and as you just heard senator whitehouse say i think it s not entirely an accident that all the reporting coming out, whether it s ginni thomas texting mark meadows, whether it is the stories we re hearing about the court not having ethics rules. all of this is being broken not by the supreme court press corps we cover the cases. it s reported by investigative reporter who have zoomed into the vacuum. and scoops come from documents. they re not attacks. they re documents. pounding the pavement, scrutinizing documents. people had the documents in their possession but didn t have the time to investigate what they contain. it s looking at the body as something worthy of investigating. i want to push a little bit. i remember mitch mcconnell being on the set of morning joe and he had a crumbled up sheet of
interview. they say they could also subpoena begiginni thomas. let s bring in axios jonathan swan. what do you think about this move, contemplating subpoenaing ginni thomas? i think it s very significant. the comments that liz cheney made on jake tapper s show yesterday were the most pointed comments i ve heard her make about ginni thomas. and there s some context to this. this is not something that liz cheney was especially eager to do early on when the news first broke about ginni thomas texting with white house chief of staff mark meadows, you know, urging him to work hard to overturn the election. there was, i m told from a source on the committee, quite some discussion, debate and differences of opinion within