because for the first time and i ve been covering the story for a while, i haven t heard anybody attach the word years to the 1850 boxes that are sitting at the university of delaware library. ords b well, you know, he left. when did he leave? in 2000. eight,eehereime been co 2009, as a vice? president, as senator. so he s been? there for they ve been there for many years. have beand they ve been secret and over our objections, legally for two or three years. and, you know, the delaware supreme court s beens legallhre delaware supreme court. this will be the second time. and it highlighte second s disparate treatment. it s not only secret records. he has, but it s the treatment. no raids, no. ity. i m not aware of any grand jury activity. right. you know, it s amazing how that doesn t happen. related to his handling of records from his n t days as ays as a senator and frankly, with the whole trump thing. senator president trump had a rt to those records. they were necessarily personalp
explained to me how long have those records been sitting here because for the first time i ve been covering this for a while i haven t heard anyone attach the word years chile 150 boxes that are sitting at the university of delaware library. when did he leave? 2008? 2009? as vice president. as senator. they have been there for many years and they have been secret and over our objections legally for two or three years and the delaware supreme court this will be the second time and it highlights the treatment. it s not only secret records he has but it s the treatment no raids. i am not aware of any grand jury activity. it s amazing how that doesn t happen related to his handling of records from his days as a senator and frankly, with the trump thing. president trump had a right to
record, there are some ties here to d.c. of course the records belong to the government, which is based here. we know the documents were removed allegedly from the white house. it gets a little tricky. for former president trump was still president trump when he left washington. it s not clear if the fact that the government was located here is enough to bring the case. all this grand jury activity down in florida. that s where the bulk of the alleged criminal conduct appears to have occurred. you can move a case, but it takes a while. you have to read the grand jury in. they have to hear all the evidence, and that can take quite some time! in addition to that, there is currently a case before the supreme court. it s been argued but not decided yet, that really raises the stakes for prosecutors on this decision. as paula indicated, there s a much stronger argument for venue in florida than there is here in d.c., and that case will determine what happens if the prosecutors make the wron
points, as well, attacking special counsel jack smith. we have cnn outside the federal courthouse in miami where there s been a flurry of activity. cnn s paula reid and zach we cohen also joining zachary cohen also joining us, and former fbi deputy director andrew mr. speaccabe, as well. let s start with the doj telling trump that he is a target in this investigation. what more are you learning? reporter: we are waiting to see if there is some culmination of this special counsel investigation that s been going on for more than a year. we knew that there was this great amount of grand jury activity behind closed doors as investigators were pulling in all kinds of witnesses who were around donald trump, had conversations with him, were at mar-a-lago after he left the presidency. and particularly leading up to that moment where the fbi did the search of mar-a-lago and
ta ta taylor budovich, testified for two hours. the grand jury has heard from a number of witnesses in recent weeks. we re definitely seeing a lot of activity here. the reason why we re seeing activity here when we have had a lot of activity take place in the grand jury in washington, d.c. could be for a number of reasons. sometimes they do it to accommodate certain witnesses. also it could be that prosecutors are looking to bring a case in the venue in the area where the alleged crime could have taken place. now, mar-a-lago is just about 70 miles north of where i m standing. you know, also this grand jury activity is happening after sources have told our team that trump has been notified that he is a target of this investigation. that is another signal that prosecutors are getting close to making a charging decision in this case, wolf. could be imminent, kara scannell in miami. let s bring this down with our