that? so, i don t think jack smith is helping him. i think jack smith is doing his job. because what you have to do, as a prosecutor, when you re indicting a complicated case like this is to make sure that you ve nailed everything down before you indict your case. that means you have to talk to all of the witnesses, witnesses who need to testify under oath have to be tendered to the ground jury so that you can lock them down under oath. you have to really make sure that you ve heard not only from the witnesses who will make their case and chief, but also from any witnesses who could possibly be defense witnesses. you need to know what they will say, so that you could evaluate whether or not there s a defense. so yes, jack smith has to feel the pressure of the block. none of us are naive. we understand that delay, as donald trump s only strategy here. but, at the same time, smith still has to do his job. and he has been remarkable about compiling this case. and i think the far less ti
more? as important as those witnesses are, the one defense that trump is banking on is delay. should jack smith help him in that? so, i don t think jack smith is helping him. i think jack smith is doing his job. because what you have to do, as a prosecutor, when you re indicting a complicated case like this is to make sure that you ve nailed everything down before you indict your case. that means you have to talk to all of the witnesses, witnesses who need to testify under oath have to be tendered to the ground jury so that you can lock them down under oath. you have to really make sure that you ve heard not only from the witnesses who will make their case and chief, but also from any witnesses who could possibly be defense witnesses. you need to know what they will say, so that you could evaluate whether or not there s a defense. so yes, jack smith has to feel the pressure of the block. none of us are naive.
were you surprised that incitement and serve auction was reportedly not mentioned and the target letter that trump received from the special counsel? it s great to be with, you jonathan. i agree with my congressman schiff. it s true that we don t necessarily know what charges the special counsel or the ground jury are necessarily contemplating. of course, the only reason we know any of this is because the former president disclosed his receipt of a target letter which is clearly a legal development. we know from some specific charges that were referenced, it doesn t mean that the grand jury, about the special counsel, isn t looking at other charges. they may respect the statutes. i trust the special counsel, the department of justice, to faithfully execute their duties. they have eight departments i think that the special counsel has thus far pursued his duties and that way. i think it s important for us to be a free political
through this process, albeit it was earlier, you had less information, you had to move very fast because an impeachment took place very soon after the insurrection. what s your sense of what is going on with jack smith, the target letter, the things we hear donald trump may be charged with? are you satisfied those of the right things, first of all? i would say first, clearly, a series of significant developments. it particularly the port a or the reporting of mr. trump s disclosure of the letter. we don t know what statutes were invoked in the letter, and it isn t necessarily the case it to the extent special counsel or the ground jury are pursuing various criminal charges against the former president that they would be limited to those statutes or involve those statutes at all. it s premature for me to opine on the nature of the indictment, but there is no dispute, as you know, taking back and reflecting on the impeachment trials a year and a half ago, that the president, as mitch m
mcfadden was the judge and the defense counsel for mr. russell was supposed to be president before trevor mcfadden for sentencing of a different defendant who we also represented. by the way, the same defense lawyer also represents mr. that s three. he was late and that apparently displeased the judge, you shouldn t be late to your court appearance the defense council said that they had to go back and it took longer because there was a claim of executive privilege. so, william russell was testifying to this ground jury and somehow it involves ? exactly. it all sort of got worked out behind the scenes because the prosecutors came to inspect with the judge, and appropriately was behind the scenes. i took two things away from that. one, that happened later in the day. that meant mr. russell was there for quite some time.