confident as they settle on a playbook for the 2024 race. in new york a grand jury just indicted the former u.s. marine who held a homeless man in a fatal chokehold on the subway. we ll tell you what we re learning about the charges. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. tonight as the federal prosecution of donald trump moves into the next phase the nation s chief law enforcement officer is breaking his silence about the case. we re following all the new developments of trump s indictment. as the former president is predictionably lashing out what is the attorney general of the as you know attorney general garland doesn t like to talk at all about ongoing cases. this is the first time since former president trump was formally charged that we ve heard garland speak. of course he appointed special counsel jack smith back in november. today he talked just a little bit about his historic role i
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documents investigation. the judge ordered the two men not to talk about the case. donald trump is keeping nauta close to him so he can maintain his influence. reporter: walt nauta faces six counts including some related to obstruction and concealment of the documents. prosecutors say he lied to investigators about the location of documents at mar-a-lago. michael cohen, trump s former lawyer and fixer, who pleaded guilty and served jail time in relation to the stormy daniels hush money case has a warning for nauta. run, walt, run. donald will throw you under the bus as fast as he threw me under the bus. he doesn t care about anyone or anything. reporter: and that s the key question tonight. will nauta flip on trump and cooperate with prosecutors in exchange for leniency? analysts are split on the odds of nauta cutting a deal. if i was his attorney, i would see if i could cooperate, but not have to plead guilty or get any jail time as a result. reporter: but others point
donald trump accountable and this is the way they want to lash out. it is not going to deter me. they can introduce all the resolutions they want, $16 million or $160 million i am not going to stop defending our democracy. for speaker mccarthy to bring this stuff to the floor is an embarrassment and also an abufs the house resources. it would be laughable. you had george santos today saying we have to pass this to restore integrity of the house. this stuff would be laughable if it wasn t the house of representatives. but it is clear the lunatics have taken over the asylum and they want to try to distract from trump s legal woes and gratify his base. i know you defended your previous comments alleging collusion between trump and russia. as trump faces an historic indictment have you learned any lessons on how to talk about his
with these or i have the stuff, i m really not supposed to have it but i m not giving it to them because, you know, screw them. reporter: if convicted on all or some of these charges, walt nauta faces significant prison time. his attorney has repeatedly declined to comment to cnn about this case. wolf? brian todd reporting, brian, thank you. this note to our viewers. coming up on erin burnett outfront right after the situation room, a republican senator on the intelligence committee on donald trump s arrest and arraignment, that s coming up 7:00 p.m. eastern. just ahead here in the situation room, a grand jury in new york votes to indict the man who held a subway rider in a fatal chokehold. we have new details. we ll share them with you, right after a quick break. sadie s getttting her plan reay for a big trip. travel pass, on. nice iphone 14 pro! cute couple. trtrips don t last forever. neither does summer love. so, sadie s moving on. apple music? check. introducing myplan