pence and others around trump in the january 6th investigation. the new filing is still under seal. we don t yet have specifics on the arguments that trump s team is making. sources tell cnn that trump is asking a federal court to block pence from speaking to the special counsel about certain matters related to january 6th on the grounds of executive privilege. pence himself is also fighting smith s subpoena. he said that he plans to try to block the subpoena by arguing he s shielded by the constitution s speech and debate clause which protects the legislative branch from certain law enforcement actions. pence argues that he is covered because he was acting as president of the senate when he presided over the january 6th certification of the 2020 election. pence, of course, was at the center of trump s efforts to overturn the election as the former president and his allies pressured the vice president to block joe biden s win when congress certified the location january 6th. the subpoe
cnn s jeremy herb now. this could potentially serve as another delay tack fix for trump. reporter: yeah, that s right. this is another roadblock for the special counsel in his investigation. both into january 6th and the classified documents at mar-a-lago. now we don t know yet the specifics of what was in this filing from trump s legal team because it was filed under seal. sources tell cnn that basically trump is asking for a federal judge to block pence from testifying on executive privilege grounds, on certain matters related to january 6th. it s also important to note that pence himself is trying to block this subpoena which was issued early last month. pence is making a different argument than trump. he says he is protected by the constitution s speech and debate clause which shields the legislative branch from certain law enforcement actions. i think it s important to take a step back about why the special counsel wants to talk to pence. pence, of course, was at the center of o
former vice president mike pence is expected to fight a subpoena from special counsel jack smith, who s investigating donald trump s efforts during the 2020 election. counsel smith wants documents and testimony from pence about trump s actions leading up to election day and of course up to and during the gymnastics attack. senior legal analyst joins us. they want to raise the constitution speech or debate clause which protects lawmakers from law enforcement actions related to legislative duties. pence says he s shielded from the subpoena because he was president of the senate. is there any merit to that argument? so, there is some merit here, jake. it s an interesting and novel and creative legal argument. we ve not seen anything like it. mike pence is relying on the speech and debate clause, part of article 1 of the constitution
scheme. $700 million, a plot that apparently enabled criminals to traffic drugs and steal people s money and their identities on the crypto platform. watch. today s law enforcement actions put all of those who seek to exploit the cryptocurrency ecosystem on notice, that the department of justice would use every tool, working along with our partners, every tool that we have, to attack the criminal use of the dark net, and cryptocurrency. this new move from the d.o.j. comes as we re seeing a lot of attention from crypto, and not just from investigators but also from lawmakers because there is some controversy around the industry. as you probably know, i want to bring in nbc news justice and in tenl correspondent ken dilanian with us now, talk about this arrest here and stepping back, big picture, what it all says about crackdowns against crypto