tape. he s got his own press conference. and that will be coming up in an hour. that is interesting. he says he will have evidence on what will be another potential challenge. these allegations of child pornography first began bubbling up around 2002. r. kelly went to trial in 2008 on those charges. was acquitted. avenatti says at this news conference, he s going to present ed that r. kelly and he s enablers paid witnesses and others to intimidate people to rig the outcome of that trial. so i m assuming that that would speak to another charge, which would be obstruction of justice. that we don t have that charge yet. obviously if that was the case, that s something else prosecutors would want to look at. trace: can you comment on that? sure. the idea that mr. avenatti is bringing more evidence forward could be a very legitimate
as early as today or monday. but the justice department officials have now effectively ruled that out again. here at fox news, we ve reported based on our context that all the indicators are that the special counsel was effectively in the end game, trace. trace: the end game is coming. catherine herridge, good of you as always. thanks so much, a lot of breaking news. again, to recap what katherine was saying, the senior doj official has told fox news that any reporting the special counsel will give their report, deliver their report to the doj next week is not going to happen. next week in vietnam is the summit. round two of the summit between president trump and kim jong-un. that will happen in vietnam next week. we had breaking news about r. kelly. remember, he s now been indicted on ten counts of aggravated sexual assault. that could bring a 30 to 70-year prison term for him. much more breaking news on that.
charged with having sex with a minor. the tape we see movement there. the tape of r. kelly that is now been put forth by michael avenatti, a nemesis of president trump and stormy daniels. the tape of that case and the origin. does that play into this trial? absolutely. any type that you get a tape from a person who has this sort of notoriety and publicity, you have to call into question whether it s genuine. this video is for folks to watch. if there s a defense that it s not what it depicts. stand by. we re waiting to hear from the cook county state s attorney s office. they will detail these allegations against r. kelly. more problems for him. we re also waiting on the other side of a break to hear from president trump and president trump we re told also weighed in
today. we don t have independent confirmation of that. trace: it s notable the cook county state s attorney is holding this press conference there, the same ones that had the amazes news conference involving jussie smollett and it was very detailed. so we expect to get great information coming out of this news conference when it starts. we ll brain it to you. this is andrew, a former federal special victims use it in prosecutor and a current defense attorney. let s begin r. kelly. a 42-minute tape. this could be damning for him. of course. if the tape shows what is alleged, that he s having sexual relations with someone under the age of 17, he s almost for sure done. there s one defense that if he reasonably believed she was over the age of 17, that could be a defense for any of the cases dealing with minors that is something that would be a reasonable test. that would be applied. trace: we talked about his acquittal in 2008.
couple hours, michael avanetti. he s been involved in a long battle with president trump. he s deeply involved with this, investigating r. kelly for some months. he said he handed over two prosecutors a vhs tape and on that tape according to michael avenatti, clear pictures of r. kelly and the woman having sex in the tape. the grand jury has been looking at this and obviously now we re at the point prosecutors ready to level these charges. an arrest warrant has been issued by the judge in this case. tmz is reporting that r. kelly has agreed to turn himself in voluntarily some time later