taylor budovich served in all incompassing role, how, he s ahead of the trump-aligned super pac maga inc. so what did jack smith s team want from him? he testified for about an hour, a source familiar told nbc news that among the questions he was asked was one about a past public statement on behalf of donald trump. that the former president did not retain classified documents, the source tells us jack smith s team wanted to know how he knew that. in other words, did someone tell him that, misleading him. and if so, who was that, or was he guessing. for his part, budowich tried to frame the questions react tifl publicly right after he appeared privately. we ll tell you what he said in a moment. the question we have now is that it? budowich with that decision. and hurt from mark. meadows and testimony from 24 secret service agents. joining me nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian and in florida, nbc legal analyst lisa aruba. lisa, let s start in florida.
lower level of trump s orbit that helps the potential dissemination of that information, but potentially against the former president himself. all right, ken, let s talk about whether this is the last witness. any information you can tell us maybe who was down there for jack smith s team. and what that might lead us to believe about what might still be happening in florida? reporter: that s the million dollar question, katy, there are signs and signals of which i can t talk about, building on what lisa said, that there s a chance, more than a good chance, i think, that a lot of this case or all of this case could end up being brought in florida. first of all, the fact that taylor budowich was asked about donald trump not about a butler who may have made a false statement, the issue at hand here, whether donald trump obstructed justice is being considered by that florida jury. not just an ancillary issue. that coupled with the fact that the d.c. grand jury, as far as we know, has no
it? budowich with that decision. and hurt from mark. meadows and testimony from 24 secret service agents. joining me nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian and in florida, nbc legal analyst lisa aruba. lisa, let s start in florida. what else do we know about bud0 wich s appearance and how he reacted to it? reporter: certainly, katy, we know his appearance, he was in the building about two hours but we understand he testified for only an hour. and as you noted, he was ask about the discrepancy between his statements that there were no more classified documents and what we have later learned to be the case. prosecutors wanted to know, when he knew it, how he knew it, was
roseberg, the judge in d.c. and he just said, everybody is all geared up, and i m not sure this is the week to be geared up to a group of reporters. he s beener. ed with questions all week, you know, has he been notified that anything is going to happen. look, if charges were brought, assuming donald trump was charged in d.c. this could be a venue for action. also news there were 24 secret service agents who testified in this impeachment probe. and the new york times is reporting that mark meadows has test as well, lisa, ken, thank you. joining me a former prosecutor of donald trump legal time, attorney robert ray. it s nice to have you here. what s your stance where things stand? the monday evening which was donald trump s lawyers going to the justice department is something that i m familiar with
he negotiating that statement with other folks, he came out defiance on twitter that donald trump continues to have his support. that this is an unjustified witch hnt. and he looks forward to re-elect donald trump president, certainly not a contrite statement, let alone the one of someone who might be cooperating voluntarily with the feds, katy. we ll give you more of that tweet he said, today in what could only be described as a going gus deeply troubling effort to use the power of the government to get trump, i fulfilled a legal obligation to testify in front of a federal grand jury. and i answered every question honestly. america has become a sick and broken nation, a decline led by joe biden and power-hungry democrats. i will not be intimidated by the weaponization of government, the need to make america great again has never been more clear than it is today. so, why, lisa, was he testifying in florida? do we know why it was down there