Sandwich. This is the first and only time our cameras have caught him since Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed smith. And on that subject, we asked him where the investigation stands. Is the Indictment Sir . Is an investigation happening, sir . Excuse us. Anything youd like to say, mr. Smith . He didnt say anything. Didnt even look in our direction, but there are reasons to believe a Charging Decision is in fact coming soon. Donald trumps lawyers were at Doj Headquarters yesterday meeting with him and other doj officials. Jack smith and other doj officials and sources familiar with the investigation told nbc news The Grand Jury in washington, d. C. Is set to meet again this week after a lull. Weve also just learned from sources familiar another grand jury will hear from a witness in florida. So whats the deal with that . What are two grand juries doing for the special counsels investigation and who else could jack smith be looking at . Joining me now is nbc news justice and int
sandwich. this is the first and only time our cameras have caught him since attorney general merrick garland appointed smith. and on that subject, we asked him where the investigation stands. is the indictment sir? is an investigation happening, sir? excuse us. anything you d like to say, mr. smith? he didn t say anything. didn t even look in our direction, but there are reasons to believe a charging decision is in fact coming soon. donald trump s lawyers were at doj headquarters yesterday meeting with him and other doj officials. jack smith and other doj officials and sources familiar with the investigation told nbc news the grand jury in washington, d.c. is set to meet again this week after a lull. we ve also just learned from sources familiar another grand jury will hear from a witness in florida. so what s the deal with that? what are two grand juries doing for the special counsel s investigation and who else could jack smith be looking at? joining me now is nbc n
this as new york police are now increasing courthouse security just ahead of a potential trump indictment. also tonight, trump s top gop allies are rushing to his defense and trying to discredit the new york d.a. who s investigating him. trump s legal peril and the political fallout looming over a major gathering of house republicans. and a high stakes handshake, china s president xi jinping ven v strengthens his alliance with vladimir putin, praising him as a dear friend as the russian leader stands charged with war crimes in ukraine. we ll have the latest on their talks in moscow, hours after putin s defiant visit to the war zone. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room. we begin with the latest testimony in the new york grand jury investigation of donald trump amid questions about whether the former president is on the brink of being indicted. let s go right to our senior legal affairs corres
again this week after a lull. we ve also just learned from sources familiar another grand jury will hear from a witness in florida. so what s the deal with that? what are two grand juries doing for the special counsel s investigation and who else could jack smith be looking at? joining me now is nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent, ken dilanian. nbc news correspondent, garrett haake and in florida, nbc legal analyst, lisa ruben. ken, what does florida have to do with the special counsel s investigation? all we know is that we expect at least one witness to testify before a grand jury in the southern district of florida in connection with this case. we don t even know that this grand jury is specifically devoted to this investigation. it may well just be a local grand jury and the range of possibilities is extreme. everything from they re about to bring this case in the southern district of florida including charges against trump down there in florida to this is just a
against trump. the former president fueling fears as we just heard by calling for protests if he s indicted. let s bring in cnn senior crime and justice correspondent, shimon prokupecz, how is law enforcement preparing for all of this? reporter: one of the thing that s going on is there s a lot of meetings between different agencies, the secret service, the fbi, the nypd, other federal law enforcement officials here in new york city, and really all across the country as well as court security. the court officers assigned to the court and all of them working together to try and ultimately, like we are, figure out, okay, when is this grand jury going to wrap up. is there going to be an indictment, and when will we know from the district attorney, and once that process gets underway, then we could see some even more stepped-up security in new york city. today we saw the nypd placing more cameras in the downtown court area there. we also saw barricades being