feel about this no as it moves into the next phase. i think it is shifted a lot because the concern was before we knew the justice department has such a robust investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election and around january 6. we know more about the scope of the investigation and that is before the mar-a-lago investigation became a problem, sort of hoarding these sensitive documents at mar-a-lago. i do think one thing is very clear, donald trump has always been at the center of the district attorney s case in georgia. the federal case may reach to donald trump, and merrick garland may have a decision to make but i think it was always very clear at least in georgia, this was an investigation into the former president. great reporting as always, sarah. michael, thank you for jumping on. i appreciate it. glad to be with you. let s see what comes next. two weeks from tomorrow this hearing is scheduled for. we ll be covering that. thanks, guys. so scenes similar to jan
of a witnesses and some recording statements if she wants to, some documents if she has them and lay out the findings that were made by the special purpose grand jury. and any other investigative find that she s made. so she could get an indictment within a couple of days, i think. and her team will take a month or two to develop the case a little further. once the decision is made about the report and then if indictments are going to come out, i think you ll see them certainly by spring. it was also, sarah, just to wrap it up, it was said by a lot of smart legal minds throughout over the last year that this really was the investigation that the people around donald trump were most nervous about, most concerned about and a lot of and a lot of legal analysts saying that they should be most concerned about it in terms of donald trump s exposure if he any kind of legal exposure that he does have. i m curious as to how people
trump s white house counsel told the january 6th committee it would have been a disaster if trump made powell a special counsel. newly released transcripts come after it was finally released and placed the blame squarely on former president trump. joining us now is one of the former president s attorneys. tim, thank you so much for joining us. now, to the clear, the former president has a lot of different legal issues. but you represent him in the justice department s investigations, into january 6th, and the mar-a-lago investigation as well. and we really appreciate you being here. the committee has had a lot to say this week, your clients have had a lot to say this week. let s talk about the defense strategy going forward. sure. earlier this week, the beginning of the week, the committee referred your client to the justice department on four different criminal charges. obstruction of an official proceeding, conspiracy to
s culpability is, yes, they prepared for a protest, they got a coup. even some of trump s own aides, many of them cooperated. they said they themselves were surprised. you could picture how much they understood the boss. but that is how furtive don was. he knew that he was planning something and involved in something. jim jordan was on the phone on january 2nd, plotting and illegal breach. he would not have had to be secretive about it if he could announce it publicly. we have more ahead tonight on the recap of the final public viewing of the january six investigation, including the committees provocative, but perhaps inevitable decision to recommend the doj charges with insurrection. you have not heard of other people being charged with insurrection. that is for a reason. that is next. the president has a primary
president trump. chairman of the january 6th investigation, congressman benny thompson, i m convinced the justice department will charge former president trump. joining us now is former fbi general counsel do you share his conviction? i do. i think that the mar-a-lago case is one that is well ahead of where the congress is and i would think that would be brought first. with respect to the january six investigation, we are going to know a lot more in two days, but i think all signs are that there will be ample evidence. what exactly donald trump would be charged with and whether others would be charged, remains to be seen. but i think that just knowing jack smith, i think that congressman thompson is correct in his assessment. our prosecutors generally loath to bring charges that have not been brought since the civil war? i m thinking about the insurrection recommendations,