the gray areas and sort of trying to determine where exactly or how much wiggle room the device former vice president has is actually quite difficult , and we really need need clarity on this. what specific information about january 6th that investigators would like to get out of the former vice president. sure if the ruling stands up and he ends up complying, absolutely, and it s important anderson to get out of the frame of mike pence and donald trump were bickering and her mad at each other sort of the palace intrigue stuff. and where is there legally operative information that could come from mike pence number one. what evidence or information? did he hear about the president, knowing he was going to obstruct the actions of congress? which is itself a federal offense was the president. did the president make any threats to mike pence? was he aware of violence on the day of january? 6th was he aware of any other crimes that may have transpired? those are all legally relevant questio
have people telling me that he s hardly infirm and is able to travel around. i think you recently got engaged on st patrick s day, and he said he looks forward to traveling between his various residences in montana, new york and london. and of course, we just saw him at the super bowl with elon musk just a few weeks ago, so i think the trial scheduled for april 15th. is it clear if it s actually going to get to trump there could be a settlement. perhaps there could always be a sediment right before the clock strikes midnight, but it looks like all things are pointing to a trial happening in just a few weeks. anderson if it there is no settlement, the jury selection will begin on april 13th and then this would go to trial. april 17th again, you d see some really big names appearing uh, potentially at this trial. fascinating oliver. darcy appreciate it. thanks so much. coming up next, something much lighter, which we all need. tonight you tell them how to watch the planets aligned five o
this week on whether there will be an indictment or not. in a separate investigation, with potentially more serious consequences for the former president, multiple sources tell cnn the special counsel leading the federal probe into his actions surrounding january, 6th scored a big legal victory involving testimony from mike pence, who tells newsmax he is now evaluating the court s decision that he has to testify or senior justice correspondent impress. joins us. so does cnn legal sort of cnn legal analyst elliot williams, a former federal prosecutor and deputy assistant attorney general, so i ve been talking more about what this judge is what he ruled, and if he s given the former vice president alleyway well, anderson. the important thing from this judge is that he s basically saying that there s plenty that mike pence can talk about with prosecutors . as part of this investigation , the general six investigation , judge james boasberg said that while mike pence is does have the prote
to be facing. when he goes before the grand jury. now it is important to note that there are limitations right that the justice department is going to have to observe. it is not clear, though anderson when the former vice president goes before the grand jury, where that line will be, maybe that the judge will have to say that question is allowed. that question is not allowed. keep in mind. he was at the center of all of this right. he was the one that is facing the pressure campaign by the former president and his allies that he had the power, they said. to not certified the election of joe biden as president. and so those are the questions that really i think the prosecutors want to get at you. do you know where that line is? because that s that s confusing, then. i mean, if he does have to testify about conversations he had with the former president, but maybe there s some things he doesn t have to say. do you know where that one is? no anderson. there s a lot of gray area here betwe
tells newsmax he is now evaluating the court s decision that he has to testify or senior justice correspondent impress. joins us. so does cnn legal sort of cnn legal analyst elliot williams, a former federal prosecutor and deputy assistant attorney general, so i ve been talking more about what this judge is what he ruled, and if he s given the former vice president leeway well, anderson . the important thing from this judge is that he s basically saying that there s plenty that mike pence can talk about with prosecutors. as part of this investigation, the general six investigation judge james boasberg said that while mike pence is does have the protection of the speech or debate clause under the constitution as the senate president, he was serving as senate president. during part of this, he does have to answer questions, however, for everything leading up to january 6th when he wasn t acting in that capacity, and so that means that there s a lot of questions that the vice president th