former trump white house lawyer. ty, as paula said, no sign of the grand jury meeting of this case today. many people including yourself thought that we would have an indictment by now. so what do you think might be slowing this down? so, i m not convinced 100% that it s slowed down. there is still the possibility that a sealed indictment was returned last thursday, and that it hasn t been unsealed. on the other hand, there s nothing that indicates that that s real, just like there s nothing that indicates when jack smith will reveal whatever indictment he s going to bring. so, but that is a possibility, and could be an explanation as to why the grand jury didn t meet today. with regard to the timing, though, i do believe that smith is determined to go. i think he s probably not
hours. paula reid is outfront live in washington to begin our coverage tonight. and paula, i started the show with the words no show. we were expecting on tuesday, on thursday, the grand jury which doesn t necessarily mean it s exactly tied to when news may break of a possible indictment. but what do you know about why the federal grand jury did not appear to meet today when this case appears to be coming to a head? reporter: it does appear to be coming to a head. and while this grand jury does usually meet on tuesdays and thursdays, that schedule can be amended to suit the needs of prosecutors. but, as you said, today there was no indication they were in the courthouse. but prosecutors have plenty of other work to do. over the past 48 hours, they have received thousands of documents created by the team of lawyers that then president trump assembled to try to find any evidence of fraud in the 2020 election. erin, late last night, we obtained many of those documents after reviewin
clear a charging decision could happen in the next few weeks. victor, erica? all right, paula. thank you. we ll get more perspective on what this could mean not only for the investigation but the former president s legal troubles. joining us now, dave aaronberg of palm beach, florida. let s start first with the oval office meeting, which as paula points out, we know a lot about it from the january 6th meetings from the house. how significant is this? how significant could it be for the overall investigation? good morning, erica. i think it s very important. what you had was a group of individuals called team crazy who came to the white house unannounced, sidney powell, rudy giuliani, patrickb burnes, and you had michael flynn and they were intercepted by what s called team normal.
documents. they are looking into whether anyone has tried to obstruct this probe. now they sent off this new round of subpoenas to ask people what exactly happened after they subpoenaed this footage. and did anyone try to withhold it or tamper with the evidence. in an interview with sean hannity, trump himself brought up the visitee footage and he said i m the good guy here. they raided mar-a-lago. i have tape, and i gave them tapes. i gave them tapes of storage areas. i gave it to them. i could have held that back. i wasn t holding anything back. i gave them tape. i suspect here that what he says and what they, they being the investigators, think are kind of different? tapes were subpoena ed. he wasn t being generous. he was complying with an order from the court. and as paula points out, certainly the obstruction part of this investigation is why the
i think he would want to go back to the u.s. attorney in chicago first to see if the facts change this view before considering a special counsel because it is a big lift, as paula points out. guys, thank you so much. we re now going to jump over to capitol hill. we are going to jump in, kevin mccarthy is holding the first news conference since becoming speaker of the house. let s listen. well i find that the voters have elected george santos. if there is a concern, he will go through ethics. if there is something that is found, he will be dealt with in that manner. but they have a voice in this process. why not yes, ma am. [ inaudible question ] what other ways will i m glad you brought that up. i didn t mention the other thing we did. passed a very bipartisan bill with 146 democrats joining with us to create a new select committee on china. the congressman gala her will