it s sunday june 4th. i m ali velshi. after we can revelations regarding the special counsel jack smith classified documents investigation we got more news this morning about the future of that case. and we see news has exclusively learned that the federal grand jury that has been hearing evidence in that case will reconvene this week after a recent lol in proceeding. the purpose of the grand jury s upcoming meeting is unclear. it s not necessarily an indication that smith and his team are prepared to seek an indictment just yet. the justice department would not comment on the investigations status but previous reporting from out what s like the wall street journal has indicated that smith is wrapping up that part of his investigation that quote in recent weeks prosecutors working for smith have completed interviews with nearly every employee at donald trump s florida home. from top political aides to maintain staff. as the head of a large organization that s been one of the
surveillance act. allow the former president blamed for enabling democrats supposed spying on his 2016 campaign. as you know, ray outlasted the trump administration and remains in this position as fbi director to this day. he remains under intense scrutiny not just by the former president but also by trump s powerful republican allies in congress. even the florida governor ron desantis to trump s main rival for the 2024 republican nomination has vowed to fire wray on day one if you were to become president. trump s expectation of loyalty from others within the federal government continue toward his tenure, and continues to cause problems for him to this day. according to the new york times, special counsel jack smith s other trump investigation, the one involving january six in the efforts to overturn the election is reviewing the events surrounding the event of crabs. he released a statement that the 2020 elections were, quote, the most secure in american history, which
the federal government. that expectation of loyalty to him in service of the constitution was a scourge on his presidency right from the beginning. six years ago this, week the former fbi director james comey appeared before the senate intelligence committee to justify partly about his abrupt firing after opening investigations into donald trump s campaign of possible collusion with russia. he told a panel about a meeting that he had had with trump just one week after his inauguration. during which the president told the fbi director quote i need a loyalty. i expect a loyalty. trump soon appointed christopher wray to replace comey but trump soured on ray and floated the possibility of firing him as well. according to politico quote trump s ire and ray was episodic. flaring up whenever the low-key fbi chief crosses radar. congressional testimony in russia always a sensitive subject could provoke trump s anger. so could race pronouncements on election security or a defenses of the foreig