and while all eyes have been on manhattan district attorney, alvin bragg, as the nation s been watching literally his every move. special counsel, jack smith, appears to have reached a turning point. when it comes to his, investigation surrounding the former president. there are signs of the special counsel now four months into the job may get the testimony of two of the closest people to the former president. at the two people who knew presumably everything when it comes to trump. his attorney, evan corcoran, and his former number two in the white house. mike pence. today, recorder spotted attorneys for trump heading into the d. c. federal courthouse, where the grand jury investigating the mar-a-lago documents case and the january six riots, where they were meeting behind closed doors, one of the special counsel prosecutors investigating january six of the efforts to overturn the 2020 election was also spotted entering the building. you know who else was there? an attorney n
attorney general all in trump s quest to support the election. they called the subpoena unconstitutional and unprecedented and it has invoked the constitution speech and debate clause. as a way to fight it, they re looking at little own prevent having to telegram jury what happened. and, yet pence had no problem telling abc news this, when it came to jamming book sales on mediatorial last year. i picked up the phone, and asked me where i was, on the electoral count that would take place that day, i told him despite what you issued last night from your campaign, mr., president i ve been clear, i don t have the authority to reject votes, during the electoral count, or return those votes to the state. it went downhill from there.
january six. the interaction question now privilege claims can be thrown in complicated. the vice president is in a different position than his staffers but if pence candace costs this in an hardcover book for 22 bucks. he can telegram jury battered as well. a former u.s. attorney and former deputy assistant tierney general. laila is a civil rights attorney and former assistant u.s. attorney and they join me now. so, let me just start with you on how you think this goes with. the idea that the department of justice is interested in this. the question is, what is next? what is this interaction between pence and the doj? what will probably look like based on your experience? so, the political leverage here i think yep is with the department. pence doesn t want to look to resistant. but more importantly, the legal leverages with them. i know mike s reporting said it could take months.
interview, he is currently on a press tour plugging his book where he himself writes about and has published rubbing about his interactions with trump with general sixth, the interactions in question. now, privilege claims can be thorny and complicated. it s true the vice president at a different position than a staffers. but it is alarming to me that if pence can discuss trump and the insurrection in a hard cover book for $22, he can telegram jury about it as well. harry lynn is a former u.s. attorney and former deputy assistant attorney with the department justice. maya wylie s civil rights attorney and former assistant u.s. attorney, and they join me now. harry, let me just start with you on how you think this goes. so, you know, the idea these apartment of justice s interest in this testimony. so, the question is, what is next? what is this interaction between pants world and the doj probably look like, based on your experience? so, the political leverage