new details about what fighter pilots did to get the attention of an unresponsive pilot for his private jet crashed in virginia. new information just in about when the trouble began. we begin with exclusive new reporting on a previously unreported episode in the mar-a-lago documents case. it comes as attorneys for the former president met today with justice department officials and signed signs increasingly indicate that special counsel jack smith s probe could be in its final stage. cnn s kaitlan collins is here with more. so, walk us through this exclusive reporting about mar-a-lago. it s a bit of a bizarre story, so bear with me. it was in last october, we are told that this maintenance worker at mar-a-lago drained april. and when they joined the pool, it caused a flood that flooded this room. we are told it has the computer servers, which store the surveillance footage on them. that s important because we know prosecutors have been looking at the surveillance footage
good evening. tonight on 360 exclusive new reporting on a flood at mar-a-lago in the room where surveillance video logs were kept. today the former president s lawyers meet with the special counsel and an indictment decision could come any day. also tonight, mike pence enters the race. we ll tell you who else just decided to stay out and who might be getting in next. and an f-16 sonic boom was only the first sonic trouble. new details about what fighter pilot did to get the attention of an unresponsive pilot before his private jet crashed in virginia. new information just in. we begin with exclusive new reporting on an unreported episode of the mar-a-lago documents case. it comes as attorneys for the former president met today with justice department officials and signs indicate it could be in the final stages. walk us through this exclusive reporting about mar-a-lago. okay. it s a bit of a bizarre story. so, bear with me. but it was in last october, we were told th
we don t know they told him he was going to be charged with anything, but he was certainly referencing. i know you re gonna be anchoring the former u.s. ambassador john bolton on the program, also the trump administration, we re watching that. right now, to get a better sense of what goes on in these meetings that attorneys have with prosecutors, as well as what goes into the ultimate decision on indictments, i m joined by cnn senior law enforcement analyst, former fbi andrew mccabe. what likely happens in a meeting like this between trump s attorneys and doj officials? sure, so, anderson, it s good to also know that avoiding getting your client indicted is every defense attorney s first and biggest goal. so, the last ditch effort to try to avoid an indictment is usually a meeting along these lines. the defense attorneys request to come in, and basically
anchoring at 9:00. you ve got john bolton on the program, worked on the trump administration. we ll watch for that. to get a better sense of what goes on in these meetings and what goes into decisions on indictments, we re joined by andrew mccabe. what likely happens in a meeting like this between trump s attorneys and doj officials? sure. so, anderson, it s good to also know that avoiding getting your client indicted is every defense attorney s first and biggest goal. so, the last ditch effort to try to avoid an indictment is usually a meeting along these lines. the defense attorneys request to come in and basically explain to doj why an indictment would be a bad idea. it s a bit of a hail mary pass like you would see at the end of a football game. one last ditch effort to avoid disaster. what happens is the attorneys come in, and they say you know, they ll make an argument that, you know, the case is weak, that it shouldn t go forward. they have compelling evidence of innocence
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