deal for the president s son hunter biden. that has been a very sensitive case for the justice department. so even if they were ready to indict the former president, it is unlikely that they would want to do that at a time that could overshadow that hearing or make it seem like they re trying to distract. so that could be a consideration here. and look, we ll be looking for grand jury again on thursday. see what happens on thursday. all right, thank you very much, paula, for that. stand by, we ll get back to you in a moment. i also want to bring in cnn s sara murray with more on hunter biden s upcoming court appearance. what are we expecting to see tomorrow? and what kind of punishment will the judge be considering? it s certainly not the kind of history a first family hopes to make, but we re going to see joe biden s son hunter biden appear in federal court tomorrow, where he is expected to plead guilty to two misdemeanor tax charges and strike a deal to avoid this felony gun char
hard-won release from kremlin custody. also tonight, new questions about special counsel jack smith s grand jury schedule as a potential third indictment of donald trump looms. we ll explore why there are indications the panel did not meet today, as had been widely expected. and a fresh sign of the struggles for ron desantis and his presidential bid. the republican drastically cutting his campaign staff as he aims for a reset and subtraction against trump. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. our top story tonight, a former american prisoner of russia wounded on the battlefield in ukraine. let s go right to cnn s alex marquardt. he is in the ukraine war zone for us. he s got more on the revelations about marine veteran trevor
wolf? sara, thank you very much. i want to pick up the legal threads. paula reid and shan wu. what do you make of the fact that the trump grand jury here in washington apparently went dark today? i think we have to remember that we don t actually know what doj s schedule was. it s certainly true a target letter is be in time pretty close to indictment. for what we know going dark isn t going dark. normally the grand jury meets tuesdays and thursdays. yes. this apparently does meet tuesdays and thursdays. given they re having a lot of activity is inexplicable why they re not seeing anyone today. i don t know if that necessarily means there is a issue with the schedule of the indictment, because we don t know what that schedule was or is. there is some suggestion, as you heard, that maybe the optics of the hunter biden case tomorrow, that they didn t want to do something at the same time involving the grand jury and trump in some sort of indictment. that s an interesting pers
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