to expect indictment during that meeting. although trump s team is disputing that reporting. tom posted on social media, quote, no indication of notice was given during the meeting. whether or not you believe trump, you may not want to, who knows, that meeting today, plus the target letter he received last week, a typical steps in advance of a formal indictment. that s how the process typically goes. you might remember, for example, trump s lawyers met with jack smith just four days before he was indicted in the classified documents case last month. this is not likely a matter of indictment happening or not. it s a matter of it not happening today. we re not the only ones bracing for it. earlier today u.s. marshals met with other law enforcement, including from the u.s. park police and metropolitan police department at the e. barrett prettyman federal, where the grand jury meets. harry litman served as assistant attorney general or department of justice and is now a legal affairs colum
well, listen, you know, items of evidentiary value that are found at the scene are going to lead investigators to the potential motive and intent here. this individual, 19-year-old male, why did he launch this type of attack? you know, investigators are going to key in, was he motivated by some sort of ideological group? in the worst case was he directed to launch this type of attack? it s too early to tell right now. the presence of the that flag in itself is not the motive, however, it is going to be a key factor that investigators will focus on moving forward. what you see right here, this is the name of the individual that the park police just that they just announced was arrested, 19 years old and now charged with several crimes. as brian todd was saying, jonathan, the hay adams hotel was evacuated for a brief period of time over concern of what could have been when they didn t know yet what was in the u-haul.
cnn s brian todd is right next to the crash site. brian, i understand there is now a name to go with this suspect. reporter: that s right, john. this coming to us from the u.s. park police just moments ago. they have released the name of the suspect, he is identified as we believe his name is pronounced sai condula 19 years old from chesterfield, missouri. that information coming to us from the u.s. park police. setting the scene, this is where this occurred, we are 200 yards away from the white house according to witnesses and police, the vehicle pulled up here, there are scuff marks on the curb, oil absorbent sand and other things laid down after oil spilled out of the truck there. it hit this barrier multiple times and there was concern in the minutes immediately following the incident there might be explosives inside the u-haul truck and for that reason that hotel there, the famous hay adams hotel was briefly evacuated but then the fbi
u.s. park police are expected to file charges. no injuries were reported. mika, he didn t get close to the white house but certainly made an attempt. we ll be following that. time for a look at the morning papers. in michigan, the detroit news reports on governor whitmer, signing into law the extreme risk protection order act. the legislation allows judges to temporarily confiscate guns from those who are at risk. it is the last part of a package lawmakers introduced following february s shooting on michigan state s campus. in florida, the tallahassee has a front page feature on ron desantis, asking a federal judge will disqualified from presiding over a lawsuit filed by disney. desantis says the judge has referenced his dispute with disney in unrelated hearings, claiming that means he can t be